Example sentences of "as [pron] is commonly " in BNC.
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1 | I have deliberately refrained from referring to the movement as a ‘ pre-feed ’ roll , as it is commonly termed . |
2 | That Farriery as it is commonly practised is conducted without principle or science , and greatly to the injury of the noblest and most useful of our animals . |
3 | Whatever arguments there may be in favour of the independence of members of assemblies or parliaments , it is hard to see what they have to do with representation as it is commonly understood . |
4 | A party is not mandated to carry out particular policies in the sense of the term " mandate " used above , and as it is commonly understood . |
5 | As for the meaning of dependent conditionals , it is possible and perhaps necessary to say of them , as it is commonly said of " if " statements of various kinds , that they are to be taken as primitive , in the sense of not being open to analytical definition or reductive analysis . |
6 | Of all Edward 's legislation , three pieces particularly affected the church : the statutes De Viris Religiosis , or Mortmain as it is commonly called , Circumspecte Agatis , and Westminster II , chapter 41 . |
7 | This gave the BDN , as it is commonly referred to , the chance of reaching a readership beyond the ranks of the BDDA , and the new paper under its editor Kenneth McDougall , the BDDA 's Chairman , took full advantage of this opportunity . |
8 | In this latter case it is important to realise that we should expect to get true hyphenated justification or H&J as it is commonly known . |
9 | This problem can be overcome by changing to an assembly line operation which is a prominent feature of flow production , or mass production , as it is commonly called . |
10 | ‘ The Old Pretender ’ , as he is commonly known , although at this time still only 19 , was a tall , dark figure , said to resemble Charles II in appearance , though not in character , for he was cold , reserved and prematurely pious , carrying candles in religious processions . |
11 | The dharmashala in which the doctor — Guruji , as he is commonly and respectfully known — works and lives was constructed many years ago by some pious rich people as an inn to provide poor travellers and pilgrims with shelter . |