Example sentences of "is called an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When these hit other atoms they in turn create more pairs of electrons and positrons , so one gets what is called an electron shower . |
| 2 | The software is called an operating system ; it controls the basic ‘ housekeeping ’ activities of a computer in a particularly efficient way . |
| 3 | John Miles , a senior consultant neurosurgeon at Walton Hospital said : ‘ We now know that Mr Cleary had what is called an aneurysm , although most of the symptoms he displayed were not typical of this condition . |
| 4 | It is relatively rare for a firm to have an absolute monopoly of the market , but there are many instances where a small number of large firms dominate a market — this is called an oligopoly . |
| 5 | If a linear programming problem is modified so that the variables are restricted to integer values , the result is called an integer linear programming problem ( ILP ) . |
| 6 | The increase of disorder or entropy with time is one example of what is called an arrow of time , something that distinguishes the past from the future , giving a direction to time . |
| 7 | This hill is called An Ruadh-stac , and it fails to make the magical Munro status by just 25 metres . |
| 8 | The order of one court requesting the court in another country to enforce or recognise its orders is called an order in aid . |
| 9 | I suppose we were in that meteorological horror that is called an inversion , heat and humidity pressing down on us , numbing the brain and starting the sweat from every pore of the body . |
| 10 | Sometimes , ownership of copyright will be transferred and this form of transaction is called an assignment of copyright . |
| 11 | A chart that can help detect these patterns is called an ABC chart ( Gelfand and Hartman 1984 ; Herbert 1981 ) . |
| 12 | For external observers this surface constitutes what is called an event horizon . |
| 13 | A gas that obeys the ideal gas equation exactly is called an Idea ) gas or perfect gas . |
| 14 | The other kind of flow , with the rubbly ‘ conveyor-belt ’ surface is also known by a Polynesian name ; it is called an aa flow . |
| 15 | Of three books on the nervous system G. M. Shepherd 's Neurobiology is called an introduction but since it is a systematic study of 600 pages it is rather more than that for most of us . |
| 16 | The conclusions are not to be taken as true of every pair of things of which the second is called an effect . |
| 17 | ( 5 ) Where under a contract of sale the transfer of the property in the goods is to take place at a future time or subject to some condition later to be fulfilled the contract is called an agreement to sell . |
| 18 | A rock body emplaced in the surrounding country rock in this way is called an intrusion or , alternatively , a pluton . |
| 19 | If you , if you wait for a report from a salesman , you can wait for a very long time , the only piece of paper he really likes filling in is called an expense sheet . |
| 20 | An appeal can also be made if the council takes more than eight weeks to come to a decision — this is called an appeal against non-determination . |
| 21 | This is called an overbite . |
| 22 | An arrival may be elaborated on ; any such movement away from an arrival within a prolongational region is called an extension . |
| 23 | This is called an episiotomy . |
| 24 | This limitation in time is most clearly seen in the case of a life estate , whether it be an estate held for the life of the tenant , or what is called an estate pur autre vie , one held for the life or lives of some other person or persons . |
| 25 | The first is called an egg and the second a sperm — for this is the dawning of sexuality . |
| 26 | The beacon ( or transmitter ) is called an NDB — Non-directional beacon . |