Example sentences of "which can be described " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little in the Outer Hebrides at the present time which can be described as natural woodland . |
| 2 | Remember , the law does not allow you to carry anything which can be described as an ‘ offensive weapon ’ such as a sharpened comb or a knife . |
| 3 | It is important to understand that it is never treatment in the abstract which can be described as ‘ extraordinary ’ , but only treatment in the context of the particular patient being cared for . |
| 4 | Many odours which can be described as ‘ disagreeable ’ and cause annoyance are a ‘ nuisance ’ in the ordinary meaning of the word . |
| 5 | The third meaning of this word ‘ love ’ is the one which is applied to the intense physical attraction between the sexes , known as falling in love , and which can be described as an intensification and beautification of the mating urge . |
| 6 | In the factory , each block is reduced to a finished curling stone weighing 40 lbs which can be described as a thing of beauty and is truly an example of the finest craftsmanship . |
| 7 | ( NOTE that for ‘ road ’ there must be a line of communication which can be described as a road and it is not sufficient merely to show vehicles have access , e.g. to a car-park ) ; and |
| 8 | The suppression of vice is therefore , Lord Devlin argues , just as important as the suppression of subversive activities , and just as it is impossible to point to an area of morality which should not be subject to the law , so there is no area of morality which can be described as ‘ private ’ . |
| 9 | Modern economic transactions assume forms of complex association between a number of parties , not all of which can be described as agreements or exchanges . |
| 10 | This definition suggests that public law in a broad sense ( not confining ourselves to the law of judicial review ) concerns the activities of governmental bodies , by which we mean the legislature , the departments of central government and the very large number of bodies and agencies which can be described as offshoots of these departments ( these are often called ‘ fringe bodies ’ ) , courts and tribunals , local government , and , perhaps , the police . |
| 11 | The resulting language varies from one author to another , but as written language it has many general features which can be described and analysed ( Perera , 1984 ) . |
| 12 | Obviously , questions of land are absolutely essential to an understanding of Cramlington which can be described in a brutally summary but not inaccurate fashion as the product of two private developers using the local state . |
| 13 | The theoretical view seems to offer a convenient framework for a broad division of history into periods which can be described by innovations that appear to be characteristic of each . |
| 14 | And this uncertainty could be usefully divided into two independently identifiable dimensions which can be described as : |
| 15 | Nisbet maintains that these five strategies represent the range of possibilities and that they can each be located on a spectrum , the poles of which can be described as ‘ hard ’ and ‘ soft ’ . |
| 16 | All of these functions are composite in the budgetary process , which can be described as a two-stage process . |
| 17 | A will in my judgment is a document which must at least purport to contain something which can be described as a testamentary disposition . |
| 18 | The topic of dynamics is based on the concept that forces create movements which can be described as spatial changes within an all-controlling time domain . |
| 19 | There are 2 possible states which can be described in this representation . |
| 20 | I remember in particular the huge smile that he had on his face when the Government were defeated in a way which can be described in parliamentary terms as nothing short of absolutely remarkable . |
| 21 | Studies which use arousing stimuli as the items to be remembered often produce results which can be described simply in terms of von Restorff effects . |
| 22 | Where suffering has occurred there must be " one or more identifiable incidents which can be described as having adversely affected the child " and these may result from acts of commission or omission ( para 6.39(i) ) . |
| 23 | This is a concept which can be described as any measurable activity that creates and exploits a direct relationship between supplier and customer through the interactive use of the telephone . |