Example sentences of "which we [modal v] call [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the same reasoning we must conclude that K could plausibly have arisen , directly by a single change , from something slightly different again , which we may call K " . |
| 2 | In such a universe , which is in thermal equilibrium as a whole and therefore dead , relatively small regions of the size of our galaxy will be found here and there ; regions ( which we may call worlds ) which deviate significantly from thermal equilibrium for short stretches of those ‘ aeons ' ’ of time . |
| 3 | The program considers every possible move which the laws of the game allow it to make , and arrives at various positions which we may call HisPos . |
| 4 | ( 59 ) Two and two is four ( 60 ) Iguanas eat ants Let us , following Lyons ( 1977a : 682 ) , distinguish the semantic or theoretical category of tense , which we may call metalinguistic tense or M-tense for short , from the verbal inflections that a traditional grammar of a particular language may call that language 's tenses , which we may call L-tenses . |
| 5 | If the left hand end of the line is fixed by the co-ordinates of Bishops Cannings church , then the angle it makes with its horizontal base assumes a value , which we shall call angle ‘ a ’ . |
| 6 | Sentence 5 also illustrates another aspect of modulation , which we shall call linkage of traits . |
| 7 | The problem solver should find a corresponding 7-tuple of joint angles , ( j , j , j , j , j , j , j ) which we shall call J. |
| 8 | This value is found by extrapolating the smoothed values for times 2 and 3 , which we shall call z 2 and z 3 ; this is shown graphically in figure 9.13 . |
| 9 | 1.7 Example ( 26 ) shows us the second and less common relation contributing to the unfolding of syntactic structures , which we shall call equation , adopting the obvious symbol to represent it : ( 26 ) Fitzpatrick , our neighbour , used to plant potatoes the subject exemplifies the basic pattern [ E = E ] , ( as does the underlined portion of ( 22 ) ) ; in more exact terms , what we have in this subject phrase is : As we have just remarked , equational phrases are rarer than phrases involving qualification ; and , among them , there is a very large disproportion in favour of equation between E and E , rather than between P and P. Nevertheless , the latter can be found ; two examples would be : ( 28 ) what I need is a cup of strong , dark coffee for a fast , convenient trip to the city , take the Skytram This is clearly not to say that strong and dark , or fast and convenient , are equivalent at the type level ; only that on some particular occasion of use , as here , they may be regarded by speaker , or copywriter , as equivalent . |
| 10 | There is a process version of this criterion which we might call valency . |
| 11 | We might say roughly that there are two sorts of givens which we could call duties and wishes . |
| 12 | We are beginning to find that to explain what we understand by the quality of life we have to introduce a further notion which we could call texture . |
| 13 | One of these , which we will call T A , contains node 1 . |
| 14 | As an example , consider a case where two words are combined , the first of which ends with a single final consonant ( which we will call C f ) and the second of which starts with a single initial consonant ( which we will call C i ) ; we can construct a diagram like this : |
| 15 | As an example , consider a case where two words are combined , the first of which ends with a single final consonant ( which we will call C f ) and the second of which starts with a single initial consonant ( which we will call C i ) ; we can construct a diagram like this : |