Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] be described as " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in the absence of factual information , we can only say that there is no scientific evidence for the theory that carp can tell if the food is doing them good and will , therefore , prefer this to what has delightfully been described as a crap bait . |
| 2 | Elias ' theory of the civilising process has also been described as a history of manners , in which changing patterns of living are documented , and within which what he refers to as ‘ affect ’ becomes increasingly regulated . |
| 3 | The form of this message has often been described as " myth " . |
| 4 | Cream 's ‘ fraternal individualism ’ , for instance , is easily metamorphosed into ‘ elitist exhibitionism ’ ( musically , this is the development from Cream to what has often been described as the ‘ empty virtuosity ’ of many later ‘ guitar heroes ’ ) ; similarly , the ‘ thinking ’ of unpredictable extended forms , given the predictable lulling rhythms and bland timbres of Mike Oldfield , is turned into LP-length ‘ easy listening ’ ; the ‘ psychedelic sound ’ becomes exactly that : a fetishized label , isolated from the radical harmonic/rhythmic context it has in ‘ Strawberry Fields ’ , and pinned on to simple Top Ten dance tunes , as a tribute to the middle class ideology of riskless hedonism . |
| 5 | Hodgskin has frequently been described as a ‘ Ricardian socialist ’ , but the description is more ironic than accurate . |
| 6 | It has even been described as a fundamental moral precept by more than one Irish catholic cleric : ‘ The law of the Church is quite definite , quite universal in this matter . |
| 7 | This religious settlement has sometimes been described as a via media between Catholicism and Protestantism . |
| 8 | Ivan Boesky , Dennis Levine , and Geoffrey Collier have been publicly vilified for engaging in what has sometimes been described as the ‘ unacceptable face of capitalism ’ . |
| 9 | For example , when Audrey has previously been described as ‘ a strapping lass ’ … who ‘ fought boys … ’ ‘ led her own gang ’ … was ‘ as good climbing trees and drainpipes as any boy ’ , why is it that she is the only one to reach the fortress ‘ limping and sobbing ’ ? |
| 10 | It has variously been described as a " bear baiting session " and " a ritual exchange of non information . " |
| 11 | I think this illustrates in a very nice way what has recently been described as a new erm family circle . |
| 12 | Er now , on another topic , I will go back to the idea of regulation later , you 'll see that life expectancy is obviously important and er when you 're looking at retirement I mean it 's always been described as the longest holiday of your life and it certainly is that , and life expectancy is rising all the time , these figures have actually been superseded . |