Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] be called [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The norm which is " attained " by stylistic consistency in a text might be called a SECONDARY NORM , since it is established by deviance from the PRIMARY ( relative ) NORMS which determine our more general expectations of language . |
| 2 | The statistic would be called a five-quarter centred moving average . |
| 3 | If the archetypal Tory of the 1979 intake was a rent-a-quote property dealer who backed Mrs Thatcher to the death and the death penalty to the hilt , Mr Heddle can be called a sad loss to the Two Nations Tendency . |
| 4 | When it was clear that Henry was outraged and in a mood for immediate retaliatory action , James decided on what in current jargon would be called a pre-emptive strike . |
| 5 | These properties might be called the zero-divisor law , the cancellation law and the mysterious law ( see [ 4 , p. 5 ] ) respectively . |
| 6 | Which creature may be called a Bubbly Jock in Scotland ? |
| 7 | Thirteen , with which creature may be called a Bubbly Jock in Scotland ? |
| 8 | In general , the baby 's wishes had tended in the past to be suspect , and the mother had been expected to look for some non-permissible motive behind them , in the form either of dangerous ( probably erotic ) impulses or of a rebellious determination to dominate the mother-in either case , constant control of the child was called for , and only the baby who had submitted himself completely to the mother 's control could be called a good baby . |
| 9 | Ivan Klima could be called a lyric author , and the notion of what it is to be such an author is examined in My First Loves , whose gentle and deliberate stories read as if they have been grown and stored before being made public . |
| 10 | The two parties created by the government will be called the Social Democratic Party and the National Republican Convention . |
| 11 | In other time management systems this sort of thing would be called a key results area , erm , you know , it , it 's that kind of thing . |
| 12 | This report will be called the Weekly New OED Computer Service Report . |
| 13 | The element in a construction which interacts directly with an element or elements outside the construction may be called the semantic head of the construction . |
| 14 | Robbins ’ Dances at a Gathering could be called a romantic ballet because it uses classical technique coloured by natural emotional expression . |
| 15 | Hillary will be called the Presidential Partner — and she intends to make her own mark in the cut and thrust of American political and national life . |