Example sentences of "[is] sometimes [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not , as it is sometimes believed to be , a matter of crude protectionism ; it is a measure of Japanese difference , and has to be recognized as such . |
| 2 | It is also difficult to understand how what is sometimes believed to be the essential ‘ minimum ’ syllabus of the three-year single subject degree can be halved without loss of disciplinary integrity . |
| 3 | is sometimes referred to as Italian rice , and is really a short grain rice , although slightly longer than the traditional round grain pudding rice . |
| 4 | A 45° plan oblique projection is sometimes referred to as an axonometric projection . |
| 5 | For this reason the suspension capability of a detergent is sometimes referred to as rinseability . |
| 6 | The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was of this kind , although the four explosions that took place at its climax were so stupendous that a separate type of eruption , the Krakatoan , is sometimes referred to . |
| 7 | ‘ Bumping ’ , which is sometimes referred to as ‘ transferred ’ or ‘ translated ’ redundancy , is a well-recognised industrial practice . |
| 8 | This is sometimes referred to as the domestic recycling of funds within an economy . |
| 9 | This is sometimes referred to as the comfort factor by bankers . |
| 10 | It is sometimes referred to as ‘ non-interventionist ’ observation , though I find that a rather jargonish term and I think bird-watching is a good simple way of referring to observation which is very similar to that of the ornithologist who constructs a ‘ hide ’ so as to be able to observe birds in their natural habitat without disturbing them in any way . |
| 11 | It is because of this that DD unemployment is sometimes referred to as Keynesian unemployment . |
| 12 | The proportion w is sometimes referred to as the adjustment parameter . |
| 13 | It is sometimes referred to as a wide shot , and one of its most important uses is to establish the nature of a location in the minds of the viewers . |
| 14 | Unidirectional microphones have a pick-up pattern which is biased in the forward direction , a characteristic which is sometimes referred to as cardioid because of the heart-shape of the pattern . |
| 15 | There are some companies now Hewlett Packard is sometimes referred to where there are only two steps between junior management and the main board . |
| 16 | This benefit can be direct or indirect and is sometimes referred to by lawyers as ‘ consideration ’ . |
| 17 | This huge area , which includes Thailand , Burma , Laos , Cambodia , Malaysia and Indonesia , is sometimes referred to as Indosinia . |
| 18 | The intertidal zone is sometimes referred to as the littoral zone , but I use the term eulittoral . |
| 19 | This ‘ experimental effect ’ is sometimes referred to as the ‘ Hawthorne Effect ’ . |
| 20 | ( This is sometimes referred to as ‘ positional power ’ . ) |
| 21 | This example also illustrates a second idea which is sometimes referred to as ‘ polycentricity ’ . |
| 22 | Section 61 empowers the SIB ( by virtue of delegated powers conferred on the Secretary of State ) to apply to the court for , inter alia , a restitution order ( or , as it is sometimes referred to , a ‘ disgorgement order ’ ) requiring any firm who infringes , inter alia , the SIB 's conduct of business rules , to disgorge their profits . |
| 23 | The final stage of this process is sometimes referred to as the evaluation stage . |
| 24 | This procedure , is sometimes referred to as ipsative assessment . |
| 25 | It is sometimes referred to as the mahi or " fish-in-the-pond " design ( mahi being the Persian word for fish ) , because many traditional sources have cited this as its symbolic origin . |
| 26 | It is sometimes referred to as the wan design ( wan being the Chinese character for 10,000 ) and represents 10,000 happiness . |
| 27 | ( For this reason the positivistic approach is sometimes referred to as the ‘ individualized treatment model ’ . ) |
| 28 | The principle of independence in monist reasoning is usually coupled with an attempt to interpret relations as a sub-class of properties and expressive of certain purely internal features of their terms , or what is sometimes referred to as the doctrine of the " internality of relations " . |
| 29 | When used it was hammered or battered into sheets ( hence the fact that it is sometimes referred to as ‘ battered brass ’ ) . |
| 30 | Note that a sale of debt which shortens the maturity structure is sometimes known as ‘ unfunding ’ the National Debt while a sale which lengthens its maturity structure is sometimes referred to as ‘ funding ’ . |