Example sentences of "which can [adv] [be] described [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Parliament in my judgment has assumed and contemplated that the testator will have already made his will before he signs and the words in section 9 ( b ) ‘ give effect to the will ’ in my judgment do more naturally suggest that there is a document already in existence which contains either dispositive provisions or something which can properly be described as a testamentary disposition .
2 Avitus places Clovis 's baptism in the aftermath of the liberation of a " captive people " ; the only group which can easily be described in these terms are the Gallo-Romans of Aquitaine .
3 He is unable to ‘ switch off ’ his analytic mind , for he becomes possessed of something which can best be described as ‘ special knowledge ’ .
4 The court appeared to disagree with Goulding J at first instance in that it seemed to say that confidential information which can not be described as a " business secret " ( in the narrow sense of that phrase ) could not be protected by an express clause .
5 There are also important areas of knowledge and skill which can not be described with any precision either because of their nature ( e.g. " understanding " ) or because not enough is yet known about the factors causing difficulty to pupils .
6 The World Cup is an international celebration of the only sport which can legitimately be described as a cultural universal .
7 I am running a 1986 V8 County 90 which at 25,000 miles has no more than normal backlash in the transmission line , yet a most irritating noise has developed which can only be described as a clunk that occurs whenever I apply or lift off the throttle in any gear .
8 The main focus of our stay was dining at Les Trois Mousquetaires , which can only be described as a heavenly indulgence .
9 Curiously , the cover of ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ features Enya in which can only be described as an opera gown — she could be twenty or forty but her delicate beauty is intact .
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