Example sentences of "may be called the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From another point of view it may be called the inner shrine . |
| 2 | The greatest problem facing schools , now as always , is how to ensure the best possible service to present pupils ( this may be called the steady-state operation ) , while at the same time , developing the creativity which alone will allow us to continue to adapt to change in the future . |
| 3 | It was conceded by counsel for the defendant , necessarily and rightly , that the old offence of larceny by a trick is covered by section 1(1) of the Act of 1968 , as well as by section 15(1) to which we shall refer later , despite what may be called the apparent consent of the victim . |
| 4 | These five species constitute what may be called the typical owl pattern , and even though it encompasses a fair degree of variability it is consistent enough for departures from it to be instantly recognizable . |
| 5 | We think , perhaps , too much of the sedimentary environment , and not enough of what may be called the geophysical environment that can ensure their preservation . |
| 6 | He is the head of a great Government office — what may be called the secretarial office ; he is ‘ the King 's Secretary of State for all departments ’ ; whatever writing has to be done in the King 's name is done by the Chancellor or through him and his officers . |
| 7 | Now here is the answer of a gentleman who may be called the Discerning Dilettante . |
| 8 | They grew with his reading of Frazer who described the ‘ Burnt Land of Lydia ’ contrasting with the surrounding verdure and marvelled ( in the conclusion of The Dying God ) at ‘ what may be called the Australian spring ’ where ‘ the sandy and stony wilderness , over which the silence and desolation of death appear to brood , is suddenly , after a few days of torrential rain , transformed into a landscape smiling with verdure ’ . |
| 9 | The element in a construction which interacts directly with an element or elements outside the construction may be called the semantic head of the construction . |