Example sentences of "as it is [adv] [adv] called " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have an existing Section 226 policy ( or retirement annuity contract , as it is sometimes also called ) , then , as you will know , it is an insurance policy designed to invest money for your retirement . |
| 2 | He took a pristine white handkerchief out of his pocket and rubbed at the faint hand-print Kenneth had left on the glass partition as he said , ‘ These passivation glasses are of much use in the semi-conductor industry , and we have high hopes that with the burgeoning of the Scottish computer industry Silicon Glen as it is sometimes jocularly called — we shall shortly be supplying … ’ |
| 3 | A new dimension of communication education was added by Central Committee in 1989 , namely , Media Awareness Training , also known as Media Literacy , Media Pedagogy , Critical Reading or , as it is now usually called , Media Education . |
| 4 | The advent of the silicon chip , or integrated circuit , as it is more properly called has revolutionised the field of electronics . |
| 5 | Ideally , the golden spike ( or " marker point " as it is more prosaically called ) should be chosen in a section where sedimentation seems to have been as nearly continuous as is ever possible , where there are no marked lithological changes and where there are unbroken records of several different groups of fossils . |
| 6 | Transmission teaching , or ‘ recitation teaching ’ as it is more commonly called in the United States , is so pervasive within the school system that it can easily be interpreted as the ‘ natural ’ or ‘ proper ’ way to teach , as a network of rules and procedures special to the teaching environment which must be learned , rehearsed and developed in a practical way by the new teacher in order to gain competent membership of the teaching community , and of the classroom order in particular . |