Example sentences of "is called a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each of these smaller molecules is called a nucleotide . |
| 2 | It is called a squid fishery , but the truth is that anything that moves near these nets is likely to be caught and killed . ’ |
| 3 | This distortion is called a tide . |
| 4 | A special form of intracommodity spread is called a butterfly spread . |
| 5 | If the direction is reversed the defect is called a fold , while if the defect causes neither displacement nor reversal of direction but only a local disordering of the zigzag configuration it is called a kink . |
| 6 | Such a one-bit register holding information as to the status of a transput unit is called a flag ; more generally , we use the term flag to refer to any one-bit field holding status information ( whether in a special register or in a portion of a store location ) . |
| 7 | 13 This shape is called a hexagon because it has six sides . |
| 8 | A mortgage of tangible property is made by a deed , which is called a Bill of Sale ; and , under the Bills of Sale Act 1882 ( as modified by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 ) , it must be in the form given in the schedule to the latter Act , and attested and registered as required by that Act . |
| 9 | The word ‘ residual ’ is given to artefacts earlier than the actual date of the earth movement and only gives what is called a terminus post quem . |
| 10 | Each row in a relation is called a tuple . |
| 11 | A rug made in the Persian town of Kashan is therefore known as a Kashan , and an item woven by the Belouch nomads is called a Belouch . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | A device to do this is called a gravity gradiometer . |
| 14 | Such a pattern of resource allocation is called a Pareto optimum . |
| 15 | Any network that behaves in this way is called a delay line . |
| 16 | The Yasa will not be offended against if the ship is steered not by an oar , but by what the Khan has said is called a rudder , being just another kind of oar which is fixed to the stern of the vessel . |
| 17 | Health and safety ‘ monitors ’ from each department complete with what is called a Housekeeping Audit Checklist in their respective departments between monthly meetings . |
| 18 | STALEMATE : when a king is not in check and when his side can not make a legal move , the position is called a stalemate and the game is a draw . |
| 19 | This is called a chronocyclograph . |
| 20 | A club where kung fu is practised is called a kwoon , which means ‘ training place ’ , and is known as the kung fu home . |
| 21 | The writ is called a subpoena , because it requires him to appear upon pain of forfeiting a sum of money . |
| 22 | That word is called a vocation . |
| 23 | A collection of symptoms is called a syndrome . |
| 24 | The legend in the lower left corner of the map is called a default option . |
| 25 | Ben now straightened his back and returned to his seat and , looking at Aggie , said , ‘ Besides which , there is what is called a diplomat in our midst , Mrs Winkowski . ’ |
| 26 | The breed 's prospects are gradually improving ( 1,500 adult animals , and rising ) and it is being recognised as what is called a farmer 's cow , able to produce well on cheap , home-grown rations without having to rely on expensive concentrates . |
| 27 | It is called a sinker because it sinks beneath you when you are stationary . |
| 28 | If , on the other hand , any centralized system with a single head , controlling a defined territory , is called a state , it is then possible to give examples of ‘ states ’ where no obvious dominant class exists . |
| 29 | The test of the null hypothesis , H is called a test of the ‘ unbiasedness property ’ of rational expectations . |
| 30 | Definition 1.3.5 ( i ) If u ε Z is such that unc ( in Z ) then u is called a unit . |