Example sentences of "what [be] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I gave you a topic sport or a hobby or an interest that you had and you produced a thought pattern for that just as we 'd done in the practice one with the subject of water , but then we moved on a stage further to get what are called a structured thought pattern . |
| 2 | The secret is to follow what 's called a balanced diet . |
| 3 | Housing workers say the case highlights what 's becoming a growing problem for unsuspecting tenants . |
| 4 | It says that judges should follow whichever method of deciding cases will produce what they believe to be the best community for the future , and though some pragmatic lawyers would think this means a richer or happier or more powerful community , others would choose a community with fewer incidents of injustice , with a better cultural tradition and what is called a higher quality of life . |
| 5 | Blast furnace gas is what is called a low-grade fuel . |
| 6 | There are any number of razor-sharp splinters and jagged , irregular surfaces , of course , but some fragments usually show what is called a conchoidal fracture : the surface is fairly smooth , but ridged with a number of concentric corrugations , centred on the point of impact of the hammer , and the effect produced is somewhat reminiscent of the appearance of the ridges on a cockle shell . |
| 7 | The region would become what is called a black hole . |
| 8 | All the information about an object is stored on the computer within what is called a hierarchical database , meaning simply that the information is broken down from broad categories such as ‘ geography ’ into more specific ones such as ‘ continent ’ , ‘ country ’ , ‘ region ’ and so on . |
| 9 | Einstein 's general relativity is what is called a classical theory ; that is , it does not incorporate the uncertainty principle . |
| 10 | The general theory of relativity is what is called a classical theory . |
| 11 | It is what is called a classical theory ; that is , it does not take account of the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics , as it should for consistency with other theories . |
| 12 | Televised violence , however , not only teaches new and unique ways of expressing aggression but also has what is called a disinhibitory effect on aggression in general . |
| 13 | And I would say that in this respect , too , there is another point in the Act that each child now must be related in some way to what is called a responsible person . |
| 14 | ‘ Tim and I , ’ said Louise heavily , ‘ are going through what is called a bad patch . |
| 15 | The statement said that the attacks , involving artillery , helicopter gunships , and special forces gunmen , was intended " to create what is called a safe border zone similar to that created in the north [ Kurdish areas ] and in the same bloody fashion " . |
| 16 | Like the computers made by Acorn , this can be plugged into what is called a local area network — a system of wires and terminals that connects small computers within a building . |
| 17 | However the fact that patients are receiving what is billed a revolutionary treatment , combined with the close medical supervision entailed , and weekly monitoring of blood samples , may well disguise a ‘ Hawthorne ’ effect , in which patients are responding to the process , rather than the drug ( Healy , 1993 ) . |
| 18 | Whether Michael Fallon 's personal popularity among voters is enough to sway what is becoming a national swing away from the Tories remains to be seen . |
| 19 | What is considered a healthy diet for the general populace is quite good enough for the diabetic ; all that is required is the balance of the amounts of carbohydrate in relation to the medication required . |
| 20 | What is considered a healthy diet for the general populace is quite good enough for the diabetic ; all that is required is the balance of the amounts of carbohydrate in relation to the medication required . |
| 21 | Dot was n't allowed into Mrs Parvis 's kitchen except at the regulation meal-times and she was n't sure about how food was prepared , but she was pretty certain that when Mrs Parvis cooked what was called a nice egg-dish , it was made from an orange coloured powder spooned up from a deep cylindrical tin . |
| 22 | Sebastian refused to be quashed , then found that as he did n't have what was called a proper income he had problems in obtaining a mortgage . |
| 23 | Mr Ashdown , too , must face a bleak future , having scored only 18 per cent of the vote against 22.5 per cent for the Alliance after what was called a disastrous campaign in 1987 . |
| 24 | While the politicians were pre-occupied with the death penalty and corporal punishment in the late 1950s and early 1960s , the civil servants were paddling in the mainstream , adjusting to the implications of the increased volume of crime and trying to get a grip on what was to become a perennial problem for the next quarter century , the growth in the number of persons appearing before the courts charged with criminal offences . |
| 25 | The Asshe genius manifested itself , late but truly , in what was to become a flourishing couture business , having moved by then from Highbury to Holborn . |
| 26 | As the trio began mapping out the songs that would fill Kylie 's first album , Stock was among the first to make what was to become a familiar prediction . |
| 27 | Around the fort would grow a tiny settlement which gradually , if the fort were well situated on what was to become a primary trading route , evolved into a complex settlement including military servicemen and their families , traders , artisans and peasants . |
| 28 | The unprovoked action sparked off what was to become a national emergency , lasting up to 1960 and involving one of the most hard-fought jungle campaigns of this century . |
| 29 | And suggestions that she was part of a virginal vanguard of ‘ bimbettes ’ — too young and unsullied to be fully-fledged bimbos — brought the first flashes of what was to become a formidable temper . |
| 30 | On a visit to England in 1914 , Charles Pathé initiated what was to become a French sport , mocking the backwardness of British production . |