Example sentences of "could [adv] [be] called a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That could hardly be called a conciliatory speech , ’ said Isambard delicately . |
| 2 | There had already been a kerfuffle over the pornographic ones ; they could n't be included in the facsimile edition and yet at the same time it could hardly be called a complete edition if they were n't there . |
| 3 | Ford , distrusting such easy agreement , would seek support for his views from the more experienced officers of the battalion , but those officers , such as Peter d'Alembord , doubted whether the Prince of Wales 's Own Volunteers could truthfully be called a veteran battalion . |
| 4 | In his view , it is the failure to develop the social and political attitudes appropriate to a welfare society , which could also be called a democratic socialist society , that is responsible for the limited success in building a welfare state . |
| 5 | It could therefore be called a 1-bit data latch . |