Example sentences of "[pron] can be described in " in BNC.

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1 Obviously , questions of land are absolutely essential to an understanding of Cramlington which can be described in a brutally summary but not inaccurate fashion as the product of two private developers using the local state .
2 There are 2 possible states which can be described in this representation .
3 I remember in particular the huge smile that he had on his face when the Government were defeated in a way which can be described in parliamentary terms as nothing short of absolutely remarkable .
4 They can be described in many other ways , as yang and yin , as materialism and spirituality , as individualism and cooperation .
5 Like Caesar 's Gaul , it can be described in three parts : continuing decline 1980–2 ; the London & South Eastern phase under David Kirby 1982–5 ; and the reign of Chris Green and the birth of Network SouthEast commencing with his appointment on 6 January 1986 .
6 She proceeded to do this earnestly , seriously , and she sounded like an old steam-engine wheezing from the depths of the water ( that idyllic sound , now long forgotten , which to those who never knew it can be described in no better way than the wheezing of an old woman breathing in and out by the edge of a pool ) .
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