Example sentences of "have [be] called [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many RP speakers use in a similar way to link words ending with a vowel even when there is no ‘ justification ’ from the spelling , as in : ‘ Formula A ’ ‘ Australia all out ’ ‘ media event ’ This has been called intrusive ; some English speakers and teachers still regard this as incorrect or sub-standard pronunciation , but it is undoubtedly widespread . |
| 2 | This type of evaluation has been called illuminative evaluation by Parlett and Hamilton , and responsive evaluation by Stake . |
| 3 | All that 's happened is that , in switching from rock to soul , agit-pop has shifted emphasis from denunciation to affirmation , or what has been called offensive optimism . |
| 4 | This last question is handled by means of a number of behavioural techniques , which form part of what has been called motivational research . |
| 5 | In a bid to keep the action secret , the case has been called Anonymous I v Anonymous II . |
| 6 | The United States sent $65m ( £40m ) of military aid to Colombia , but this has been called inappropriate and is alleged to be more suitable for fighting Colombia 's left-wing guerrillas than the cocaine mafia . |
| 7 | This causes him to doubt himself , that is his worthiness in loving Estella as he now thinks because he has been called common and coarse . |
| 8 | It is clear that any civilised system of law is bound to provide remedies for cases of what has been called unjust enrichment or unjust benefit , that is to prevent a man from retaining the money of or some benefit derived from another which it is against conscience that he should keep . |
| 9 | ‘ It is clear that any civilised system of law is bound to provide remedies for cases of what has been called unjust enrichment or unjust benefit , that is to prevent a man from retaining the money of or some benefit derived from another which it is against conscience that he should keep . |
| 10 | It is clear that any civilised system of law is bound to provide remedies for cases of what has been called unjust enrichment or unjust benefit , that is to prevent a man from retaining the money of or some benefit derived from another which it is against conscience that he should keep . |
| 11 | It is clear that any civilised system of law is bound to provide remedies for cases of what has been called unjust enrichment or unjust benefit , that is to prevent a man from retaining the money of or some benefit derived from another which it is against conscience that he should keep . |
| 12 | This has been called acquired equivalence of cues , or secondary generalization . |
| 13 | Cromwell 's foreign policy has been called out-of-date , because he based it on the bellicose anti-Catholic and anti-Spanish feeling of the reign of Elizabeth . |
| 14 | This mode of explanation has been called methodological individualism , for it seeks to disaggregate all larger institutional and historical entities into the practices and relations of the individuals or groups who compose or inhabit them . |
| 15 | Similarly , much of what has been called primitive art or ethnic art consists of objects made in that style which manufacturers in various parts of the world have perceived to be demanded of them ( Graburn ed. 1976 ; Williams 1985 ) . |
| 16 | After the disasters of the past few months , a result which would previously have been called disappointing will now be hailed as a triumph . |
| 17 | " It 'll be good for a giggle , as Charlie says , " she concluded , with a look which on a lesser woman could have been called coy . |
| 18 | It may not have been called formal consultation process . |
| 19 | In newspapers I 've been called bland and ‘ smoothy-chops ’ so often that it almost goes over my head now , and people go on about my baggy eyes as if I made them that way myself — which I suppose I did , in a way . |
| 20 | Increased trade with third countries due to this effect and also the induced trade following from the increase in growth stimulated by the creating of the CU have been called external trade creation . |
| 21 | Directors have sometimes been called trustees , or commercial trustees , sometimes they have been called managing partners ; it does not matter much what you call them as long as you understand what their true position is , which is really that they are commercial men managing a trading concern for the benefit of themselves and all the other shareholders … they are bound to use fair and reasonable diligence in the management of the company 's affairs and to act honestly . |
| 22 | ( 1.3 ) The possible argument consists in the premiss ( 1 ) that decisions and the like are taken to be effects but also to be no more than events which follow on conditions which are required for them , the further premiss ( 2 ) that it is to be presumed that we have a single conception of effects rather than several , and the conclusion ( 3 ) that all effects , including what have been called standard effects , are merely events preceded by conditions required for them . |
| 23 | They have been called magic bullets because of their use in the treatment of cancer . |
| 24 | Since then many people , ranging from Mrs Thatcher to Arthur Scargill , have been called fascist . |