Example sentences of "are [verb] [prep] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The skin and all body orifices are colonised with microorganisms shortly after birth ; indeed , the body acts as ‘ host ’ to these microorganisms which are called commensals , and are referred to as the body 's natural or resident flora . |
| 2 | Interest received by the bank(s) is used , firstly , to meet what are referred to as the funding costs of the loan . |
| 3 | The other explanation put forward for Allende 's defeat was the role of the ‘ privileged ’ , the ‘ bosses ’ and the ruling elite — the transport workers ' strikes which inflicted serious damage on the economy and are referred to as the ‘ bosses ’ strikes ' . |
| 4 | Together , the knowledge of linguistic universals and the innate processing strategies are referred to as the ‘ Language Acquisition Device ’ or LAD . |
| 5 | But these are official figures which do not include what are referred to as the hidden homeless — those sharing households and those living rough . |
| 6 | These are referred to as the oral , anal , and phallic phases . |
| 7 | These are referred to as the first , second , third and fourth bond dissociation enthalpies respectively . |
| 8 | These copies are referred to as the Primary and Secondary copy . |
| 9 | Together PDE1 , PDE2 and the PKA site are referred to as the P box ( 5 ) or the kinase inducible domain ( KID ) ( 4 ) . |
| 10 | Aches and pains come under attack and niggling doubts are dealt with as the soft tissues , muscles , ligaments and joints of the body are worked on . |
| 11 | It 's as much home trade we are suffering from as the lack of foreign trade . |