Example sentences of "they are [adv] refer [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The " mothers " , as they are generally referred to , are women who until a few years ago had never spoken in public , never organized a campaign . |
| 2 | The clinical features of the two groups as well as the subgroups in group A — that is , those who had calculi at the time sclerosing cholangitis was diagnosed and those who developed calculi after sclerosing cholangitis was diagnosed , are shown in Table I. Because of the similarities between the two subgroups in group A , they are hereafter referred to as one group . |
| 3 | Some people argue that it is very difficult to write without making use of masculine pronouns or words with a masculine connotation when they are also referring to women . |
| 4 | They are frequently referred to as ‘ black bastards ’ , or some variant thereof , by young Protestant children . |
| 5 | Switzerland is famous for six cheeses , four of which belong to the semi-hard family , although they are sometimes referred to as hard cheeses . |
| 6 | They are sometimes referred to as the ‘ major ’ religious traditions , but this would be as misleading as referring to the other religions as ‘ primitive ’ . |
| 7 | In the extreme case where no interest at all is payable they are sometimes referred to as zero coupon bonds . |
| 8 | This is why they are sometimes referred to as ‘ point prevalence ’ . |
| 9 | Secondly , they regard society as a system , hence they are sometimes referred to as ‘ system theories ’ . |
| 10 | They are sometimes referred to as extralinguistic elements of communication . |
| 11 | They are commonly referred to as belonging to different ‘ races ’ , and the relations between Asian and West Indian communities and the white British population are referred to as ‘ race relations ’ ( cf the Race Relations Act ) . |
| 12 | This has now become feasible through the use of portable data carrier ( PDC ) products — or ‘ smart cards ’ as they are commonly referred to . |
| 13 | They are fleetingly referred to in ancient Assyrian and Babylonian stelae and became popular as servants — and as passive sexual playthings — in the degenerate days of the later Roman Empire . |
| 14 | Any repairs or replacements or renewals of furnishings are noted on the cards , and they are constantly referred to by the housekeeping and maintenance departments , whose responsibility it is to see that the room is maintained to the required standard . |
| 15 | They are often referred to as ‘ landscape temples ’ . |
| 16 | Indeed , they are often referred to as " trilobite larvae " . |
| 17 | These " bookers " , as they are often referred to , operate as a sort of informal agency . |
| 18 | Looking at the time-reversal paradoxes again , we see that what they are really referring to is information , rather than particles . |
| 19 | If they were occurences of the same type , they are usually referred to as ‘ twins ’ . |
| 20 | When women are turned away , they are usually referred to homelessness organisations or other groups . |
| 21 | Though they are contemptuously referred to as ‘ page turners ’ , they are nevertheless texts and can engage the attention of those reading them , even developing patterns of thought which may affect the real world , as Disraeli 's novels did in the last century . |