Example sentences of "have be call a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Since then Milton Keynes has been called a brilliant success , and a place with no heart or soul .
2 For this reason the theory has been called a subjective theory of atonement because it insists that the cross changes us , not God ; that he is always forgiving .
3 Occasionally however more personal comments creep in such as in his 1814 publication , A Description of Sixty Small Prints where on page 17 he wrote ‘ Skiddaw has been called a generous Lord , and the Fells of Borrowdale frowning and haughty Tyrants .
4 However , there have been rumblings of discontent at what has been called an unwelcome invasion of American popular culture into the heart of France .
5 ‘ Making Their Mark ’ could equally well have been called a mixed exhibition ; but this is a term more often used for a show put on by an exhibiting society , that type of artists ' organisation whose importance in Europe was created by the middle classes , who sought in the eighteenth century to buy pictures rather than give commissions , as aristocratic patrons had been accustomed to do .
6 Maidstone 's face displayed what could almost have been called a mischievous grin .
7 Furious Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson argued it should have been called an incomplete pass and made his point forcibly after the Redskins ' 20-17 victory .
8 She had been called a despicable woman , a scarlet creature , a hussy , a jessy , and on the occasions when her father had taken drink , much worse .
9 He had been married to my mother for fifteen years and had been called a bad husband , whereas she had been what is known as a good wife .
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