Example sentences of "is [adv] describe [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is loosely described as ‘ the elderly population ’ covers an age range from 65 to 100+ years and is not the homogeneous social group that this unitary term would indicate . |
| 2 | First we may consider the phrase : ( 25 ) acrobatic performance In the light of the discussion above we may remark that this can be understood in either of two ways : first , as covering any performance which is so described because it is linked with the idea of an acrobat in the execution of his or her professional duties ; this would include expertise in juggling , tightrope walking , standing on one 's hands , and so on , even if they are performed by an amateur lacking any natural talent for the task ; second , ( 25 ) may be used to designate any performance which is acrobatic in itself , even if not part of the normal repertoire of acrobats , for instance , grabbing hold of a branch growing out from a cliff just after falling from the top . |
| 3 | Yet the relationship between the two statements is better described as recursive , rather than hierarchical . |
| 4 | At her death , Isabel is elsewhere described as Peche 's wife and the nature of her liaison with Brampton is thus uncertain . |
| 5 | First , there is the conversion of a sol ( a colloidal solution ) to a gel ( or an infinitely connected network of polymer chains ) , which is approximately described as formally similar to a critical phenomenon , and for which the formalism of scaling theories is applicable and secondly , the conversion of the gel to a much less compliant , rigid glass , which is governed by diffusion processes . |
| 6 | It is generally described as lax , that is , not articulated with much energy . |
| 7 | The provincial Assembly in Kosovo on May 23 refused the resignation of Jusuf Zejnulahu , the President of the Kosovo Executive Council [ see p. 37382 , where he is incorrectly described as Chairman of the provincial Assembly ] , and of nine other ethnic-Albanian members of his government . |
| 8 | As used here , it is also confined to a type of disorder that is normally described as ‘ functional ’ . |
| 9 | It must be stressed , in this connection , that the ‘ poetic ’ text in question is not necessarily a part of what is normally described as poetry , but can be any form of literature that possesses aesthetic or artistic properties . |
| 10 | The mode is aptly described as ‘ thinking aloud in verse ’ : another way of putting it , reversing the first account given in this paragraph , would be to say that an argument of the mature poet ( consciousness I ) is illustrated and exemplified by a passage of recollected memory which is relived ( in consciousness II ) . |
| 11 | is best described as Welsh Edam , being very similar in texture and flavour . |
| 12 | The Bohem itself is best described as ‘ smart ’ . |
| 13 | Norwegian Jacquard : This stitch design option will allow you to knit many different colours in a design style that is best described as based on the traditional Scandinavian type of pattern , where small designs are laid on to a multi-coloured striped background . |
| 14 | And this is n't even a Windows program ; in fact , the interface is best described as basic . |
| 15 | Health is usually described as either the absence of disease or infirmity , the efficient functioning of human beings , or a state of wellbeing . |
| 16 | The third variant is usually described as " diagonal pivoting without row interchange " , the fourth as " diagonal pivoting with pivotal strategy " . |
| 17 | This principle is usually described as natural justice , and the procedure by which it is enforced as judicial review . |
| 18 | His ghost , therefore , is always described as being hunch-backed . |
| 19 | As he prepares to defend his reputation as well as what is inaccurately described as his undisputed world heavyweight title here tomorrow night against Riddick Bowe , he says : ‘ I realise that if I do n't win , I 'll be remembered as a bum . ’ |
| 20 | I have developed considerable regard and affection over the years for Jack Profumo , who has worked his passage after having been what is technically described as ‘ disgraced ’ in circumstances where a great number of people would not have been over-censorious . |
| 21 | The body is repeatedly described as floating between two states and harbouring contradictory feelings simultaneously . |
| 22 | And the M-Five is also described as slow-moving . |
| 23 | As in The German Ideology , we seem to start with a similar early evolutionary stage which is roughly described as ‘ tribal ’ and which in itself divided into three . |
| 24 | The reward reduces the horse 's anxiety and negative feelings , and replaces them with more positive feelings instead — what is often described as ‘ ending on a good note ! ’ |
| 25 | It is often described as ‘ critical ’ , ‘ systematic ’ , ‘ rational ’ or ‘ methodic ’ doubt . |
| 26 | An early printed book which has escaped the attention of the illuminator or rubricator is often described as ‘ untouched ’ . |
| 27 | This change is often described as being from a general tendency to blame the fecklessness and idleness of the poor for their poverty , to recognition that the fault lay in the structure of the economy ; from a ‘ moral ’ to an ‘ economic ’ diagnosis . |
| 28 | It is often described as ‘ whickering ’ , a pretty good term once you 've heard it but not a lot of good if you have n't . |
| 29 | ‘ The constitutional function performed by courts of justice as interpreters of the written law laid down in Acts of Parliament is often described as ascertaining ‘ the intention of Parliament ; ’ but what this metaphor , though convenient , omits to take into account is that the court , when acting in its interpretative role , as well as when it is engaged in reviewing the legality of administrative action , is doing so as mediator between the state in the exercise of its legislative power and the private citizen for whom the law made by Parliament constitutes a rule binding upon him and enforceable by the executive power of the state . |
| 30 | This is often described as establishing a reduced need for cost-accounting , and this is obvious from the viewpoint of regular routine control . |