Example sentences of "[adj] be call [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 K 1 and K 2 are called the principal curvatures of the surface at O. Their product is an invariant for the surface at O called the Gaussian curvature K ; thus
2 This is called a labelled graph .
3 This is called a cloud-point curve .
4 This is called a Preferred Point Geometry .
5 My worst dive was when on descending a sudden shock of cold water hit my tooth sending a shock wave up my nerve the nerve ran through a sinus causing extreme pain this is called a dental trauma I had to abandon the dive immediately .
6 This is called a lateral eruption .
7 This is called a coronary thrombosis or just ‘ a coronary ’ .
8 If a particular dimension ( usually left to right or up to down ) indicates a time scale as well as sequence this is called a time-line diagram .
9 In some cases the effects of the blockage can be so severe that the heart stops beating altogether and this is called a cardiac arrest .
10 Not surprisingly this is called a low-angle thrust fault .
11 Gon na go on now to talk about a severe condition which may start out that with a minor skin rash like this , this is called a petechial skin rash they later progress to rather more generalised rash and in it 's most severe form it 's mucrotic
12 This is called a data-bank system and a good example is the pupil record system which is kept in a secretary 's office .
13 This is called a lunar month .
14 When the effect of one cell on another is directly by way of a modification of the synapse that the first cell makes on the second , this is known as a homosynaptic effect ; when the effect of the first cell on the second is modulated by the behaviour of a third cell synapsing on either of the other two , this is called a heterosynaptic effect .
15 This is called a vertical micro-instruction format : some examples ( from the Burroughs B1700 computer , taken from Burroughs 1972 ) are given in Figure 3.22(b) .
16 This is called a scientific novelty .
17 When the Moon moves between the Earth and the Sun it is seen from the Earth to move across the Sun , and this is called a solar eclipse .
18 In military parlance this is called a fast retreat .
19 This is called the immune system .
20 For salt and water systems , this is called the cryohydric point .
21 First of all note that the vapour pressure curve terminates at point C. This is called the critical point of water .
22 This is called the critical solution temperature .
23 This is called the critical temperature , Tc .
24 This is called the Western Wall , popularly called the Wailing Wall because Jews bewail the destruction of the Temple there .
25 This is called the general gas law or sometimes the combined gas law .
26 It is now only a short step to think of comparing ‘ local ’ specific mortality patterns ( m a ) with a standard ( m s ) by means of a weighted average over the age groups of the ratios of m a to m s , using as weights the deaths that would be expected locally if the standard specific mortalities were to apply , i.e. m s x P a This is called the standardized mortality ratio ( SMR ) .
27 This is called the AND-tree context of B.
28 This is called the legionary habit .
29 Notice that the slope of the consumption line measures the increase in consumption brought about by a one pound increase in income — this is called the marginal propensity to consume ( mpc ) .
30 Similarly , the slope of the saving line measures the increase in saving brought about by a one pound increase in income — this is called the marginal propensity to save ( mps ) .
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