Example sentences of "have been described [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | • Matra is developing what has been described as a ‘ four-wheel motorcycle ’ , using Clio 16-valve power . |
| 2 | Be that as it may , chancroid is diagnosed and treated with frequency in endemic areas where it has been described as a disease of the socially unenlightened and the economically unfortunate . |
| 3 | Big Waimea has been described as a ‘ lunatic washing machine ’ . |
| 4 | There has developed what has been described as a ‘ transition trap ’ , experienced by the generation which has cared for their elders in the traditional manner , but whose children have increasingly embraced Western lifestyles , and fail to fulfil customary expectations about caring for their parents . |
| 5 | The typical self-cutter has been described as a young , single , attractive female who repeatedly cuts her wrist or forearm . |
| 6 | The move to the Inn on the Lake seems to have met with a favourable response from students ; the pub has been described as a ‘ nice place to work ’ . |
| 7 | Maybe when the river runs blue again , shrimp boats will return to Paul , which has been described as a village unique in Holderness . |
| 8 | Narrative has been described as a primary act of mind ; children construct the world through story . |
| 9 | This period of time has been described as a period of consensus . |
| 10 | Suffering is so prominent a part of the Gospel that it has been described as a Passion story with an introduction . |
| 11 | I 'd love to read something about Beefheart again — for me he is still just about the only person who has been described as a genius in your august organ who might just be one . |
| 12 | It has been described as a breach ‘ going to the root of the contract ’ . |
| 13 | Nursing has been described as a skilled occupation rather than a profession . |
| 14 | This has been described as a golden opportunity for primary care to develop a much enhanced role . |
| 15 | The crux , above the big ledge of the first stance some 40ft above the base , has been described as a slab . |
| 16 | All knew that they would have to pass through what has been described as a maelstrom , and that they would have to rely on the seamanship of their coxswain to reach the relative safety of open water ; there would be no second chance in conditions which were described as the worst in living memory . ’ |
| 17 | Although he is unwilling to specify in advance any privileged source of power , there nevertheless underlies his work what has been described as a ‘ philosophical monism ’ , a conception of a ‘ will to power ’ forever expanding and bursting forth in the form of a will to know . |
| 18 | The international legal system has been described as a series of bilateral consensual relationships within which rights , commitments and obligations are formulated , and values are allocated between parties inter se . |
| 19 | In civil cases the rights of appeal are not ungenerous , though the overall system of civil appeals has been described as a ‘ hotchpotch ’ needing rationalization ( Woolf , 1988 ) . |
| 20 | Indeed , just prior to but , there is what has been described as a ‘ possible completion point ’ . |
| 21 | This loss of income became generalized , through the play of the labour market , to less skilled families , to school-leavers , to ethnic minorities , and to the sick and disabled to create what has been described as a ‘ deprived underclass ’ . |
| 22 | He has been described as a caring individual . |
| 23 | In the debate on the Remonstrance against Buckingham in June he argued that the Arminians ‘ run in string with the papists and flatter greatness to oppress the subject ’ , thereby making what has been described as a new and crucial intellectual link between alteration of religion and alteration of government . |
| 24 | Traditionally bureaucracy has been described as a role culture , but there is no reason to suppose that the different cultures can not all exist within the same organisation particularly if the organisation is as large and diverse as a government department or a local authority . |
| 25 | Northern Ireland has been described as a society under siege , a society where there is a problem for every solution ! |
| 26 | Anicius Saturninus at Irchester has been described as a remount officer securing new horses for the army , while O. Cordius Candidus at Dover may have been connected with the transport of horses across the Channel . |
| 27 | The Green Party 's policy has been described as a manifesto for the 1890's rather than the 1980's . |
| 28 | The practice of underwriting before the reforms of October 1986 has been described as a method of compensation for the high transactions costs of fixed commissions for large institutional clients . |
| 29 | IT WAS BNFL which drew the applause at Buxton at the end of the Company-sponsored Quest for New Musicals , which has been described as a ‘ resounding success . ’ |
| 30 | Birmingham has been described as a " matrix of small workshops " forming a " conducive environment for the survival of immemorial work rhythms " . |