Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This broader definition of community empowerment has been referred to as communities having equity and capacity to solve problems ( Naparstek et al , 1982 ) ; having abilities to identify their own problems and solutions ( Braithwaite and Lythcott , 1989 ) ; having increased participation in community activities ( Chavis and Wandersman , 1990 ) ; and enabling individuals and communities to increase control over the determinants of health ( Health Promotion , 1986 ) . |
| 2 | The main subject areas are referred to as superfields , of which there are ten . |
| 3 | Many of these are technology gatekeepers , and are referred to as consultants . |
| 4 | Recipients of services , whether they are referred to as users , clients or patients , are entitled to be consulted about their treatment and care and to participate as fully as possible in decisions about their lives . |
| 5 | They used to be called blue-green algae because they appeared to be close relatives of the green algae that are common in ponds , but now that their very primitive character is recognised , they are referred to as cyanophytes or simply , blue-greens . |
| 6 | The two new patients are referred to as cases 4 and 5 . |
| 7 | Instead it provides a writeable control store and a micro-instruction set oriented wards the interpretation of what are referred to as S-languages ( for secondary languages ) . |
| 8 | VARIABLES — Characteristics , attributes or qualities that can vary in magnitude among individual cases or which have different categories are referred to as variables in statistical analyses where , usually , their relationship ( for example , between education of mothers and the number of children ever born to them ) is studied . |
| 9 | At sites where a number of periods of occupation overlie one another , the archaeologist has to identify and record very large numbers of what are referred to as contexts — divisions of the excavated material that can be distinguished in some way from their neighbours . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , multiple persons and entities , such as ‘ shipowners , ’ ‘ charterers , ’ ‘ possessors of property shipped , ’ ‘ masters of the vessel , ’ their ‘ agents , ’ and even ‘ ships ’ are referred to as carriers in bill of lading law and practice once they are made responsible for loss or damage to cargo . |
| 11 | Because the activity is taking place in London , rather than in the home countries of the currencies in question , the markets are referred to as Euromarkets . |
| 12 | They are referred to in disputes to tell the parents what happened and are believed in preference to the ‘ naughty ’ child . |
| 13 | The more important elements of the definition of the new offence are referred to in paragraphs 34–58 . |
| 14 | These are referred to by researchers as attitudes , values , beliefs and opinions . |
| 15 | These are looked after by teams of directly employed cleaners , under the control of a hygiene officer . |
| 16 | More than 250 ideas emerged from the presentation , and each one has been looked at for possibilities . |
| 17 | It appears that the surfeit rings in the crystal are compensated for by holes at the lattice sites . |
| 18 | The fungi have n't been attended to for decades and , warped by the magic of the Castle , have changed considerably . |
| 19 | Species resembling this one in general shape are met with in rocks of Cretaceous and younger age . |
| 20 | They are made of in pieces of redwood or pine . |
| 21 | bodies are made in in planks you see and there 's a rib in it . |
| 22 | But I 'll finish Chairman , by saying that also I 've received complaints from er , a tenant farmer , not one of our tenant farmers , but a p a person who farms who actually has problems because of the pressure that that farmer is under to allow the hunt to go across their land because they 're surrounded by by farmers who do allow them . |
| 23 | Education is rarely named by providers for fear of alienation and women are talked about in ways which make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end . |
| 24 | For the last six months the momentum has grown we 've been lectured to by ex-leaders of the Party by ex-parliamentary stars by Give-us-a-Meal Roy by budding prima donnas by the wagon-load , telling us how we should be gagged ! |
| 25 | ‘ effectiveness ’ and ‘ economy ’ were also used ; the meaning of these terms , especially the first two , has not always been agreed upon by writers in the context of LMS . |
| 26 | No fish has captured the imagination and been dreamed of by anglers more than the carp . |
| 27 | Rights are thought of as things which are possessed , enjoyed , exercised , yielded up , foregone , etc . |
| 28 | Similarly , trade unions are thought of as institutions whose objectives and practices are fundamentally opposed to the public interest . |
| 29 | The notions of system and homology are gone ; neither literature in general nor individual texts are thought of as systems , and consequently analogies with linguistic structures do not apply . |
| 30 | Hyenas have always been thought of as scavengers but it is now known that they are also vigorous nocturnal hunters . |