Example sentences of "[vb mod] call a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They grant also what is called a divorce a mensa et thoro , or rather what we should call a judicial separation , i.e. they release the parties from the duty of living together on grounds of cruelty or misconduct ; but a divorce in the modern sense , which allows the parties to marry again , is not recognized by the medieval church in the case of any marriage which is originally valid . |
| 2 | ‘ I think we 'll send you for what you British might call a long stretch … . ’ |
| 3 | When a weak-form word is being contrasted with another word , e.g. : ‘ The letter 's from him , not to him ’ A similar case is what we might call a co-ordinated use of prepositions : ‘ I travel to and from London a lot ’ ‘ A work of and about literature ’ |
| 4 | What you might call a new one . ’ |
| 5 | ’ 'That 's what one might call a loaded question , Miss Lightbody . |
| 6 | You could say , that er , a Hobbesian view of human nature , that people are basically anti-social egoistic and er , aggressive , and that if left to themselves , life would be a war , war against all , is what we might call a pessimistic view of human nature . |
| 7 | Sir : Shabbir Akhtar ( 10 October ) himself makes what he might call a pardonable error in thinking that to liberals — genuine ones , not the compromisers so regretfully limned in John Torode 's article ( 3 October ) - freedom of speech is an absolute value . |
| 8 | Charles feared for the unity of his dominions under the threat of Protestantism , and it seemed he might call a national synod in Germany which would not only undermine the authority of the papacy , but in the interests of political unity approve theological positions Rome could never accept . |
| 9 | First , what you might call a local bye-law ; a rule for this particular sort of book . |
| 10 | Who demonstrated what you might call a profound lack of interest . |
| 11 | They call themselves Rektum , and all signs suggest they enjoyed what you might call a safe passage . |
| 12 | In this case Dr Lusman did not do that and he took the sample by using his finger and a spatula , in what you might call a blind manner , and doing it by feeling . |
| 13 | Instead of what we might call a vertical analysis of society — one which builds upon a single kind of term — Althusser attributes a horizontal analysis to Marx . |
| 14 | The problem is that although the beliefs and feelings are " always concerned with matters at the heart and root of existence " — which does suggest or give opportunity for something which is not just subjective in interpretation — it tends to subsume the religious view of life under what we might call a humanist umbrella . |
| 15 | Russell was what you might call a social climber , inasmuch as he specialized in fitting out rock shelters for himself at various altitudes and if possible receiving his friends in them . |
| 16 | The desire for improved services was centred among Congregationalists and Baptists while what we might call a larger search for dignity pertained to all the major denominations ; the Congregationalist , Dr George Barrett , told a 1900 meeting of the Free Church Council that ‘ Nonconformists have not yet enlisted the imagination as a handmaid to faith … |
| 17 | Every now and again , we run up against what you might call a medieval . |
| 18 | But I not seen one yet as you might call a proper bleeding accident , if you takes my meaning ? ’ |
| 19 | That was what one might call a pre-poll tax consensus . |
| 20 | Masklin crept back through the grass to the nomes ' camp , if that 's what you could call a tiny dry space under a scrap of thrown-away plastic . |
| 21 | She who could call a lame youth to her and support him with her invisible grace while he laid down his crutches on the steps of her altar , why doubt that she could turn the leaves of a Gospel , and guide a faithful finger to the words her will required ? |
| 22 | Complaints after the weekend prompted an RFU spokesman to admit : ‘ We could call a special meeting of the sub-committee that deals with ground rebuilding . |
| 23 | ‘ The Swiss railway timetable is a masterpiece of typographical design , if not what you could call a rattling good read . |
| 24 | By taking elements from the two and learning how to play them live together , it 's what I 'd call a real fusion . ’ |
| 25 | So here goes : ‘ You know , I do n't have what you 'd call a regular job . ’ |
| 26 | Here in Deptford half the male population do n't have what you 'd call a regular job . |
| 27 | You say that these books stand in their own right , and are important perhaps in the historical context of the development of the novel , but do they constitute what I 'd call a good read ? |
| 28 | Jonathan was n't what you 'd call a warm man but he was n't a monk either . |
| 29 | But surely you ca n't expect the government , now that the ambulance dispute in the public sector is in its sixth month to get what you 'd call a substantial , possibly double figured settlement ? |
| 30 | He was what you 'd call a late developer . |