Example sentences of "[noun] has been described [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Satyāgraha has been described in a variety of ways . |
| 2 | The experience has been described as a sense that the self is worthless , the world meaningless and the future pointless ( Beck , 1973 ) . |
| 3 | Narrative has been described as a primary act of mind ; children construct the world through story . |
| 4 | The move to the Inn on the Lake seems to have met with a favourable response from students ; the pub has been described as a ‘ nice place to work ’ . |
| 5 | Northern Ireland has been described as a society under siege , a society where there is a problem for every solution ! |
| 6 | 2.17 This exercise has been described in a different way by Lord Diplock in Mallett v McMonagle [ 1970 ] AC 166 at p174 : The purpose of an award of damages under the Fatal Accidents Act is to provide the widow and other dependants of the deceased with a capital sum , which , with prudent management , will be sufficient to supply them with material benefits of the same standards and duration as would have been provided for them out of the earnings of the deceased had he not been killed by the tortious act of the defendant , credit being given for the value of any material benefits which will accrue to them ( otherwise than as the fruits of insurance ) as a result of his death . |
| 7 | Anicius Saturninus at Irchester has been described as a remount officer securing new horses for the army , while O. Cordius Candidus at Dover may have been connected with the transport of horses across the Channel . |
| 8 | Traditionally bureaucracy has been described as a role culture , but there is no reason to suppose that the different cultures can not all exist within the same organisation particularly if the organisation is as large and diverse as a government department or a local authority . |
| 9 | In civil cases the rights of appeal are not ungenerous , though the overall system of civil appeals has been described as a ‘ hotchpotch ’ needing rationalization ( Woolf , 1988 ) . |
| 10 | A new and widespread mode of evolution has been described by a research group led by Dr Gabriel Dover , at the University of Cambridge . |
| 11 | The Green Party 's policy has been described as a manifesto for the 1890's rather than the 1980's . |
| 12 | Nursing has been described as a skilled occupation rather than a profession . |
| 13 | Big Waimea has been described as a ‘ lunatic washing machine ’ . |
| 14 | The pilot has been described as a senior officer with responsibility for air training . |
| 15 | Birmingham has been described as a " matrix of small workshops " forming a " conducive environment for the survival of immemorial work rhythms " . |
| 16 | Although the application of NIPPV on a general ward has been described as a difficult and time-consuming procedure for nurses we did not find this to be the case . |
| 17 | The lesion has been described as a volcano with central whitish discoloration projecting from an otherwise normal gastric mucosa . |
| 18 | The typical self-cutter has been described as a young , single , attractive female who repeatedly cuts her wrist or forearm . |
| 19 | Amplification of c-myc has been described in a minority ( 7% ) of tumours but correlates poorly with RNA content . |
| 20 | The international legal system has been described as a series of bilateral consensual relationships within which rights , commitments and obligations are formulated , and values are allocated between parties inter se . |
| 21 | A comparable phenomenon has been described in a transgenic mouse model which produces long segments of HBsAg including pre S 1 proteins and which eventually develops distorted ground glass hepatocytes very similar to thsoe in the present liver transplant recipients . |
| 22 | Lithotripsy of a densely calcified gall bladder stone has been described in a case report . |
| 23 | This period of time has been described as a period of consensus . |
| 24 | Section 4 of the Trade Marks Act 1938 is the main provision dealing with infringement and its language has been described by a past Master of the Rolls as being turgid and diffuse . |