Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] be called [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This defines a more restricted concept of style , which may be called STYLE , to distinguish it from the notion of style as linguistic choice in general , STYLE . |
| 2 | Since the new information often needs to be stated more fully than the given ( that is , with a longer , ‘ heavier ’ structure ) , it is not unexpected that an organization principle which may be called END-WEIGHT comes into operation along with the principle of end-focus . |
| 3 | The post , which might be called Deputy Vice-Chancellor , is to be advertised . |
| 4 | In the tropics , where the bulk of the anurans live , it is not nearly so clear , and there are intermediate forms which could be called frog or toad with equal accuracy . |
| 5 | This independence means that , even without their head ganglia , insects can show some behaviour which could be called learning . |
| 6 | It involves a good deal which can be called taboo … |
| 7 | One may well object to this , but perhaps not on grounds which can be called Benthamite . |
| 8 | We use only one name here , so you will be called Suragai . |
| 9 | Of course , we 'll be called COMMODORE FORCE by then , so make sure you do n't miss out , wo n't you ? |
| 10 | So this one would be called bute two E and so again , these are true positional isomers same carbon skeleton they differ in the position of the principle functional group , which in this case , has to be a special electrons . |
| 11 | In the Empire they would be called unicorn . |
| 12 | Yeah , it might be called Setup , install |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | If it could be called living . |
| 15 | ‘ If it could be called living . |
| 16 | Yeah cos it would be called defence . |
| 17 | It will be called Hysteria . |
| 18 | Readers of the various chapters in Unwin ( 1969 ) will see a clear distinction made between what may be called education plus technology ( where individuals try to find uses for available equipment ) and the study of instructional methods and systems , which is what the true discipline of educational technology is properly concerned to encourage . |
| 19 | It is held together not by command and obedience but by influence and what may be called allegiance … |
| 20 | 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 — |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Do you hold any specific beliefs about what might be called beauty ? |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Already across a wide range of different activities he points to advances in the process of ‘ breaking up , dissolving and methodologically as well as critically reconceiving the unitary field ruled hitherto by Orientalism , historicism , and what could be called essentialist universalism ’ . |
| 27 | Like Hornblower , whose temperament was delighting readers with its contradictions at the same time as that of the Quinn adventures , Septimus has adopted certain measures of what could be called self-defence . |
| 28 | Both Mr Lewin and Mr Howard had displayed what could be called courage , Mr Lewin by throwing a punch at his assailant and Mr Howard by pursuing him even though he was being shot at . |
| 29 | Both legal literature and the documentary evidence attest the use of what can be called trust clauses , as well as the practice of using for a single disposition the wording of both legacy and trust . |
| 30 | Such theories have helped to free dancers from the strict conventions of classical technique and to develop what can be called body language . |