Example sentences of "[noun sg] has been call [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Their friendship has been called a unique political ménage à trois .
2 The hypothetical new force has been called the fifth force .
3 The Macintosh user interface has been called the first ‘ intuitive ’ interface , suggesting that a user can learn how to use it by instinct alone without the need for instruction manuals or training .
4 The United Nations General Assembly has been called the nearest thing to a world parliament .
5 Increased differentiation based on this mechanism has been called the acquired distinctiveness of cues .
6 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 .
7 The increasing role of the greenhouse effect in this transition has been called the runaway greenhouse effect .
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