Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [adv] refer to " in BNC.

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1 The doctrine that is usually referred to in the opening pages of these royal commission or ministerial committee reports is a watered-down version of the late nineteenth-century belief in democracy which inspired the system described as the Westminster model .
2 Thousands of workers lost their jobs , and the railways ' staffing needs were met by an influx of combatants who had fought on the nationalist side in the civil war ; a war that was commonly referred to by the victors , and indeed in RENFE documents of this period , as the ‘ war of national liberation ’ .
3 Published analysis and research are already in the public domain and are liberally referred to in this report .
4 Paper records exist in the various departments , but they tend to be self-monitored , and are rarely referred to by other departments .
5 They are related to the break point of the waves and are sometimes referred to as break point bars .
6 The warp and weft are the basic constituents of all textiles , and are often referred to as the " foundation " of a rug .
7 Like the reports of the NAO , the reports of the Commission receive wide attention and are often referred to in the media .
8 Many birds eat seeds and are often referred to as seed predators .
9 However , items produced in some Persian cities and towns ( e.g. , Hamadan and Shiraz ) possess all the structural and visual characteristics of village weaving , and are consequently referred to as village rugs .
10 Thousands were later imported as furnishings for the rapidly expanding middle class , and were simply referred to as Smyrna carpets , because the coastal town of Smyrna ( now Izmir ) was the main collection and distribution centre for goods woven in the interior .
11 Both had prolapsing external haemorrhoids and were therefore referred to a surgeon for haemorrhoidectomy ; both reported regression of symptoms after surgery .
12 Mustafa ( Bostanzade ) , later to become Multi of Istanbul , Muidzade prevailed in the argument and , according to Ata'i , his fetvas on the subject were preserved in the court registers and were still referred to in Ata'i 's own day . "
13 This was discussed in Chapter 2 and is frequently referred to as the universe of discourse .
14 It therefore reproduces the linear small-signal response of any four-terminal network and is appropriately referred to as the Z-parameter equivalent circuit .
15 This benefit can be direct or indirect and is sometimes referred to by lawyers as ‘ consideration ’ .
16 This fish has not been given a common name and is usually referred to as the ‘ sebae ’ .
17 This e.p.s.p. can be blocked by the quinoxalinedione antagonists , such as 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione ( CNQX ) , and is usually referred to as AMPA receptor-mediated after the selective ligand for these receptors α- amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate ( AMPA ) .
18 The phase diagram for such systems , when the solvent is poor , is depicted by area A in figure 8.8 , where the critical temperature T c occurs near the maximum of the cloud-point curve and is often referred to as the upper critical solution temperature ( UCST ) .
19 This was known as ‘ the Inspectors ’ Course , and is now referred to as the ‘ Junior Command Course ’ .
20 The process was initiated in 1970 and is now referred to as the European Political Cooperation Procedure .
21 That is why it is essential that we should continue to develop the space-based defence , which was once called the strategic defence initiative or SDI and is now referred to as ’ brilliant pebbles ’ .
22 Philip 's father had served in the Irish Guards in the First World War , and was always referred to by his rank .
23 Not one of the little piece picking a little piece out , but an overall assessment and this was produced for the County Council by their environmental consultants and was specifically referred to in the County Surveyor and I think County Planning Officer 's joint report , and that er assessment said , rather than damaging an an irreplaceable , sensitive landscape as could happen with the other routes , the inner northern route could be seen as a means of improving the landscape .
24 Fabrics are not always given a particular name but are often referred to just by the fibre content , e.g. , cotton or polyester print .
25 , Richard ( fl. 1572–1596 ) , navigator and privateer , claimed to have been born at Buckhurst , Essex , but is generally referred to as ‘ of Weymouth ’ .
26 In the Ardennes and northern France it is conventionally identified with the Grande Faille du Midi , which has other names further east , but is conveniently referred to collectively as the Midi Overthrust ( Bless el al .
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