Example sentences of "[vb -s] [been] called a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this reason the theory has been called a subjective theory of atonement because it insists that the cross changes us , not God ; that he is always forgiving . |
| 2 | It seems necessary for it to have what has been called a ‘ cognitive map ’ in its head ; that is , it would have to have something which conveyed the same information as is conveyed by Figure 10 . |
| 3 | The decision has been called a whitewash of the Vichy regime . |
| 4 | Bletchley Park has been called a menagerie , and in the variety and eccentricity of its inhabitants , so it was . |
| 5 | In the post-war period and until the 1970s the content of Marshall 's citizenship — which has been called a ‘ citizenship of entitlement ’ — expanded in various ways : the political element in the form of the right to vote and stand for election grew to include participation in the political process through a proliferation of pressure groups ; the civil element was enhanced through anti-discrimination legislation , and the UK 's signature of the European Convention on Human Rights . |
| 6 | In my view , however , therein lies its strength ; it is a programme that can be relied on to give an unvarnished account of the proceedings of the House and its committees ; it has been called a mini-Hansard . |
| 7 | The difference between the groups shown in Fig. 5.8 has been called a differential outcomes effect because the superior performance of the correlated group depends on the fact that the outcome of a correct response is reliably different for the two trial types ( tone trials and clicker trials ) . |
| 8 | In some lesser developed countries , particularly in central and east Africa , it has been called a ‘ bureaucratic bourgeoisie ’ , a term which is discussed below . |
| 9 | Occasionally however more personal comments creep in such as in his 1814 publication , A Description of Sixty Small Prints where on page 17 he wrote ‘ Skiddaw has been called a generous Lord , and the Fells of Borrowdale frowning and haughty Tyrants . |
| 10 | We now live in what has been called a ‘ turbulent environment ’ , which is characterized by increased levels of complexity , interdependence and uncertainty . |
| 11 | This project has been called a DIY design as it is open to certain modifications to suit particular whims . |
| 12 | FRS 3 , Reporting Financial Performance , has been called a ‘ landmark standard ’ by the ASB . |
| 13 | Sometimes the natural entity theory has been called a ‘ group person ’ theory . |
| 14 | The map of the London Underground , which can be seen inside every train , on all stations , on the back of the London A-Z guide , on tea-cloths on sale at the London Transport Museum , on posters , in diaries and in sundry other places , has been called a model of its kind , a work of art . |
| 15 | What happened was what has been called a ‘ negotiated redefinition ’ on the part of the respectable working class : there was no passive acceptance . |
| 16 | Dent has been called a " chocolate-box village " by some writers who have assumed that the preservation of the village is due to the action of the green welly and Barbour jacket brigade ( 2.4 children called Timon and Amarintha , Range Rover with macramé or tie-dye seatcovers and this year 's Booker Prize winner on the back seat ) , but the fight to prevent the cobbles being ripped up and the narrow bridges widened was led , not by middle-class " off-comed-uns " , but by the Dalesfolk , the farmers , joiners and builders , the ordinary people who cared about their dale . |
| 17 | It has been called a " gut " response . |
| 18 | There may , however , have been a diminution in tribute and revenues from possibly less securely held border regions and it would be surprising if the political problems of this period were not at least a factor in what has been called a ‘ drastic economic collapse ’ |
| 19 | Their friendship has been called a unique political ménage à trois . |
| 20 | The comparatively recent date at which water flowed in these wadis is attested by the presence in some of the oases of fish from tropical Africa , while Pleistocene beds in the Atlas have a fauna which has been called a Zambezi fauna . |
| 21 | In those societies where the third estate was initially weak — and during its subsequent development in the nineteenth century became more clearly divided into distinct classes — the bourgeoisie , already threatened by the labour movement , embraced a more conservative type of nationalism , and the creation of a modern nation state based upon the capitalist mode of production was accomplished in a more authoritarian fashion by what has been called a ‘ revolution from above ’ ( Moore , 1967 ) . |
| 22 | Outside government , what has been called a ‘ young man 's consensus ’ was developing on the necessity of greater State intervention in both the economic and the social sphere . |
| 23 | Since then Milton Keynes has been called a brilliant success , and a place with no heart or soul . |
| 24 | Toni , who has been called a dark Debbie Harry , was recently voted the best female artist and object of desire in the music press . |
| 25 | The story , based on a novel by Edith Wharton has been called a heterosexual ‘ Death in Venice ’ , but it is far more than that ( you may equally regard it as a grown-up ‘ Sound of Music ’ ) ! |
| 26 | The man who 's been called a reincarnation of the legendary James Deans sighs and admits : |