Example sentences of "is often described as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reward reduces the horse 's anxiety and negative feelings , and replaces them with more positive feelings instead — what is often described as ‘ ending on a good note ! ’ |
| 2 | It is often described as ‘ critical ’ , ‘ systematic ’ , ‘ rational ’ or ‘ methodic ’ doubt . |
| 3 | An early printed book which has escaped the attention of the illuminator or rubricator is often described as ‘ untouched ’ . |
| 4 | This change is often described as being from a general tendency to blame the fecklessness and idleness of the poor for their poverty , to recognition that the fault lay in the structure of the economy ; from a ‘ moral ’ to an ‘ economic ’ diagnosis . |
| 5 | It is often described as ‘ whickering ’ , a pretty good term once you 've heard it but not a lot of good if you have n't . |
| 6 | ‘ The constitutional function performed by courts of justice as interpreters of the written law laid down in Acts of Parliament is often described as ascertaining ‘ the intention of Parliament ; ’ but what this metaphor , though convenient , omits to take into account is that the court , when acting in its interpretative role , as well as when it is engaged in reviewing the legality of administrative action , is doing so as mediator between the state in the exercise of its legislative power and the private citizen for whom the law made by Parliament constitutes a rule binding upon him and enforceable by the executive power of the state . |
| 7 | This is often described as establishing a reduced need for cost-accounting , and this is obvious from the viewpoint of regular routine control . |