Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] call [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Many RP speakers use in a similar way to link words ending with a vowel even when there is no ‘ justification ’ from the spelling , as in : ‘ Formula A ’ ‘ Australia all out ’ ‘ media event ’ This has been called intrusive ; some English speakers and teachers still regard this as incorrect or sub-standard pronunciation , but it is undoubtedly widespread .
2 This type of evaluation has been called illuminative evaluation by Parlett and Hamilton , and responsive evaluation by Stake .
3 All that 's happened is that , in switching from rock to soul , agit-pop has shifted emphasis from denunciation to affirmation , or what has been called offensive optimism .
4 This last question is handled by means of a number of behavioural techniques , which form part of what has been called motivational research .
5 In a bid to keep the action secret , the case has been called Anonymous I v Anonymous II .
6 The United States sent $65m ( £40m ) of military aid to Colombia , but this has been called inappropriate and is alleged to be more suitable for fighting Colombia 's left-wing guerrillas than the cocaine mafia .
7 This causes him to doubt himself , that is his worthiness in loving Estella as he now thinks because he has been called common and coarse .
8 It is clear that any civilised system of law is bound to provide remedies for cases of what has been called unjust enrichment or unjust benefit , that is to prevent a man from retaining the money of or some benefit derived from another which it is against conscience that he should keep .
9 ‘ It is clear that any civilised system of law is bound to provide remedies for cases of what has been called unjust enrichment or unjust benefit , that is to prevent a man from retaining the money of or some benefit derived from another which it is against conscience that he should keep .
10 It is clear that any civilised system of law is bound to provide remedies for cases of what has been called unjust enrichment or unjust benefit , that is to prevent a man from retaining the money of or some benefit derived from another which it is against conscience that he should keep .
11 It is clear that any civilised system of law is bound to provide remedies for cases of what has been called unjust enrichment or unjust benefit , that is to prevent a man from retaining the money of or some benefit derived from another which it is against conscience that he should keep .
12 This has been called acquired equivalence of cues , or secondary generalization .
13 Cromwell 's foreign policy has been called out-of-date , because he based it on the bellicose anti-Catholic and anti-Spanish feeling of the reign of Elizabeth .
14 This mode of explanation has been called methodological individualism , for it seeks to disaggregate all larger institutional and historical entities into the practices and relations of the individuals or groups who compose or inhabit them .
15 Similarly , much of what has been called primitive art or ethnic art consists of objects made in that style which manufacturers in various parts of the world have perceived to be demanded of them ( Graburn ed. 1976 ; Williams 1985 ) .
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