Example sentences of "what [vb mod] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And this distinction between an hour as sixty minutes and an hour as a section of complex human experience , is I suppose the distinction one would make between clock time and what might be called existential time , time as it 's humanly experienced . |
| 32 | Let us deal first , with what might be called methodological problems . |
| 33 | Their view of the seriousness of Iraq 's action , and the reaction it demanded , was different enough from Mr Bush 's to scupper talk of global partnerships and replace it by what might be called contingent leadership . |
| 34 | It might be thought , for example , that the arbitrator is typical of adjudicative authorities , and that what might be called legislative authorities differ from them in precisely these respects . |
| 35 | Our biggest problem is non-attendance authorised by parents for what might be considered unacceptable reasons . |
| 36 | I have so far dealt only with what might be considered extraneous matters which are of little concern to the non-collector , who can read and enjoy a book without worrying about endpapers , half-titles , advertisements and the rest ; though even the ordinary reader must reach a point where bibliographical matters begin to impinge . |
| 37 | The third part describes the ways in which children acquire the forms of language , and develop their ability to use and understand them , with consideration of what might be found easy or difficult at different stages of development . |
| 38 | In addition , there are many more millions of migrants and what might be termed environmental refugees — people leaving because of natural disasters or because the land , as the result of soil erosion , deforestation and the spread of deserts , can no longer support the population . |
| 39 | I have been arguing here for what might be termed appropriate research , analogous to the notion of appropriate technology . |
| 40 | Back in Via Manzoni , continue north to pass the church of San Francesco di Paola , a fine example of what might be termed flowery Baroque . |
| 41 | All the semantic tallies we have considered so far have been what might be termed pure tallies , in that they have no perceptible semantic connection with any other elements in the language . |
| 42 | Over many years these features have produced what might be termed tremendous institutional depth . |
| 43 | Only 11 fathers , outside these sectors , were in heavy or what might be termed Semi-skilled or unskilled jobs : docker , coalminer , dust-man , general labourer , worker in rubber factory . |
| 44 | In the latter cases , capital gains are being made from what might be termed special kinds of consumption property , only available to the rich . |
| 45 | Crompton and Jones concluded that clerical workers were a white-collar proletariat , and that female clerical workers in particular have little chance of promotion to what could be called middle-class or service-class jobs . |
| 46 | In its verdict , the court found that ‘ the content of Suh Kyung-won 's conversation with the North Korean leader Kim Il-sung does not appear to have contained what could be called top secrets vital to national security . ’ |
| 47 | Higher management qualification ( members would need to assess the technical content of such courses to determine what could be considered relevant CPE ) |
| 48 | Moreover , there seems to be an element of moral righteousness in Bukharin 's attitude , in so far as he sought to clothe what could be considered necessary violence with an aura of positive good , thereby turning necessity into a virtue . |
| 49 | Although they are mainly what would be called consolidating enactments in British practice , one which may perhaps be considered a genuine code is the regulation bringing together all the various Community rules on customs matters , in effect a Community Customs Code , on which the Council adopted a common position on 14 May 1992 . |
| 50 | So far there is little here that would run counter to what would be considered orthodox Marxist views . |
| 51 | They are what can be called logical , conceptual , or formal relations rather than causal relations . |
| 52 | The caveat , to state it simply , is that it is to be taken as a view of only our conception of what can be called standard effects : all those where the effects are not decisions , choices , like mental acts of persons , or ensuing actions . |
| 53 | Mental events are contained in rather than identical with what can be called personal epistemic facts . |
| 54 | Given that the coin was put in , it was then a matter of what can be called real chance that the bar came out . |
| 55 | The given connection between causal circumstance and effect is in fact the principal instance of what can be called fundamental nomic connection or fundamental necessary connection . |
| 56 | Firstly , just as recent theories of the mind suggest there is not one but multiple kinds of intelligence ( Gardner , 1983 ) , so too the notion of vision seems to involve a variety of mental capacities , what can be called visionary style . |
| 57 | However , where technology is concerned , the nature , of things out there , external to man , sets limits to what can be considered normal and correct . |