Example sentences of "[modal v] [prep] [be] call " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interestingly , the pain this causes shows itself as what used to be called ‘ groin strain ’ . |
| 2 | still blessed with a scent of what used to be called the counter-culture , they are also the most responsive to music generated from outside the mainstream corporate structure . |
| 3 | Both countries have managed to become the most visibly successful economies in what used to be called their respective ‘ blocs ’ . |
| 4 | The placing of Uruguay and Colombia in the third pool has satisfied the South Americans , and what used to be called the Iron Curtain countries can not complain . |
| 5 | The hardest task for his subordinates is to decide what the phrase ( now often shortened to NWO and not to be confused with the airline that used to be called Northwest Orient ) might mean . |
| 6 | This used to be called a tight fiscal policy . |
| 7 | ‘ I used to be called Shorty all through school because I am so small . |
| 8 | It used to be called Am Graben which is German for ‘ the moat ’ because that was where the medieval city walls ran . |
| 9 | They were , after all , Soviet citizens , who lived in the Soviet Union , not Russia or Kirghizia as it used to be called . |
| 10 | It would have been nice to go into partnership with my son Paul , but he deals in what used to be called the avant-garde , the most difficult stuff to sell , and wants to be in New York . |
| 11 | It used to be called the ‘ self-build movement ’ , and the wearing of beards and open-toed sandals was close to compulsory . |
| 12 | However , the ethyl ester of ethanoic acid used to be called ethyl acetate , whereas today it is ethyl ethanoate . |
| 13 | The scientists and philosophers — and I think it 's significant that scientific study used to be called natural philosophy — they think in a big way , about yesterday and tomorrow , about the whole great sweep of mankind in the world . |
| 14 | They used to be called tea gowns many years ago . |
| 15 | It 's what used to be called A Good Read . |
| 16 | There was still an ingrained suspicion of what used to be called ‘ combinations ’ . |
| 17 | They used to be called waghorns in Lancashire . |
| 18 | The mill-house , with its white-painted cast iron footbridge over the river below the weir , forms a seductive spot for photographers , painters , picnickers and what used to be called courting couples , but are now gender-opposite persons endeavouring to establish meaningful relationships by pair-bonding and role-playing . |
| 19 | From La Bourboule to Montluçon and Tours we traverse what used to be called la France profonde , a deep and unchanging rural France unaffected by progress and modern life . |
| 20 | For example , to make methyl alcohol ( methanol , which used to be called wood alcohol ) , a 1:2 ratio is required , |
| 21 | Nowadays , nobility is on the side of those who used to be called Redmen , hardly surprising to anyone who has read any of the dreadful history of the spread of Europeans across the West . |
| 22 | Vitamin A used to be called the anti-infective vitamin because a deficiency reduces the resistance of certain parts of the body to infection . |
| 23 | FRIENDSHIP BUREAUX These used to be called marriage bureaux . |
| 24 | Czechoslovakia has some remarkable health centres , such as Karlovy Vary ( which used to be called Carlsbad ) where one can take the waters and have other health treatments . |
| 25 | this months tasting features the exciting sparkling wines being produced by double fermentation or what used to be called Methode Champenoise . |
| 26 | In recent years the evidence for the health benefits of fibre , or ‘ roughage ’ as it used to be called , has grown so strong that it has filtered through from the medical journals and is now well known to the British and American public . |
| 27 | It used to be called ‘ the Corner of the World ’ as it was said that , seated at one of the tables on the pavement , a Madeiran would eventually see all the people he knew and meet people from all over the globe . |
| 28 | The Sun used to be called the Daily Herald . |
| 29 | It used to be called Austin-Morris but changed its name to British Leyland and then Rover . |
| 30 | So I 'm put into the hands of what used to be called ‘ Wardrobe ’ but now has the grander title of ‘ Costume Designers ’ , who are keen for me to join the twentieth century sartorially , which would involve climbing into one of those colossal suits . |