Example sentences of "as it [is] more [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advent of the silicon chip , or integrated circuit , as it is more properly called has revolutionised the field of electronics . |
| 2 | Ideally , the golden spike ( or " marker point " as it is more prosaically called ) should be chosen in a section where sedimentation seems to have been as nearly continuous as is ever possible , where there are no marked lithological changes and where there are unbroken records of several different groups of fossils . |
| 3 | An alternative approach which has a number of advantages over linear control systems , is the switching regulator , or as it is more usually known , the ‘ switch-mode power supply ’ . |
| 4 | Aromatherapy , as it is more usually practised , is about prevention of major illness and the symptomatic treatment of minor ailments . |
| 5 | Tax to pay for our holidays abroad , or Government in exile as it is more appropriately known , will be raised from the equitable basis of rating taxes at the point of sale , or in the case of blue tax , see above , conspicuous consummation . |
| 6 | Transmission teaching , or ‘ recitation teaching ’ as it is more commonly called in the United States , is so pervasive within the school system that it can easily be interpreted as the ‘ natural ’ or ‘ proper ’ way to teach , as a network of rules and procedures special to the teaching environment which must be learned , rehearsed and developed in a practical way by the new teacher in order to gain competent membership of the teaching community , and of the classroom order in particular . |
| 7 | ( Wilson chooses the word ‘ companies ’ in preference to the currently favoured term ‘ laudesi confraternities ’ as it is more commonly found in contemporary Italian documents . ) |
| 8 | It is of course acknowledged that the new TransAction scheme ( or the National Protocol as it is more commonly known ) does not apply to commercial transactions , or indeed to transactions involving building or farmland . |
| 9 | If you like the sebatier effect , or as it 's more commonly known ‘ solarisation ’ you can now control it . |
| 10 | If you like the sebatier effect or as it 's more commonly known ‘ solarisation ’ you can now control it . |