With nearly 3 000 students and an academic staff of 163, the university describes itself as 'a small but highly selective institution'.

Faith has been described as "an institution" in her broadcast region.

Many said they felt it was one more nail in the coffin of major league baseball, which they described as an institution ruined by greed.

She was generally well received by critics, described as a national institution and one of Coronation Street's best loved characters, an old-fashioned spinster.

The study described the accounting office as an invaluable institution and found "no evidence of deliberate partisan bias" in its work.

Robin Shepherd has described them as a reputable institution.

It describes itself as an independent, non-governmental, non-profit, professional and nonpartisan institution.

He was described as an underground institution.

The Monarchy has sometimes been described as an expensive institution, with Royal finances shrouded in confusion and secrecy.

He described the military as a powerful institution still able to override civilian officials.