Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] called the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In The Emperor 's Clothes ( 1953 ) Kathleen Nott called the Christian revivalism of Eliot , Lewis and others no better than a revived superstition ; and in a scathing attack on contemporary dogmatics and the anti-progressive views of literary Modernism she remarked , in tones of ultimate scorn , that Lewis 's interest in the Devil had plumbed unusual depths . |
| 2 | Robert Byrd ( West Virginia ) , the appropriations committee chairman , came under attack from Nunn because it allowed unauthorized " pork-barrel " programmes to be funded and because no money was given to restart production of the F-117 A fighter , a stealth aircraft Nunn called the " star " of the Gulf war . |
| 3 | Turnover slipped from £305m to £302m , but chairman Ken Coates called the performance ‘ remarkably resilient ’ . |
| 4 | She straightened up , and carried the pail , the soap , the brush and the swab , as Miss Mates called the cloth , to the outdoor drain at the back of the house . |
| 5 | The very next day the Justice Minister Saulos Ramos called the operation off , breaking a Federal Court decree . |
| 6 | DUP Mid-Ulster MP William McCrea said Stormont minister Richard Needham called the Provos ‘ Fascist beasts ’ . |
| 7 | Labour health spokesman David Blunkett called the figures a ‘ disgrace ’ . |
| 8 | Was this Sir Ronald 's own change , or is he the victim of some editor who could not resist what H G Wells called the greatest passion ? |
| 9 | The Soviet Ambassador to the UN , Mr Alexander Belonogov called the intervention ‘ international terror against a small and in essence defenceless state ’ . |
| 10 | In June , when French President François Mitterrand called the referendum ( which was not constitutionally necessary as part of the French ratification process — see p. 38942 ) , opinion polls indicated a two-thirds majority in favour of ratification . |
| 11 | Ten years ago a group was formed in South Devon called The South Hams Smallholders Group . |
| 12 | During last year Julie made a film for BBC2 with Joan Plowright and Jeanne Moreau called The Clothes In The Wardrobe , to be shown next year . |
| 13 | But TUC economic committee chairman Rodney Bickerstaffe called the proposal , coming on top of bumper increases for bosses , an ‘ insult ’ . |
| 14 | The parts are key ones in an adaptation of a novel by Flann O'Brien called The Third Policeman . |
| 15 | Of course , you will have to have what P. D. James called the mysterious death at the heart of your story . |
| 16 | In a telegram from the North Korean capital Pyongyang on July 19 Prince Sihanouk called the US decision " unjust and unfair " and announced that the resistance would " never accept a Pax Vietnamica or a so-called peace imposed by foreign powers " . |
| 17 | Moments before , Mr Chittenden called the Daily Post 's office in Chester asking staff to go to the United Friendly offices in Chester 's St Werburgh Street . |
| 18 | Mr Mitterrand called the result a vote for ‘ youth and opportunity . ’ |
| 19 | Mr Sugar called the news conference after a judge had accepted his ‘ unreserved ’ apology for contempt of court during the High Court battle . |
| 20 | But Shadow Sports Minister Tom Pendry called the decision an ‘ outrage . ’ |
| 21 | Councillor Gill Walton called the thriving pub ‘ a great asset to the town . ’ |
| 22 | Mr. Ashdown called the rise , ’ devastating ’ . |
| 23 | Mr. Kinnock called the figures , ’ a terrible price the country is paying for the Tory Government . ’ |
| 24 | Mr Crook called the decision ‘ a very dangerous judgment which will only generate more secret justice and undermine the public 's respect for the administration of justice . ’ |
| 25 | Now that she was coasting again , everything had gone back to normal — what Uncle Albert called the ‘ natural ’ state to be in . |
| 26 | ‘ Along those basic instrument guidelines , I 've designed a bass for BC Rich called The Punisher , which I have on stage . |
| 27 | Mr Bouraima called the attack ‘ external aggression ’ aimed at blocking democratic reforms in the West African country . |
| 28 | Mr. Clark called the attention of the Board to the schools , and to the female side of the house as he was ‘ certain if the business is conducted as it has been , it is impossible to carry out the system … ’ . |
| 29 | Employment Secretary Gillian Shephard called the figures discouraging . |
| 30 | In a television programme networked from BBC Scotland called The Disunited Kingdom , I addressed the viewer direct as I had done in my Liberal Party general election broadcast . |