Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] it [is] [adv] called " in BNC.
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| 1 | Absorption or wet scrubbing as it is often called has however the disadvantage of having to dispose of the liquid effluent obtained , which may itself require treatment before disposal , and has led to the comment that we may be merely replacing one effluent problem by another by using this method . |
| 2 | With the very poor Artificial Horizon presentation in average aircraft , the pitch attitude will be expressed in terms of the Horizon Bar thickness , or width as it is sometimes called , each attitude being the relationship of the top of the aircraft symbols wings on top of the Horizon Bar . |
| 3 | Care management , or case management as it is sometimes called , is a concept which developed in the United States in the mid-1970s and is growing rapidly in popularity in Britain . |
| 4 | ‘ I HAVE received vague but disquieting information about the inaccessibility of the Willoughbys ’ old home , ’ wrote William Dutt in 1914 , who was keen to see Parham Old Hall ( or the Moat Hall as it is sometimes called ) , before nightfall . |
| 5 | ( a ) The child protection conference Very often a child protection conference , or case conference as it is often called , will be convened at the culmination of inquiries . |
| 6 | Most people think dementia ( or senility as it is wrongly called ) is inevitable . |
| 7 | The modern Letter of Credit ( or Documentary Credit as it is often called ) which is used in international trade can be traced back , at least in part , to the Travellers Letter of Credit . |
| 8 | It pretends that there 's single no-fault ground for divorce — that the marriage has irretrievably broken down — but in practice it encourages nearly three-quarters of divorcing couples to rely on fault based grounds — adultery , or unreasonable behaviour as it 's usually called — and then makes it difficult for anybody to defend allegations , irrespective of whether that was the real reason why the marriage broke down . |
| 9 | Black lead , or wad as it is sometimes called , is found in a number of places in the Lake District and has been mined for centuries at Seathwaite in Borrowdale . |
| 10 | In our inquiry into causation so far , we have not attended specifically to this fact of difference or asymmetry between causal items and their effects-the fact of causal priority as it is sometimes called . |
| 11 | There is little doubt that debt counselling , or money advice as it is also called , is the major ‘ growth ’ area among all CABx enquiries . |
| 12 | So that would make erm er five one six five as a married man 's or a married couple 's allowance as it 's now called , plus the three four four five . |
| 13 | ( or Psamma arenaria as it is sometimes called , the initial letter being silent . |