Example sentences of "[is] called [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 The area from which people come to each centre , or the area with which it trades , is called its sphere of influence .
2 A science founds itself , Canguilhem suggests , on its method : ‘ When it became apparent that every science more or less gives itself its given , and thereby appropriates what is called its domain , the concept of a science began to place more emphasis on method than on object ’ ( 1980 : 38 ) .
3 The power to entertain judicial review actions belongs to the High Court and is called its ‘ supervisory jurisdiction ’ .
4 This learned behaviour , or social inheritance , of any society is called its culture .
5 The name attached to an arc is called its label .
6 The typical number of children of each internal node in a tree is called its branching ratio .
7 The key to analysis of a position is what is called its static value .
8 It is called its ‘ standard spending assessment ’ .
9 The point at which the planet is nearest to the Sun is called its perihelion , and so this motion is known as precession of the perihelion .
10 The minimum pressure required to liquefy a gas at its critical temperature is called its critical pressure , pc .
11 The volume occupied by one mole of the gas at its critical temperature and pressure is called its critical volume , Vc .
12 They are : atoms — an atom consists of electrons , neutrons and protons ( see chapter 1 ) ; an atom is characterised by the number of protons in its nucleus , and this number is called its atomic number
13 The time taken for a component to pass through the column is called its elution time .
14 Work out the amount that the Government says you need to live on , ( this is called your applicable amount ) .
15 This is called your ‘ applicable amount ’ and depends on your age and whether you are disabled or not .
16 It is called our peripheral vision .
17 There 's a woman here called Miss , who had a baby in Asda , she 's called her daughter Danielle Elizabeth Asda
18 Nobody 's called his bluff . ’
19 It 's called his brain , and what he ca n't store there he stores in a single cabinet backed with a simple personal computer and word processor .
20 That 's called our teacher Mr
21 It 's called My First Batteries And Magnets Book .
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