Example sentences of "[be] described [prep] the [adj] times " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proposals were described by the Financial Times of May 4 as " greatly complicat[ing] " already difficult negotiations . |
| 2 | As my hon. Friend the Member for , Garscadden said earlier this afternoon , the Secretary of State has to rely on his Minister — the AA man , as he was described in the Financial Times . |
| 3 | The agreement was described by the Financial Times of May 16 as " designed to remove any need to raise taxes during the politically sensitive phase of completing reunification " . |
| 4 | He was described by the Financial Times of Jan. 15 as a " safe but unimaginative choice for premier , a job which will be overwhelmingly concerned with the reform of the collapsing economy " . |
| 5 | However , early on Dec. 11 , in what was described by the Financial Times of Dec. 12 as an " astonishing compromise " , EC leaders agreed that the entire chapter on social policy should be removed from the union treaty . |
| 6 | The scandal and accompanying crash came as a severe blow to Finance Minister Singh 's attempts to open the Indian economy to foreign investors , and in addition hurt many smaller , first-time investors attracted by the soaring bull market of the previous six months , of which Mehta was described by the Financial Times of May 18 as the " driving force " . |
| 7 | A decision over the issue of inter-enterprise debt was described by the Financial Times of Sept. 4 as " a messy compromise " . |