Example sentences of "may be called [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girls who accompany Dionysus and his satyrs earlier ( figs. 56–7 ) may be called nymphs . |
| 2 | We know we may be called cowards for doing it … |
| 3 | Gin produced anywhere in the country may be called London gin , whereas Plymouth gin is an ‘ appellation ’ and can be used only when gin is made in Plymouth . |
| 4 | In psychological jargon this may be called bargaining . |
| 5 | ‘ Judicial review ’ refers to the power of the High Court to supervise the activities of governmental bodies on the basis of rules and principles examined in Section B of this Part ( which may be called principles of ‘ public law ’ , as opposed to ‘ private law ’ ) . |
| 6 | This approach may be called DUALIST , because it rests on an assumed dualism , in language , between form and meaning . |
| 7 | Readers of the various chapters in Unwin ( 1969 ) will see a clear distinction made between what may be called education plus technology ( where individuals try to find uses for available equipment ) and the study of instructional methods and systems , which is what the true discipline of educational technology is properly concerned to encourage . |
| 8 | Almost all the words which have both a strong and weak form belong to a category that may be called function words — words that do not have a dictionary meaning in the way that we normally expect nouns , verbs , adjectives and adverbs to have . |
| 9 | This defines a more restricted concept of style , which may be called STYLE , to distinguish it from the notion of style as linguistic choice in general , STYLE . |
| 10 | Such salient features of style may be called STYLE MARKERS . |
| 11 | One , who 's black , was wearing a hooded top , and may be called Sam . |
| 12 | One causes tallness , and may be called A ; the other causes shortness , and may be called a . |
| 13 | Yet , on the other hand , it could just as well be argued that many people may be called Balak , and " king of Moab " specifies which one is meant . |
| 14 | It is held together not by command and obedience but by influence and what may be called allegiance … |
| 15 | Since the new information often needs to be stated more fully than the given ( that is , with a longer , ‘ heavier ’ structure ) , it is not unexpected that an organization principle which may be called END-WEIGHT comes into operation along with the principle of end-focus . |
| 16 | That transmissible spongiform encephalopathies may be called prion diseases indicates the growing acceptance of the prion theory , which requires new concepts in biology . |