Example sentences of "to call [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's my oldest friend , so I 'm allowed to call him a great pedant . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps it would be more accurate to call it a total contradiction . ’ |
| 3 | It is also possible , also without such misuse , not to call the second member an effect , but to call it a nomic correlate instead , as we have . |
| 4 | To call it a personal relationship or to believe that the individuals contributed more than its pleasantries is an illusion . |
| 5 | This is more like the case of money paid without consideration — to call it a voluntary payment is an abuse of language . |
| 6 | This is more like the case of money paid without consideration — to call it a voluntary payment is an abuse of language . |
| 7 | To call it a remarkable sight is to set it against today 's standards . |