Example sentences of "what [vb mod] be termed [adj] " in BNC.

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1 First , in what may be termed classic jurisdictional fact cases such as ‘ if a furnished tenancy , or resources , etc. , exist , you may … ’ the courts well presume that the term , if it is classified as a jurisdictional fact , has a meaning which will be determined by the judiciary and not by the public body .
2 This may in part be explained by one half of the reciprocity taking the form of labour services and trade in consumables ; a large proportion of the goods which may be considered of high value by reason of the distance over which the raw materials had been transported , and their resulting rarity , may have been given for services , gifts or payments for work , what may be termed institutional exchange .
3 First , there are what may be termed contractual techniques which are arrived at by agreement between the parties .
4 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 .
5 I have been arguing here for what might be termed appropriate research , analogous to the notion of appropriate technology .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 Over many years these features have produced what might be termed tremendous institutional depth .
9 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 .
10 In the latter cases , capital gains are being made from what might be termed special kinds of consumption property , only available to the rich .
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