On this account, metaphor begins when a nerve stimulus is copied as an image, which is then imitated in sound, giving rise, when repeated, to the word, which becomes a concept when the word is used to designate multiple instances of singular events.
From the former point of view one thinks of the subject term as designating a substance, typically grasped as an instance of a kind, in which properties, designated by predicate terms, inhere.
For instance, the socialite and Lilly Pulitzer model Amanda Hearst (recently designated one of the "hottest billionaire heiresses" by Forbes magazine) got down with the Heatherette impresario Richie Rich, to music performed live by a young blonde who looks like Paris Hilton.
There have been instances, however, particularly in the aviation field, where the designated methods of inspection were not able to detect cracks, and as a result catastrophic failures occurred.
For instance, the forests in the designated conservation areas of 2010 remain intact for the forthcoming decades, retaining their AFCS.
One of the North Korean companies newly designated as part of Pyongyang's proliferation network, for instance, is Namchongang Trading Corp., blacklisted by the Treasury in June.
It houses designated collections of national importance.
Wait for the designated amount of time.
On the other hand, the English word 'part' is sometimes used in a broader sense, too, for instance to designate the relation of material constitution, as in (9), or the relation of mixture composition, as in (10), or the relation of group membership, as in (11): The mereological status of these relations, however, is controversial.
In addition to measuring adherence, we recorded instances designated as over-adherence, i.e. use of the drug without doctors' orders.
