Example sentences of "[modal v] be called [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 11.7 When an employee has been assaulted in the course of duty , the police must be called unless the manager and employee make a case for this not to be done . |
| 2 | Somehow , with Aunt Millie 's help , it had come all right — if being turned out , forbidden to see your sisters or brother , cut off without a penny , your name never to be mentioned at the family dinner-table , could be called that … . |
| 3 | The prodigal , if he could be called that , had returned . |
| 4 | Lloyd Walker is poised to replace Lynagh and a fifth replacement could be called if Michael Brial 's injury does not clear up quickly . |
| 5 | After each call to a PI routine , simply pressing the Return key reverts you back to the main menu from which another PI routine may be called or you may exit by entering 0 . |
| 6 | The FUT president Fausto Dután warned that an indefinite general strike would be called if the government did not grant pay rises to offset price increases resulting from the economic austerity measures announced on Jan. 24 . |
| 7 | What has changed is that a convention has developed as to how and when this power is exercised and the modern position is thus that the monarch has , except in the most unusual circumstances and even then only doubtfully so , no discretion as to when Parliament shall be called and disbanded . |
| 8 | The chairman of the action group has already met with Malcolm Rifkind , Secretary of State for Scotland , pamphlets have been issued to all houses in Juniper Green and Baberton Mains , another public meeting will be called and a plea has been made for wholehearted support by writing letters of objection . |
| 9 | The passenger lift , first entered from the right-hand lobby in the ground floor hall , serves the three main floors , and is controlled by a fully automatic set of push buttons at each floor so that the car can be called or dispatched from any of the main floors . |