Example sentences of "[Wh adv] it be called " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Harvey said yes Leningrad was wonderful , and how it was called the Venice of the North on account of how wonderful it was . |
| 2 | How it was called The Mad House . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ There must come a time when it is called to a halt , ’ Lord Donaldson said . |
| 4 | The BLR&DD 's involvement with user education goes back to the early 1970s when it was called the Office for Scientific and Technical Information ( OSTI ) but it was the BLR&DD 's establishment of the Review Committee of Education for Information Use in 1974 that marked its presence in the field . |
| 5 | The grenadier is more cod-like in taste and texture , while the scabbard ( sabra in France ) is popular in Madeira , where it is called the espada . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know why it 's called a drift . ’ |
| 7 | And is that why it 's called ‘ Teacher Killer ’ ? |
| 8 | That 's why it 's called Eusol — E for Edinburgh , U for University and ‘ sol ’ for solution . ’ |
| 9 | It will then go through a container now that container , ultimately , will contain this is why it 's called a container ! |
| 10 | So smell is very important , erm s and this is why it 's called aromatherapy . |
| 11 | That 's why it 's called a charity school . ’ |
| 12 | And that 's why it 's called . |
| 13 | Assertion comes into being when you still bring the conversation back this is what I want nothing else will do , and bringing it right the way back all the time to discuss what it is why it 's called a broken record exercise , we 'll give it a quick go now . |
| 14 | Pand it 's actually pan dee mon ium which is quite interest I could n't work out what it really meant , pan demon , across demons , well that does n't make much sense but you 'll see why it 's called pandemonium , in the conventional sense , model . |
| 15 | He bit his lip then added conversationally , ‘ I 've never really known why it 's called ‘ cuffing ’ pneumonia . ’ |
| 16 | Philip Bruin-Ridges comedy , ploughed in the adventure of radio hero , Bull Dog Drummund , that 's why it 's called Bull Shot |
| 17 | Why did they have pink on it , that 's why it 's called Pink ? |
| 18 | That 's why it 's called imperialism . |
| 19 | everything , all , mange tout , eat all , that 's why it 's called mange tout cos he eats everything , and mange tout peas are called mange tout cos you eat the pods , twit |
| 20 | I do n't know why it 's called . |
| 21 | No one seems to know why it 's called the battle cross . |
| 22 | Is that why it 's called Canada ? |
| 23 | Tigridia pavonia is yet another bulb worth trying , and its bright display of white , orange and pink flowers each marked with red spots , clearly show why it is called the tiger flower . |
| 24 | ( Which is why it is called ‘ cell ulose ’ , ‘ -ose ’ being the chemical termination for sugars , ‘ fructose ’ is the sugar found in fruit , and so on . ) |
| 25 | ‘ You know why it is called the Cutty Sark ? ’ |
| 26 | Then , C angustifolius opens , the petals sometimes jerking open like springs , and so much so that at least the outer set of three curl backwards like the petals of a martagon lily , leaving three widespread and brilliantly golden petals to bask in the light ( easy , then , to see why it is called the ‘ Cloth of Gold ’ crocus ) . |
| 27 | I wondered why it was called , just to discuss some Galloway baron imprisoned in England . |
| 28 | Why it was called the holy alliance was because erm er the signatories agreed that they would er , that they would rule their states and treat er er policy erm er according to christian principles . |
| 29 | In spite of the heat , he understood why it was called sledging . |
| 30 | Now I know why it was called the Strategy Unit . |