Example sentences of "described as be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The package is so complicated that it could , in fact , be described as being worth almost anything between zero and $13 billion , depending on definitions . |
| 2 | Powerfully supported in West Germany by leading academic figures such as Professor Ingolf Lamprecht , Head of Freie University 's Institute of Biophysics in Berlin , and in Canada by Professor James Webb of Victoria University 's Department of Biophysics , to name only two , his work has been described as being of prophetic insight , incredibly productive and important and the most significant breakthrough in the field of cancer research today , one which should be given the highest priority in terms of social worth , funding and exposure by the media , as such discoveries can literally usher in a new science for the benefit of all humanity . |
| 3 | He was to live on until 1832 , when he died , aged 58 described as being of the Lower Market Place . |
| 4 | Kathleen Armstrong , 13 , of Queensland , South Shields , and Jeanie Ryder , 13 , of Allanville , Camperdown , Northumberland were born in Zambia and are described as being of mixed-race appearance . |
| 5 | On the eve of the congress two political groups described as being on the right of the revolutionary spectrum , the National Convention of Progressive Patriots ( CNPP ) and the Union of Democrats and Patriots of Burkina ( UDPB ) , were allowed to join the Front , which now consisted of four national unions and seven political groups . |
| 6 | Zwygart , a teacher and a member of parliament , was described as being on the party 's liberal wing . |
| 7 | The delivered price was described as being on a par with the official f.o.b. price , in other words , the Iranians were discounting by the entire freight element . |
| 8 | You have been described as being at the cutting edge of archaeology for over twenty-five years . |
| 9 | As for the zener diode D , that is described as being in series with the base of Tr3 which has me completely baffled . |
| 10 | Until the end of the nineteenth century , practice amongst the states of Europe as to service of process has been described as being in un état anarchique . |
| 11 | They are also similar to coaches described as being in use on the Brecon & Merthyr Railway . |
| 12 | Figures cited included a fall in life expectancy , to 69 years for women and 63 for men in 1992 ; 3,500,000 abortions in state hospitals in 1991 ( compared with 2,500,000 live births ) ; 15 per cent of Russian territory was described as being in a situation of " ecological crisis " . |
| 13 | Possibly one reason for the author 's attitude was his ignorance of the geography of the country ; a striking instance of this is his statement that in 1461 the earl of March , whom he had rightly described as being in Wales , arrived in England having enjoyed a prosperous voyage and favoured by the west wind ( 14 , p.532 ) . |
| 14 | They were described as being in their early 20s and smartly dressed . |
| 15 | He 's described as being in his late teens , 5' 8 ’ tall and of slim build . |
| 16 | Police who searched the house of Baland in Blois after his arrest are reported to have found a wide range of forgeries including four Chagall drawings , four works by Dérain , ten by Dufy , two by Jean Cocteau , a Camille Pissarro and eighteen drawings described as being by ‘ Maîtres de l'école de Pont-Aven ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It was , by all accounts , a fairytale building with towers , battlements , golden domes and heraldic beasts and was described as being like ‘ an exuberant wedding cake ’ . |