Example sentences of "[noun] call it a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When things are going wrong the Government 's supporters call it a failure of presentation and everyone trots out the old excuse that ‘ we are not getting the message across ’ . |
| 2 | The law 's supporters call it a victory for truth in advertising , which they predict will protect the market for authentic Indian crafts from cheap imported imitations . |
| 3 | ‘ Garang 's troops call it a tactical retreat , ’ said the political head of the breakaway SPLA faction , Dr Lam Akol . |
| 4 | The organisers call it a dance festival . |
| 5 | Most GPs call it a two-tier service . |
| 6 | People call it a self-regulatory system , but it 's governed by statute , the Treasury presides over it all and the members of the SIB are not appointed by those whom they supervise . |
| 7 | The instruction books refer to it as a 2x2 rib but most people call it a 2x1 rib to differentiate between it and a true 2x2 rib , which we will come to late . |
| 8 | Yeah I do Stefan , I mean i it 's very vigorous int it , when it gets established and it grows very upright as well and of course it 's deciduous erm some people call it a shrub , some people call it a tree but I , I will think that er Mrs is doing the right thing by cutting it back , especially if it 's a small garden , it would make a better bush in the garden I think if she does that and the these little white flowers really in are nice are n't they ? |
| 9 | Yeah I do Stefan , I mean i it 's very vigorous int it , when it gets established and it grows very upright as well and of course it 's deciduous erm some people call it a shrub , some people call it a tree but I , I will think that er Mrs is doing the right thing by cutting it back , especially if it 's a small garden , it would make a better bush in the garden I think if she does that and the these little white flowers really in are nice are n't they ? |
| 10 | Now some people call it a contribution to the safety net . |
| 11 | But critics call it a faceless environment … a paradise for cars not people . |
| 12 | Union leaders call it a disaster of a mammoth nature . |
| 13 | Xerox Corp has introduced LiveBoard , a five-foot wide electronic blackboard — Americans call it a chalkboard : the LiveBoard , which sells for $49,500 , uses a wireless pen that writes directly on the surface , creating an electronic document that can be shared through ordinary telephone lines for simultaneous viewing and editing from remote locations ; it includes a 67 ’ interactive surface , 80486 processor and software that enables users to edit , colour , annotate , erase , save , retrieve and print whatever they have drawn on the LiveBoard . |
| 14 | So we need four of those to make a whole pizza so we call that a fourth well the Americans call it a fourth |
| 15 | Mishak and Malaika call it a day . |