Example sentences of "[was/were] referred [prep] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Europe and America were referred to as examples of strong disability lobbies . |
| 2 | A mine truck was always known as a waggon — horse drawn carts were referred to as carts , so Sarah was obviously in the mine — quite a different thing from being at , or on , the mine . |
| 3 | If somebody 's been abused erm typically in the past they were referred to as victims . |
| 4 | The mother of one of the victims maintained that although the girls were referred to in court only by their first names to protect them from reprisals , she was particularly worried that people in the court 's public gallery knew who the girl was . |
| 5 | The followers of Rafsanjani 's policy of economic liberalization and a greater openness towards the exterior were referred to in Farsi as the Rouhanyat ( sometimes described to as the Combatant Clergy Association ) . |
| 6 | The purpose of this provision for what were referred to in discussion as ‘ subsidiary authorities ’ was to cater for the needs of composite States such as the United Kingdom , where different systems of law are to be found within the same State . |
| 7 | Soon nine seats in the House of Commons were in his gift : his M.P.s were referred to in Parliament as ‘ Sir James 's ninepins ’ . |
| 8 | Site Inscrit and Site Classe were referred to in Chapter 4 . |
| 9 | The inclusion of these provisions in the plan were referred to by Rafsanjani in a speech on Oct. 8 , when he reported that " we decided to make some amendments in the plan ( which had been completed in an earlier draft form by the previous government of Prime Minister Hossein Moussavi ) under the new atmosphere " . |
| 10 | So , submits Lord Meston , in this case there was , first on the part of the father , a ‘ right of custody ’ in the context of the extended rights which were referred to by Butler-Sloss L.J . |
| 11 | These works were referred to by Leopold in a letter of 8 February 1765 : |
| 12 | The house in Long Island was referred to as Xanadu in the specialized trade that supplied her . |
| 13 | Port Salut is a washed rind cheese of a fairly mild flavour , originally made by Trappist monks when it was referred to as Port du Salut . |
| 14 | Anne 's ex was referred to as Captain Phillips and her children — unlike all the other young royals — are untitled despite being the Queen 's eldest grandchildren . |
| 15 | ‘ I always found it very funny when I was referred to as Mr Laura Ashley , especially as I hated my own name , Bernard . ’ |
| 16 | This duty was referred to by Vinelott J. and is established , with its limitations , by such cases as Cuckmere Brick Co . Ltd. v. Mutual Finance Ltd. [ 1971 ] Ch. 949 and Tse Kwong Lam v. Wong Chit Sen [ 1983 ] 1 W.L.R. 1349 . |
| 17 | The hole was referred to by Tace as " Apsley Sough " , though " sough " in these parts meant a drain or channel . |
| 18 | It has impressed but it has to have the right tools if it is going to provide the safety that councillor referred to and the saving of life which was referred to by councillor . |
| 19 | He believed that this was referred to by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the twelfth century . |
| 20 | In developing his argument that the taxpayer was exploiting property assets which were only capable of use abroad Mr. Park sought to draw an analogy between letting a property which was referred to by Lord Bridge in the Hang Seng Bank case [ 1991 ] 1 A.C. 306 , 323 , and licensing of intellectual property rights . |
| 21 | This bond was referred to by Pavlov as ‘ unconditional ’ meaning innate and not dependent on previous learning . |
| 22 | The radio was referred to by Governor Rimi 's opponents as ‘ Radio Rimi ’ . |
| 23 | From this position Morris was soon able both to develop a practice of his own and to secure the fruits of public office : as early as 1727 he was referred to in print as ‘ the noted architect Mr. Morris ’ , and in 1731–2 he made a visit to Italy . |
| 24 | Were the defeats of the coal strike/lock-out and the General Strike vital in permitting the Government to return to the political economy of normalcy , which was referred to in Chapter 1 ? |
| 25 | Were the defeats of the coal strike/lock-out and the General Strike vital in permitting the Government to return to the political economy of normalcy , which was referred to in Chapter 1 ? |
| 26 | Such thoughts do not immediately exercise the minds of farmers , but they are becoming concerned by the rises in the price of fertilizer and other oil-based inputs and by their own powerlessness in the face of ‘ agribusiness ’ corporations , which was referred to in Chapter 3 . |
| 27 | This tells us that Potnia had a sanctuary dedicated to her in some part of the Labyrinth at Knossos , since this temple — and only this one — was referred to in antiquity as the Labyrinth , at least as far as Crete was concerned . |