Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] to be representative " in BNC.
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1 | Skill in letter-writing is by no means evenly distributed among the population and letter-writers can not be said to be representative of the general population . |
2 | The problems of life-histories and oral history are fairly self-evident : they can not be shown to be representative or valid . |
3 | The metabolic concentrations can not be taken to be representative of analgesic ratios . |
4 | He said , trades council delegates can hardly be deemed to be representative of the broad interests of our movement . |
5 | The parameters used to measure growth must therefore be chosen to be representative , characteristic , reliable , and objective . |