Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [vb pp] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only branch of academic analysis which , by virtue of its title , might have been thought to represent a candidate for this specific area of study is that sub-section of anthropology known as material culture studies . |
| 2 | The form of farming known as shifting cultivation has gone hand-in-hand with the clearances in New Guinea over , at least , the last 5000 years . |
| 3 | He received a ban some years ago for losing his temper while playing in that veritable hive of provocation known as Australian grade cricket , and this latest ruckus began , apparently , when Marcus Wight ( whose father , the umpire , Peter , should have taught him better ) proffered a few choice words of his won upon dismissing Ramprakash in the first innings . |
| 4 | This brings into play an area of training known as free sparring . |
| 5 | Have you heard of a type of problem known as NP-complete ? ’ |
| 6 | Many specialist desert plants practise a peculiar form of photosynthesis known as crassulacean acid metabolism ( CAM ) whereby they open their stomata only at night , when water loss is liable to be at a minimum . |