Example sentences of "[verb] is called [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of images per second needed to make them merge is called the flicker fusion frequency . |
| 2 | The ’ height ’ which it tries to minimize is called the machine 's energy , and is defined to be |
| 3 | The temperature at which a phase change occurs is called the transition temperature ( see section 3.2 ) . |
| 4 | The Yasa will not be offended against if the ship is steered not by an oar , but by what the Khan has said is called a rudder , being just another kind of oar which is fixed to the stern of the vessel . |
| 5 | The dimension measured is called the variate and may be any physical quantity . |
| 6 | The dimension measured is called the variate and may be any physical quantity . |
| 7 | the arrow which appears on the screen when a mouse is used is called a pointer . |
| 8 | The thousand pound machine he 's riding is called a recumbant , it 's faster than the usual type of racing bike and has the added advantage of giving it 's rider , as the name suggests , a more leisurely riding position . |
| 9 | ( Notice that " Modern Language " in titles usually means literature as well as language , and looking in bibliographies for ideas about what to read is called a LITERATURE SEARCH — " literature " in this sense means " the collection of what has been written " . ) |
| 10 | The group to which I belong is called The Ring of Eight — there were originally eight members , although over the ten years since its formation our numbers have doubled . |
| 11 | A club where kung fu is practised is called a kwoon , which means ‘ training place ’ , and is known as the kung fu home . |
| 12 | The money which is invested or lent is called the principal . |
| 13 | The temperature at which water droplets begin to condense is called the dew-point — literally , the temperature below which dew will form . |
| 14 | A group of people who entered some state at about the same time and whose life histories are thereafter studied is called a cohort . |
| 15 | A marvellous book that does is called The Traveller 's Handbook edited by Melissa Shales and published by Heinemann . |