Example sentences of "be what [is] sometimes [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So either we shall have to disallow such a possibility and decree that nothing qualifies as a genuine proposition unless its truth-value is fixed for all time , i.e. that all propositions are what is sometimes called " eternal " propositions , or we shall have to accept that truth-value is not an integral part of the objective propositional content . |
| 2 | A few years ago , er , the joint planning structures , and this is before the introduction of care in the community , dealt or came to be seen politically , dealing very much with joint finance and although , important though it , that is , it 's what 's sometimes called funny money , it 's money at the side , it did n't deal with mainstream policies , and mainstream budgets . |
| 3 | What seems to happen there is the bird that 's deserted has to stay with the existing family because if he or she erm deserts , those chicks will , will , will die , so er it 's what is sometimes called the Concorde fallacy that if you put a lot of resources into something , you 've got ta see it through , because if you pull out just before the end you can lose everything , whereas i if , if you stay on even if you know it 's a failure , erm at least you may get something out of it , so the , in that case wi with monogamous birds the parent that 's deserted the one that 's left may have to stay , because if they desert then they can have no reproductive success whatsoever whereas at least if they stay they get something . |
| 4 | So is what is sometimes called an open conditional : If it is raining , the balcony is wet . |
| 5 | There is a type of expression which is frequently included in the category of idiom , but which , it will be argued , ought to be kept distinct , and that is what is sometimes called ‘ frozen ’ or ‘ dead ’ metaphor . |