Example sentences of "[pron] could [adv] be called [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So were the shapeless spaces between the buildings , which could never be called streets . |
| 2 | As a result , in the nineteenth century a national region which could fairly be called Yakutia extended over 1,6000 kilometres from the Vilyui river to the Kolyma and nearly as far from the middle Lena to the shores of the Arctic Ocean . |
| 3 | No — their secrets were first revealed to curious scientific men , to apothecaries and simples-collectors , to people who could now be called botanists , and such was Evan Roberts . |
| 4 | They could therefore be called continuants , though the term is usually applied to the frictionless continuant /r/ . |
| 5 | It could also be called ordeal by song , though the traditional and somewhat discordant songs sung by the trainers are said to have a soothing effect . |
| 6 | By all accounts , Elena was the architect of this meanness : it could hardly be called peasant hoarding , since she would not keep leftovers , but certainly discouraged even her husband from rare bouts of generosity to the staff . |
| 7 | ‘ A senior police officer and a police surgeon , both very pleasant and helpful , admitted that in their courting days they had indeed persevered and had sexual intercourse despite protests from the women they were with ; an actor asked in fascination how it could possibly be called rape if a woman had gone so far before protesting ; a dentist [ stated ] ‘ I have had it with dozens of women against their will . |
| 8 | A particularly tight swarm hummed around Mme Andre Malraux , widow of France 's first Minister of Culture , admiring a group of what could politely be called doodles by her late husband at prices between £100 and £800 . |