Example sentences of "[adj] have been described [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The practice of underwriting before the reforms of October 1986 has been described as a method of compensation for the high transactions costs of fixed commissions for large institutional clients . |
| 2 | This has been described as a golden opportunity for primary care to develop a much enhanced role . |
| 3 | This had been described as a thrust , but it is almost certainly a submarine landslip deposit like those in Italy . |
| 4 | These have been described as a fraud upon the public because , even if a data user has solemnly undertaken in his registration statement not to disclose the data to any third party , he will under the Act be deemed not to have contravened the terms of his registration if he access to requests from police or tax officers pleading prejudice to their enquiries . |
| 5 | The latter had been described as a pewterer and metaller in 1666 ( see The Boke off Recorde of Kirkbie-Kendall , ed. by R. S. Fergusson ) later to become the well beloved " first and modern mayor of the Burgh " ( 1684 ) , and re-elected in 1708 . |