Example sentences of "refer [prep] [prep] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most companies ( record companies , music publishers and large management firms ) have what they refer to as their standard agreement . |
| 2 | The media are obviously hard up for stories because they seem interested in what they refer to as our overcrowding problems here . |
| 3 | Kate could n't help resenting the fact that his eyes were firmly fixed on what had once been referred to as her greatest assets ‘ … particularly after a provocative remark like that ! ’ he drawled . |
| 4 | The full set of normality relations which a lexical item contracts with all conceivable contexts will be referred to as its contextual relations . |
| 5 | Godfrey de Lucy [ q.v. ] , later bishop of Winchester , is once referred to as his fellow student . |
| 6 | Yet Catalan and not Spanish remains their first language ( the signposts have often two spellings ) , and Ibiza and Formentera — the smallest of the group — are still commonly referred to by their Roman name ‘ Pituisas ’ , the Islands of Pines . |
| 7 | This revision has been undertaken by Steven Sheehan , Director of the Ralph Mayer Centre at Yale University , and includes more detailed sections on newer materials such as acrylics , referred to by their American name , ‘ polymer colours ’ , and a completely reworked pigment section . |
| 8 | However when he came to Celebes ( hereafter referred to by its modern name , Sulawesi ) , even Alfred Wallace was lost for a complete explanation of how this large star-shaped island acquired its fascinating and unusual fauna . |
| 9 | Now when she catches the odd episode on TV , Eithne looks on as Chrissie is referred to by her remaining soap family members . |
| 10 | Will he tell us why he refused to give an interview on the television programme referred to by my Hon. Friend the Member for Cynon Valley ( Mrs. Clwyd ) ? |
| 11 | I am distressed to hear of the problems facing owner-occupiers in the area referred to by my hon. Friend . |
| 12 | That point enables me to raise with the Minister the matter of aid to mining areas , which was also referred to by my hon. Friend the Member for Hemsworth . |
| 13 | I do not intend to say any more about this issue , which has already been referred to by my hon. Friends . |
| 14 | And when he suspected that among his askaris , there existed ‘ turned ’ terrorists whose hearts were not with their new masters , he showed no compunction in disposing of the ‘ problem ’ , favouring his tested method : ‘ drops , shot and burnt ’ , otherwise referred to in his absorbing unpublished testament as ‘ the usual manner ’ . |
| 15 | Er the difficulties with P P G seven and the countryside are exemplified in paragraph one ten which Mr Donson refers to as his guiding principle , in one single paragraph it manages to include three separate uses of the word countryside , wider countryside , the countryside and open countryside , indicating perhaps some of the difficulties in in erm identifying exactly what area it is that would be covered by a Policy E two . |
| 16 | Where it is possible to arrange viewing facilities , a bank of classroom recordings for teachers to refer to in their own time is a sensible and useful resource . |