Example sentences of "[noun sg] be often described [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The statements made which have no legal effect are often described as being mere " puffs " ( Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball [ 1893 ] 1 QB 256 ) . |
| 2 | The people who move a good deal are often described as being ‘ full of nervous energy ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | An early printed book which has escaped the attention of the illuminator or rubricator is often described as ‘ untouched ’ . |