Example sentences of "be termed [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A semantic constituent which can not be segmented into more elementary semantic constituents will be termed a minimal semantic constituent . |
| 2 | The point is that , whereas most British breeds are now basically black or red , with or without white , or roan mixtures of black or red hairs with white hairs , the Jersey has always accepted what might be termed a composite coat , with many more colours , and even then the colour can change according to the season . |
| 3 | This has involved close linkages between private and public capital and between mining and other sectors of the economy , giving rise to a core economic bloc which might be termed a mineral-energy complex . |
| 4 | If we examine the theory of the origins of human society and personality put forward by Freud in Totem and Taboo we find that it is what might be termed a monotraumatic theory . |
| 5 | In all the cases examined with full verbs , the bare infinitive has evoked what could be termed a coincident actualization , and its event is not represented as beginning to exist in time before that of the main verb , as depicted by this diagram of I watched him cross the street : This does not exhaust the expressive capacity of the bare infinitive , however , as we are going to see that it can also express what we will call coincident potentiality . |
| 6 | And , most importantly , they have been unable to devise anything that might be termed a corporate central-government strategy towards inner-city areas . |
| 7 | We may call this a disparity of structure , as opposed to Bach 's , which could be termed a referential disparity . |
| 8 | Sperber and Wilson suggest that the effect achieved by such an utterance can be termed a poetic effect . |
| 9 | Past problems — in particular in the interwar depression — were analysed within a framework which might be termed a Keynesian hindsight model [ Pollard , 1969 ; 1983 ] . |
| 10 | It does nobody any favour to be termed a heavy drinker rather than an alcoholic . |
| 11 | It could be termed a quiet beginning , with scores of 38 and 35 along with a wicket with his offbreaks as the two sides drew . |
| 12 | Consequently , % PV flow values of between 20 and 30% fall within what might be termed a diagnostic ‘ grey area ’ . |
| 13 | A particular word-meaning which participates in this way in the meaning of another word will be termed a semantic trait of the second word . |
| 14 | Any constituent part of a sentence that bears a meaning which combines with the meanings of the other constituents to give the overall meaning of the sentence will be termed a semantic constituent . |
| 15 | Those presuppositions of a selector , which , if not satisfied by the selectee , give rise to inappropriateness , will be termed the collocational restrictions of the selector . |
| 16 | This approach may be termed the static welfare approach to the analysis of customs unions , and was developed by Viner , ( 1950 ) , Meade , ( 1955 ) and Lipsey , ( 1970 ) . |
| 17 | There is first of all what may be termed the technical conception of a hierarchical level . |
| 18 | Thus an envelope bounding these wells showing minimum or no uplift on the diagram defines a zone of ± 400 ft ( 120 m ) which may be termed the standard maturity-depth gradient for the Southern North Sea ; all the data points which define the zone were derived from Westphalian age strata . |
| 19 | These may be termed the primary lexical units of a lexeme — a category that would include , for instance , dog ( ’ species ’ ) , heavy ( ’ weight ’ ) , novel ( ’ text ’ ) , etc . |
| 20 | Their response is depressing — and also debilitating — because it creates an instant polarity between what might be termed the old and new agendas of the left , when what is actually required is a synthesis . |
| 21 | Rather there is an essential assumption of that basic face-to-face conversational context in which all humans acquire language , or as Lyons ( 1977a : 637-8 ) has put it rather more precisely : The grammaticalization and lexicalization of deixis is best understood in relation to what may be termed the canonical situation of utterance : this involves one-one , or one-many , signalling in the phonic medium along the vocal-auditory channel , with all the participants present in the same actual situation able to see one another and to perceive the associated non-vocal paralinguistic features of their utterances , and each assuming the role of sender and receiver in turn There is much in the structure of languages that can only be explained on the assumption that they have developed for communication in face-to-face interaction . |
| 22 | It is because it is part of the structure of attitudes to possess such unrealized , implicit potentialities , that the implicit aspects can be termed the unstructured pan of the attitudinal structure . |
| 23 | 1 we examined the purposes of research into materials and considered what could be termed the theoretical , the practical and the analytical approaches to materials research . |
| 24 | These tracheoles may be termed the larval or provisional tracheoles , and they extend in bundles into the developing lacunae . |
| 25 | To begin with there was what might be termed the residual effect of the interwar years . |
| 26 | We adopt , therefore , an approach which might appropriately be termed the unorthodox view as opposed to what could be called the traditional view . |
| 27 | Gandhi seems to have felt some flicker of remorse about his treatment of the Sarabhai family ; at any rate , without confessing error , he preoccupied himself with working out rules for what might be termed the just fast . |
| 28 | This makes sense at what might be termed an economic arithmetic level , but is flawed at the behavioural level . |
| 29 | In Whitham 's case it was different and he certainly was what could be termed an inspired choice by the Lightweight club . |
| 30 | Although their child will not be characterised by a recognisable physical appearance , the child will still often behave in what might be termed an abnormal fashion . |