Example sentences of "could be described [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , Sir Joshua could be described at his death as ‘ one of the richest merchants in Europe ’ ( Gentleman 's Magazine , 1777 ) . |
| 2 | Stock buffo characters Marcellina and Bartolo ( Ann Howard and David Gwynne ) added lightness and comedy to what could be described as a serious interpretation of The Marriage of Figaro , not as effervescent as some would have liked but thoroughly convincing just the same — and one in which the complex ensemble were particularly memorable . |
| 3 | So it is worth recalling at the outset of this discussion that it is in these senses that the female cross-dresser of the early seventeenth century could be described as an ‘ invert ’ or ‘ pervert ’ , and hardly at all in the sense of those words as coined and popularized by the nineteenth-century sexologists and , later , psychoanalysis . |
| 4 | In civilian parlance Major Mike Herriott , Who runs No 4 Region , could be described as the ‘ District Catering Operations Manager ’ , and as such he arranges for each of the twenty Master Chefs to receive regular visits from one of the team of three Area Catering Officers ( ACOs ) or six Area Catering Warrant Officers ( ACWOs ) . |
| 5 | Mr Bézier saw that a shape — any shape — could be described as a set of mathematical equations to fit the series of curves which formed its outline . |
| 6 | But even so , there was not what could be described as an irrevocable Protestant march towards Reformation ; the new activity of 1558 took place in a Scotland which was still largely Catholic . |
| 7 | So in this particular dramatic exercise the interactional structure could be described as ‘ one player sustaining the attention of another player ’ . |
| 8 | In fact , the Outer Hebrides , especially in the coast sea lochs , could be described as the most important area along with Shetland for salmon farming . |
| 9 | At best , she had what could be described as deuterocanonical status ; she was unquestionably outside the usual canon of poets , but occasionally she was rediscovered and even admired . |
| 10 | Even La Jalousie , which had become assimilated into the ‘ great tradition ’ of the French psychological novel , could be described as an exercise in serial composition , as its author himself would claim . |
| 11 | Barlaston could be described as the Gettysburg or even the Stalingrad battle for preservation in England , the place where against overwhelming and continuous odds an outstanding building has been preserved and revived . |
| 12 | Steers and heifers make good beef and the conformation could be described as a dairy type with extra flesh . |
| 13 | Not that it could be described as light reading ; there is a lot of heavily theoretical material within its pages . |
| 14 | He could be described as an aquatic Concorde . |
| 15 | Neither of them could be described as a sobering influence . |
| 16 | The Ratepayers ' Magazine could be described as a local ‘ Private Eye ’ . |
| 17 | Only speculation is possible in offering a reason for the initial action , which could be described as the first rite . |
| 18 | To everyone 's surprise they now find this somewhat unusual repertoire much in demand , to such an extent indeed that it could be described as ‘ cult ’ . |
| 19 | I suppose this could be described as a severe hair-style , but it was quite common among the women of Eastern Europe . |
| 20 | The market , if the desultory interest shown in the Silver Ring could be described as such , had made Boardwalk second favourite to a horse called Bite the Bullet . |
| 21 | I do n't know of anyone who could be described as an enemy of Dominic . ’ |
| 22 | That commodity could be described as peace of mind . |
| 23 | Ahi sā could be described as the means leading to the realization of Truth as the end or goal , but since means and ends are convertible terms in Gandhi 's philosophy of life , to practise ahi sā is to realize Truth and to realize Truth is to practise ahi sā . |
| 24 | The style of the poem is in many ways seventeenth-century , though there are plenty of resemblances to later hymns ; but it could be described as an emblem-poem in the seventeenth-century tradition . |
| 25 | We would welcome your comments on this position and particularly as to whether taking the vehicle home could be described as legitimate business reasons . |
| 26 | Not until the growth of the nuclear disarmament movement in the 1950s were significant bridges rebuilt between the two wings of what , in the 1920s , could be described as a single pacifist movement . |
| 27 | He could be described as the George Best of rugby except that his fame is confined , outside of Australia , mainly to those who follow his sport , rather than Best 's . |
| 28 | Days later , glutted with our experiences , we knew we had created a ‘ wonder walk ’ , a two week trek which could be described as a jewel in the Atlas crown . |
| 29 | The emphasis placed on current practice could be described as self-sufficiency ; an ability to make and act upon decisions arrived at from a position of sound professional judgement , decisions arrived at independently of doctors but complementary to their assessment of patients . |
| 30 | Less than one third of respondents who had a mother living included her as a person to whom they felt very close , and hardly any had what could be described as a ‘ true ’ close relationship with their mother ( using criteria developed from the Brown and Harris study ) . |