Example sentences of "he [modal v] be called " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without any application to the court , the mortgagee , if his mortgage is a conveyance of the legal estate or ownership , may take possession ; but this course is hazardous , since he may be called upon in a redemption action to account strictly not only for profits actually received by him , but also for those which he might but for his default have received , and all such profits , so far as they exceed the interest due for the time being , must be set off against the principal . |
| 2 | He may be called upon to represent a party to proceedings under Parts II , IV and V of the Act . |
| 3 | He thought it was the will of God that he should be called to suffer . |
| 4 | Convinced for some reason that he must be called Paul , I addressed him as such . |
| 5 | On 7 July Amedeo wrote a card to his mother telling her , somewhat cruelly , that as Italy was now in the war , he had thought that he might be called back for military service , even though he was an invalid and had felt a slight desire to return to Italy . |
| 6 | He , surprisingly enough , was comparatively sober , which means he was drunk by any ordinary standards , but by the very gauge he had set himself over the years , he might be called a pillar of sobriety — and grumpy with it . |
| 7 | I thought he might be called Peggy in the House for ever after . |
| 8 | To do this successfully , the soldier had to be ready : he had to train in military skills which he might be called upon to use . |
| 9 | Charles and Elizabeth seem to have come up with an intelligent expedient : they would give the boy two Christian names — the first Frome Titford ever to enjoy this luxury — and he could be called ‘ William Charles ’ after his uncle/godfather and father respectively , though they would actually use the name ‘ Charles ’ in everyday conversation . |
| 10 | The prodigal , if he could be called that , had returned . |
| 11 | ‘ We both thought he 'd be called to account in the end . |
| 12 | Cephalopoid , he 'd be called . |
| 13 | Like everyone else he blamed the former chairman , who 's best not named ( but if he could be he 'd be called Alan Bowes . ) |
| 14 | If he was born before midnight , he would be called Patrick . |
| 15 | As before , whenever his acquirements enabled him to pay , he would be called upon to do so . |
| 16 | If you took an ‘ a ’ away from his name he would be called ‘ Stan ’ . |
| 17 | He shall be called a Nazarene ( Matt. |
| 18 | The words ‘ He shall be called a Nazarene ’ are not an authentic verse . |
| 19 | Mr Lickiss says that the programme does enjoy editorial freedom and that , should conflicts of interest arise , he will be called in to adjudicate as independent chairman of the board . |
| 20 | ‘ He will be called by his surname at his public school , ’ said Lewis , who though poor had grand ideas , as befitted the future owner of Wyvis Hall and its acres . |
| 21 | In this account he will be called ‘ Nguyen Ai Quoc ’ until 1941/2 and ‘ Ho Chi Minh ’ or ‘ Ho ’ thereafter . |
| 22 | A subordinate may have a responsibility for which he will be called to account by his superior ; a board of directors may have a responsibility to its shareholders ; and a government in a democracy will have a responsibility to the electorate . |
| 23 | Does he understand that , while he may postpone or prevent debate on such matters in the House , outside he will be called upon to justify his incompetence ? |
| 24 | The bar student must , according to the quaint custom , eat dinners at his Inn of Court as well as passing the Bar examinations before he can be called . |
| 25 | Indeed , he can be called ‘ the Spirit of Jesus ’ ( Acts 16:7 ) . |