Example sentences of "[noun] was call the " in BNC.
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1 | The result was called the ultraviolet catastrophe " ultraviolet " because that means high frequencies , and " catastrophe " for a reason too obvious to need elaboration . |
2 | Yes , I went on that voyage as cook , and the beauty of it was the boat was called the Happy Days ! |
3 | The circus built by Maxentius was called the Circus of Romulus and was 1620 feet long and 245 feet wide . |
4 | His coffee bar was called The Lollipop in tribute to the good ship rather than in acknowledgement of any goodies for sale within . |
5 | When the break for lunch was called the press girl came and fetched her , ‘ About ten minutes , okay ? ’ |
6 | There had been no Darkness in the stranger , and Hawk recalled that one of the spirit warriors who would stand with the One-Eyed White Girl in the last battle was called the Man Who Rides Alone . |
7 | The work carried out by Raymond of Pennaforte was called the Liber Extra , being seen as an extra or additional volume to Gratian 's Decretum . |
8 | The method of resolution which begins with causes and demonstrates their consequent effects was called the ‘ method of proof or demonstration ’ ; so the direction or ‘ the order of proof or of things ’ goes ‘ from causes to effects ’ . |
9 | The place was called the Eagle like half the taverns in Germany . |
10 | ( Though perhaps not quite so improbable : a hulk I once saw stranded in Port Stanley in the nearby Falkland Islands was called the Jhelum — and both Sutlej and Jhelum are names of rivers in the Punjab . |
11 | My first band was called The Original Cosmic Egg and we just did Hawkwind and Sex Pistols covers . |
12 | The waterway was called the New River , and it originally ran forty miles to Clerkenwell . |
13 | This group was called the ‘ Hwarang-do ’ , which means Way of the Flowering Manhood . |
14 | Until now , the role of the brain regions associated with Alzheimer 's disease has been little understood ; they are part of what for years was called the ‘ substantia innominata ’ ( region without a name ) because it had no known purpose . |
15 | And another one at the watersi at the burnside was called the Burnside Dalvaine . |
16 | The event was called the Queen of the World and it was a far cry from the glitzy shows of today with their parades of scantily clad contestants . |
17 | The race was called the Mille Miglia because the distance of approximately 1000 miles was over the old Roman Mile . |
18 | Suragai had said that the race was called the Manchu and that this man was a good officer and an expert swordsman . |
19 | That first foundation was called the Basilica of the Apostles , this being changed later to the Roman Basilica because of its position beside the Porta Romana . |
20 | Outside Mike was calling the cows through the dark to morning milking ; Bung was howling , Ho joined him intermittently . |
21 | My strongest instinct was to call the whole thing off without delay ; the end result would be the same and anyway I was n't feeling very strong . |
22 | In medieval times , this part of the wine growing area was called the ‘ League of Chianti ’ . |
23 | There were two AFPFLs : the group led by Nu was labelled the ‘ Clean AFPFL ’ ; that led by Kyaw Nyein was called the ‘ Stable AFPFL ’ ( presumably emphasising continuity ) . |
24 | The outer shell of these bottle-shaped kilns was called the ‘ hovel ’ . |
25 | In the United Kingdom , Derry/Londonderry was the first and their game was called The Maiden City , presumably in order not to alienate that half of the community which did not approve of either the name Derry or Londonderry . |
26 | The other duet was called the Sisters Iris . |
27 | The instrument of war was the national State and it mattered little whether that State was called the beachhead of a world working class or simply an ordinary republic : the disciplines remained the same . |
28 | That state was called the In Ovo , and on the other side of it lay four worlds , the so-called Reconciled Dominions . |
29 | The small restaurant in Tewkesbury was called the Menagerie . |
30 | And , up on the platform , Roger Beeding was calling the faithful . |