Example sentences of "we [vb mod] call [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus we have the impression of what we may call a ‘ sacred history ’ , threaded through history : the history of the liberation of people . |
| 2 | What do we believe of the connections between such a set , which we may call a causal circumstance , and the effect ? |
| 3 | Thus he slices through the old argument between ‘ formalism ’ and ‘ realism ’ by inserting what we may call a notion of intervention . |
| 4 | On the basis of this analogy we may call a ring current a magnetic dipole , or more precisely we should say that sufficiently far away from a ring current the magnetic field appears as if it was created by two closely spaced magnetic charges ( which of course do not exist ) . |
| 5 | Some adjectives — notably superlatives , comparatives , and ordinals — appear to give a grammatically acceptable result when they occur in predicative position accompanied by an article : ( 16 ) Larry 's answer was the rudest Waddington Junior was a third [ e.g. boy caught cheating ] the rat was the other [ e.g. animal which solved the maze ] Analogous sentences with most adjectives would be quite ungrammatical , even though it would sometimes be easy to see what the sentence " ought " to mean , as in the first case of ( 17 ) for instance : ( 17 ) Larry 's answer was the rude [ e.g. out of those we received ] a red coathanger was the noticeable The reason for these facts is , ultimately , that the superlatives , comparatives and ordinals are unlike other adjectives in being inherently restrictive , and always presupposing what we may call an extraction set , within which the restriction is exercised . |
| 6 | Style is a relational term : we talk about " the style of x " , referring through " style " to characteristics of language use , and correlating these with some extralinguistic x , which we may call the stylistic DOMAIN . |
| 7 | But having weighed up the two options , at the end of the article , he concluded : ' … in every language it turns out that almost all the results lie within a relatively short stretch which we may call the sentence … |
| 8 | First , we may call the abstract unit of form which is realised in actual sentences as the appropriate member of a set of word forms differing only in respect of inflections a lexical form ; and we can extend the notion of lexical form to cover an abstraction from the variously inflected manifestations of an idiom or dead metaphor . |
| 9 | There is no doubt that factors like these are important in what we may call the social ‘ life ’ of language , and they are implicated in many aspects of linguistic variation and change . |
| 10 | However , in England the principle has been inflated into a much more extreme dogma which we may call the ‘ extravagant version ’ of the doctrine . |
| 11 | -WA serves to create a theme by identifying NP 's [ i.e. noun phrases ] that are to be placed on what we may call the ‘ thematic stage ’ . |
| 12 | This is the central concern for what we may call the ‘ top-down ’ approach to the study of implementation : why do n't those who are expected to carry out policies do what is required of them ? |
| 13 | But already we can see one most unexpected and surprising consequence of this : if what we may call the phallic or Oedipal trauma came first in human cultural history and was the original event from which all else flowed , then in terms of individual psychosexual development it follows last , preceded by the oral stage whose cultural equivalent succeeded it ! |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The feudal bond established in the first place a special relationship between the lord and a man whom we should call a cavalry officer , whom they called a vassal . |
| 16 | The result of this was a surprise telephone call from Jenny herself suggesting that we should call a meeting . |
| 17 | The formula is for a simple raspberry purée and cream mixture which today we should call a raspberry fool . |
| 18 | At the words ‘ Porto de ’ ciechi e miseri mortali' in the madrigal ‘ O morte , eterno fin ’ Rore writes what in modern terminology we should call a succession of C major , A major , B minor , G major , C major , and G minor chords . |
| 19 | ‘ If you 're going to enjoy Tivoli as it deserves to be enjoyed , I think for tonight at least we should call a truce , ’ he suggested , apparently unaware of her intense reaction to his touch , as they walked past the Pantominteatret , where a performance of the traditional Italian pantomime was taking place on the open-air stage . |
| 20 | In short , we should call the offence reckless driving , but the occurrence of death , even though it may be regarded as bad luck , should aggravate the sentence . |
| 21 | At the same time it was agreed that we should call the divinity school by the name ‘ College of Holy Cross ’ , which would give it added dignity and incentive . |
| 22 | ‘ We should call the police , ’ said Julie . |
| 23 | ‘ Donna , I said we should call the police . |
| 24 | Dulé found himself longing , this carnage , this bloodshed must come to an end , we must call a truce , make a new treaty . |
| 25 | ‘ The police … we must call the police … ’ |
| 26 | Yes , we must call the police . |
| 27 | ‘ We must call the police . |
| 28 | Half-way through the last act we 'll call a doctor , and the police if you like — they wo n't stop the show then and the delay wo n't harm Bunty , poor little cow . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ And we 'll call the record ‘ Cosh the Driver ’ , Richard' . |
| 30 | If it goes on we 'll call the police . |