Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [be] described [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Marketing Mix may effectively be described and analysed on the basis of the Four P's . |
| 2 | It was for this reason that it was made clear that the negotiations leading to a settlement might best be described as bargaining hence suggesting a somewhat aggressive method of resolving the matter . |
| 3 | In many ways , Hegel appears to be the complete opposite of Schleiermacher — whose relations with him in the years that they were colleagues in Berlin might charitably be described as strained . |
| 4 | Some people may sprint when they run , but I have seen people running for the bus who could not be described as sprinting . |
| 5 | Its policy on Europe could best be described as jerking from one extreme to another within a few years , at one moment leaving the European Community altogether and in the next being willing to sign up to anything for which the EC asks ; at one moment supporting the closed shop and in the next denigrating it . |
| 6 | Some of the marriages could certainly be described as taking place within the traditional milieu of the skilled working class : thus Flora H. , daughter of a blacksmith , married the son of a cabinet maker ( bride and groom were both compositors ) . |
| 7 | He was living in what would traditionally be described as reduced circumstances . |
| 8 | The fact is that many have an aroma and flavour which is unique — for instance , basil can only be described as tasting like basil . |
| 9 | However , about a quarter " can only be described as having limited competence in Patois " ( p. 100 ) . |
| 10 | Both Walter Hilton and Dame Julian insist that God is transcendent and can not be described or grasped by the human mind , but they belong more to the Western tradition than the author of The Cloud of Unknowing . |
| 11 | Observations can not be described or predicted beyond a certain point but are just arbitrary . |
| 12 | The coat pattern of both the European and the African races can best be described as suppressed , weak or washed-out tabby . |
| 13 | The nature of this dilemma can best be described as follows . |