Example sentences of "[noun] [is] sometimes call " in BNC.
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| 1 | If f : unc is 1-1 and onto B , f is sometimes called a 1-1 correspondence . |
| 2 | The night-time thermosphere is sometimes called the cryosphere ( = ‘ cold sphere ’ ) . |
| 3 | ( The rate of return on an additional investment is sometimes called the marginal efficiency of investment or MEI . ) |
| 4 | This term is sometimes called the external energy . |
| 5 | In the early days of life the infant is sometimes called a new-born . |
| 6 | The latter type of relationship is sometimes called topological . |
| 7 | The Commissioner is sometimes called upon to assist in the enforcement of the law concerning industrial action ballots . |
| 8 | This form of acquired dyslexia is sometimes called pure alexia or alexia without agraphia , the reason being that , as a rule , these patients have no impairment of writing or spelling , and so they contrast with patients having other kinds of acquired dyslexia , all of whom have had impaired writing and spelling as well as impaired reading . |
| 9 | Aarau is sometimes called the garden town because there is so much green and such easy access to the open countryside through which the Aare curves . |
| 10 | This game is sometimes called ‘ Non-stop cricket ’ . |
| 11 | Micraster is sometimes called the heart urchin , because of its distinctive shape . |
| 12 | The second use is sometimes called " psychic assault " or " technical assault " . |
| 13 | Where no evidence of infection can be found , the complaint is sometimes called prostatodynia ( ‘ prostate pain ’ ) . |
| 14 | This example shows why the method is sometimes called the ‘ yes … but ’ technique . |
| 15 | The river is sometimes called Taal 's River , and the surrounding land of Talabecland is the heartland of the god 's worship . |
| 16 | Sales promotion is sometimes called ‘ below-the-line advertising ’ in contrast with above-the-line expenditure which is handled by an external advertising agency . |
| 17 | The vane is sometimes called the ‘ finger ’ or ‘ flyboard ’ and it gave farmers an opportunity to display their individuality . |
| 18 | The latter operation is sometimes called sharpening . |
| 19 | H is sometimes called the heat of reaction . |
| 20 | For this reason skill training is sometimes called strategic training . |
| 21 | The Tiebout model is sometimes called the invisible foot : people will cluster together in the area providing the package of spending and taxes they want . |
| 22 | This combination is sometimes called the economy of ‘ scope ’ and should not be confused with scale . |
| 23 | This dust is sometimes called fines , and it is also called soil but this is a poor term because it implies an organic component , which is absent . |
| 24 | The zoogeographical area that surrounds this line is sometimes called the Wallacean sub-region . |
| 25 | This is why economic income is sometimes called permanent income , and it is also why economic earnings and dividends are equivalent . |
| 26 | The ‘ something else ’ that happens in meetings is sometimes called the informal structure and it is about the politics of decision-making . |
| 27 | ( The mixture of distributions hypothesis is sometimes called the ‘ mixture-of-normals hypothesis ’ when the subordinated stochastic process and the directing process are assumed to have a normal or lognormal distribution . ) |
| 28 | ( This willingness to delay seeking rewards is sometimes called ‘ deferred gratification ’ . ) |
| 29 | For instance , there is a tendency for those with a birthday imminent to return the higher age instead of the attained age , whereas middle-aged women still tend to understate their ages ; this phenomenon is sometimes called ‘ age-shifting ’ . |
| 30 | This thesis is sometimes called non-cognitivism . |