Example sentences of "it is called " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it is electro-plated with silver it is called electro-plated nickel silver ( EPNS ) . |
| 2 | Its real purpose though — which the editor guessed ( oh yes ? ) — is for strengthening ankles , and it is called a wobble board . |
| 3 | It is called the Falaise d'Ayen . |
| 4 | LT-GaAs as it is called , is made by molecular beam epitaxy ( MBE ) at the relatively low temperature of 200°C . |
| 5 | Swinburne read Greek and took English metric in hand ; Rossetti brought in the Italian primitives ; Fitzgerald made the only good poem of the time that has gone to the PeoPle ; it is called , and is to a great extent , a translation or mistranslation . |
| 6 | It is called insurance . |
| 7 | ‘ There must come a time when it is called to a halt , ’ Lord Donaldson said . |
| 8 | The Employee Development and Assistance Programme , as it is called , is part of the campaign to win greater ‘ employee involvement ’ . |
| 9 | Regardless of whether it is called a ‘ top down ’ model or an elective dictatorship , the formal concentration of political authority in Britain is remarkable . |
| 10 | Older Kashmiri women stick to the traditional Kashmiri form where the Kamiz ( or the Kurta as it is called in Kashmir ) is rather long , usually with a distinct waist , and the trousers are full , almost bulbous , with a deep and stiff cuff at the ankle . |
| 11 | Since the environmental rhythm is giving a time-cue to the organism it is called a zeitgeber ( from the German , Zeit — time ; geber — to give ) . |
| 12 | Where the barn adjoined the dwelling it is called a laithe house , and often the stable and cow-house were built beyond the barn as part of the same range . |
| 13 | This ‘ lift ’ , as it is called , enabled the foot of the doors to clear the manure in the yard and kept pigs off the threshing floor when the doors were open . |
| 14 | The Pastor smiled a little wryly , ‘ It is called a unitary family , now , and unitary families are under attack in certain quarters , but the family is at the heart of our religion and our civilisation . |
| 15 | ‘ It is called August-Bebel-Platz now , ’ Erika said . |
| 16 | When women gather to do the same , it is called gossip . |
| 17 | When academics delve into someone 's life it is called Biography ; when therapists posit theories on human behaviour it is called Psychology ; when sociologists ruminate on society it is called Sociology . |
| 18 | When academics delve into someone 's life it is called Biography ; when therapists posit theories on human behaviour it is called Psychology ; when sociologists ruminate on society it is called Sociology . |
| 19 | When academics delve into someone 's life it is called Biography ; when therapists posit theories on human behaviour it is called Psychology ; when sociologists ruminate on society it is called Sociology . |
| 20 | When women ponder on an individual , emotion or social phenomenon , it is called Gossip . |
| 21 | THE centuries-old five-dice game of liardice — or liar 's dice as it is called in North America — has a modern problem . |
| 22 | It is called ‘ set aside . ’ |
| 23 | It is called TransAction . |
| 24 | It is called Rosamund 's Green . |
| 25 | It is called the Red House because it is built of deep red brick , an unusual medium for a man of means , who was normally expected to build in something nobler . |
| 26 | It is called a squid fishery , but the truth is that anything that moves near these nets is likely to be caught and killed . ’ |
| 27 | It is called Long Life . |
| 28 | But he can do this : he considers the petition , or Bill , as it is called ; if he thinks there is anything in the case , he issues a writ which requires the person complained against to appear , not in a Common Law Court , but before himself , and answer the petition on oath . |
| 29 | ft was just about the last poem I wrote on my own for the next six months or so ; it is called ‘ Believing Is Seeing ’ , and it was also about a carving , the sculpture illustrating the miracle of Christ healing the blind man : |
| 30 | Jordanova goes on to describe the statue in the Paris medical faculty , which shows a young woman , with bare breasts , head bowed , in the process of removing her veil : it is called ‘ Nature unveils herself before Science ’ . |