Example sentences of "might be called [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have disagreed with the political views of the right hon. Member for Chingford ( Mr. Tebbit ) on many occasions , but he has just highlighted what might be called self-government and he rightly pointed out — |
| 2 | Passages such as verses three and four in ‘ The Missing ’ which describes with great nostalgia which I think might be called sentimentality , the joys of the past now gone . |
| 3 | Accordingly this type of proof might be called proof by minimum counterexample . |
| 4 | One major difference is that efficiency audits mix comments on monopoly abuse and performance with a great deal of what might be called management consultancy . |
| 5 | Yeah , it might be called Setup , install |
| 6 | He underlines Nithard 's insistence on what nowadays might be called line-management : he reveals that a manager 's problem in the Carolingian palace was the maintenance of good order and morale among the often unruly yet indispensable " crowd " of young noblemen who were deployed on a variety of tasks and errands , especially of a military sort . |
| 7 | These new findings might be called Lamarckism . |
| 8 | The post , which might be called Deputy Vice-Chancellor , is to be advertised . |
| 9 | So when he claims to have had glimpses of absolute Truth , it may be reasonable to assume , not that he has caught a glimpse of some kind of hypostasized Ultimate or extra-mundane entity , but rather that through his participation in a particular form of life he is made aware of the need to live and act in accordance with certain religious and ethical criteria and is informed by the spirit of what might be called dharma ( law ) , or ta ( moral law ) , or tao ( way ) but which he prefers to call Truth ( Satya ) or God . |
| 10 | Secondly , there are those colleges which in America might be called community colleges : they offer a mix of both advanced and non-advanced courses to students with a wide range of ability and frequently provide a high proportion of part-time courses . |
| 11 | What we were offered , if definition is needed , might be called ballet-pantomime : it was certainly not opera . |
| 12 | Many observers noticed the force and weight of his presence ; it might be called dedication , or ambition , or it might have been something below the level of consciousness which propelled him forward . |
| 13 | The second pragmatic process might be called application . |
| 14 | They were all 6 of them in fact what might be called tourist towns , like Torquay , Exeter , Bath , Weymouth etc. — the very towns which in fact had travel guides published by this firm . |
| 15 | What is especially fascinating about this text is that a rehabilitation of masculinity coexists with an ironic repudiation of it , and a critique of what might be called masculinity 's cultural unconscious . |
| 16 | Do you hold any specific beliefs about what might be called beauty ? |