Example sentences of "be described as [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | Only speculation is possible in offering a reason for the initial action , which could be described as the first rite . |
2 | By the time the 1958 World Cup was held in Sweden , the international game had reached what could be described as the first flowering of maturity . |
3 | The priority for developing these subsystems will depend on potential benefit , urgency of need , probability of success or natural precedence , which could be described as the next ‘ piece of the jigsaw , . |
4 | Cairo is now being described as the next major release of NT , and may well be the release that the market waits for before deciding to commit to NT . |
5 | Cairo is now being described as the next major release of NT , and may well be the release that the market waits for before deciding to commit to NT . |
6 | SpreadBase is described as the first category-based modelling tool . |
7 | Conversely , to enter the chemical laboratory envisaged in 1606 by Andreas Libavius — a respectable Lutheran humanist , critic of the Paracelsians , and author of what has been described as the first chemical textbook — would be to enter an open house in which the products of the furnace were investigated with a sense of responsibility for the welfare of one 's fellow men . |
8 | Plans for setting up the Newbolt Committee were initiated in the course of an unprecedented mobilization of the whole population to sustain what has been described as the first " total " war effort . |
9 | In 1833 J. C. Loudon , who has been described as the first architectural journalist , announced that the ‘ great object ’ of his Encyclopaedia of Cottage , Farm and Villa Architecture was ‘ to show how the dwellings of the whole mass of society may be equalized in point of all essential comforts , conveniences and beauties ’ . |
10 | This has been described as the first ‘ social laboratory ’ where children can experiment with relationships and learn to cope with change , envy , competitiveness and rivalry — things that will help them to develop social skills . |
11 | In what has been described as the first case of its kind in Britain , Greenpeace is taking the chemical concern ICI to court , accusing it of illegally discharging pollutants . |
12 | A petition is being raised in the nearby village of Armadale , where residents are angry at the prospect of encroachment on what has been described as the last ‘ soft ’ wooded landscape in the vicinity . |
13 | Ecstasy 's been described as the next best thing to an orgasm , so if your life feels empty it can appear to fill that gap quite nicely . ’ |
14 | The USSR Supreme Soviet on May 16 passed what was described as the first unclassified legislation regulating the state security services . |
15 | Earlier in the month , on Nov. 8 , Roh had attended a one-day meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa in Kyoto , in what was described as the first of a planned series of regular bilateral discussions . |
16 | The agreement was described as the first US arms sale to a former Warsaw Pact country . |
17 | It was described as the second largest in Europe . |
18 | Some reports suggested that it had survived what was described as the fourth attempted coup since Bashir took power from the government of Sadiq el-Mahdi in June 1989 [ see p. 36728 ] . |