Example sentences of "[is] sometimes call " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vane is sometimes called the ‘ finger ’ or ‘ flyboard ’ and it gave farmers an opportunity to display their individuality . |
| 2 | ‘ I HAVE received vague but disquieting information about the inaccessibility of the Willoughbys ’ old home , ’ wrote William Dutt in 1914 , who was keen to see Parham Old Hall ( or the Moat Hall as it is sometimes called ) , before nightfall . |
| 3 | Once the transition had occurred , some builders expanded on the square and rectangular theme and added wild , exuberant and curvaceous forms — this is sometimes called Baroque . |
| 4 | It is sometimes called the Danish Gorgonzola , although the veining is greenish in colour and the paste is very yellow . |
| 5 | But this theory , which is sometimes called ‘ the moral influence ’ theory , is considered to have a number of weaknesses that we should look at . |
| 6 | The Scottish bluebell ( Campanula rotundifolia ) is sometimes called ‘ the cuckoo 's hood ’ , a beautiful image for such an elegant flower . |
| 7 | Micraster is sometimes called the heart urchin , because of its distinctive shape . |
| 8 | This is sometimes called the centreboard . |
| 9 | Thus the second major influence on behaviour is the reward , or payoff , as it is sometimes called , for acting in a certain way . |
| 10 | This is an enormous area to consider briefly because it touches on the central issue of what is sometimes called ‘ the second industrial revolution ’ and , more precisely , on the relationship between labour and technological change . |
| 11 | In environmental health the most important dimension of an odour is its acceptability , or ‘ hedonic tone ’ as it is sometimes called . |
| 12 | If a retailer owns one shop , he is sometimes called this . |
| 13 | Father Wrench , however , as he is sometimes called — will never allow more than a proper quantity of either ale , wine or spirits … |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Using a voltage to control the number of mobile electrons in this layer , or ‘ induced surface channel ’ as it is sometimes called , is the basis of the device 's operation . |
| 16 | B15 is sometimes called pangamic acid or calcium pangamate . |
| 17 | According to the Code du Vin ( a publication codifying the regulations of the INAO ) , one marc of 4,000 kilograms will yield 2,266 litres of juice , or must , as it is sometimes called . |
| 18 | This game is sometimes called ‘ Non-stop cricket ’ . |
| 19 | Management 's role thus becomes a kind of balancing act ( this is sometimes called the ‘ stakeholder ’ theory ) , and it has to be even more persuasive than ever in ‘ selling ’ its proposals . |
| 20 | A popular drink among healthy Italian restaurant-goers , it is sometimes called a ‘ canary ’ . |
| 21 | What we are in all our shapes and sizes has been fashioned and contoured through both inheritance and experience — the comprehensive impact upon us of our parents , childhood and upbringing , and with it those joys , dramas and significant experiences which contribute to what is sometimes called our adult self . |
| 22 | knit the next few rows as usual , then cross the cable the opposite way ( in the same channel ) you are producing what is sometimes called a snake cable , since that is what it looks like . |
| 23 | Here we have an example of three or four adjacent needles tucking for four rows at the same time , creating a very interesting raised surface fabric that is sometimes called ‘ locket and block ’ because of the way the oval sections of the pattern occur between the raised blocks . |
| 24 | The zoogeographical area that surrounds this line is sometimes called the Wallacean sub-region . |
| 25 | For this reason skill training is sometimes called strategic training . |
| 26 | It is sometimes called ‘ evaluative research , . |
| 27 | The river is sometimes called Taal 's River , and the surrounding land of Talabecland is the heartland of the god 's worship . |
| 28 | This thesis is sometimes called non-cognitivism . |
| 29 | Utilitarianism is a properly ethical theory , inasmuch as it puts forward the basics of a moral position , while emotivism belongs to what is sometimes called meta-ethics which professes to explain the nature of what is going on when an ethical or moral view is advocated . |
| 30 | Thin coax ( 10Base2 ) is sometimes called ThinNet or CheaperNet . |