Example sentences of "be commonly refer to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Directive , which is commonly referred to as the ‘ Seveso ’ Directive , was issued in June 1982 and in the UK its requirements were embodied in the Control of Major Accident Hazard ( CIMAH ) Regulations ( 1984 ) . |
| 2 | The discount rate for use in the public sector is commonly referred to as the test discount rate ( TDR ) . |
| 3 | A combination of District and Regional Council 's policies , industrial decline , and the embracing of popular capitalism pursued by central government since their election in 1979 , has ensured that the schemes in Glasgow have the highest levels of multiple deprivation of any other city in the UK and has created what is commonly referred to as the Fourth World . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This is commonly referred to as the ’ accruals ’ concept . |
| 6 | Although the latter legislation is correctly termed the Clean Air Amendments , it is commonly referred to as the Clean Air Act , and this practice is followed here . |
| 7 | Under section 6(3) , a defendant who is charged with sexual intercourse with a girl who is over 13 and under 16 may avail himself of what is commonly referred to as ‘ the young man 's defence . ’ |
| 8 | A graph of the stepping rate against time as the motor moves between the initial and target positions is commonly referred to as the " velocity profile " ; a typical example is shown in Fig. 6.6(a) . |
| 9 | This process is commonly referred to as " ignition advance " . |
| 10 | Increased spatial polarisation of the British electorate since 1955 is frequently remarked upon : it is usually associated with what is commonly referred to as a growing north:south divide , and sometimes with a growing urban:rural division too . |
| 11 | Crimes which are committed by those in higher positions in the social stratification system are commonly referred to as white-collar crimes . |
| 12 | They are commonly referred to as belonging to different ‘ races ’ , and the relations between Asian and West Indian communities and the white British population are referred to as ‘ race relations ’ ( cf the Race Relations Act ) . |
| 13 | This has now become feasible through the use of portable data carrier ( PDC ) products — or ‘ smart cards ’ as they are commonly referred to . |
| 14 | So important is it , that the decades since the end of the Second World War are commonly referred to as the epoch of the ‘ Cold War ’ between capitalism and communism . |
| 15 | O'Rourke was commonly referred to as the weatherman , which he was n't at all . |
| 16 | In this book , it will be called ‘ offensive conduct , ’ because although the marginal note speaks of ‘ harassment , alarm and distress , ’ and although it was commonly referred to in the Parliamentary debates as the ‘ disorderly conduct ’ clause , this is not the most accurate description . |
| 17 | Thousands of workers lost their jobs , and the railways ' staffing needs were met by an influx of combatants who had fought on the nationalist side in the civil war ; a war that was commonly referred to by the victors , and indeed in RENFE documents of this period , as the ‘ war of national liberation ’ . |