Example sentences of "be sometimes [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some birds each sheet is twisted through a small constant angle with respect to its predecessor , giving rise to what is sometimes called a twisted ply or structure ( Figure 4 ) ; such a structure is handed . |
| 2 | If f : unc is 1-1 and onto B , f is sometimes called a 1-1 correspondence . |
| 3 | I regard the father 's promise in this case as what is sometimes called a unilateral contract , a promise in return for an act , a promise by the father to pay £1 per week in return for the mother 's looking after the child . |
| 4 | Given what has been said , further , a mental event is not necessarily what is sometimes called a whole mental state , which is to say all of a person 's consciousness at or for a time , but typically is a part of a whole mental state , a part which itself has parts . |
| 5 | If the first derivative of the property-temperature curve is measured , a change in the vicinity of T g is found ; for this reason it is sometimes called a second-order transition . |
| 6 | In the early days of life the infant is sometimes called a new-born . |