Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] call a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it 's time for the electorate to call a halt and put the MPs on unemployment benefit to see how they would manage . |
| 2 | an apse at one end of the nave called a bema ( presbytery ) |
| 3 | Atrium A large hall , lit by an opening in the centre of the roof called a compluvium . |
| 4 | Its first objective was that of urging the National Executive of the party to call a conference of the whole Labour movement in order to reassess their policy . |
| 5 | Immediately , the authors of the paper called a press conference to publicise their findings and to pre-empt the TV documentary . |
| 6 | This difference remains however constantly or quickly a judgement ensues on what the advocates of the theory call a ‘ sensation ’ or ‘ impression , . |
| 7 | Richard patted himself to see that he had some matches on him , a gesture which appealed to Nenna , and walked off up the Embankment to call a taxi . |
| 8 | The eggs are clustered in the centre , each protected by a green coat with a receptive spike on the top called a stigma , on which the pollen must be placed if the eggs are to be fertilised . |
| 9 | Now we were using a rather old radio set at the time called a TR9 that was not one of the better things that our radio and radar boffins produced for us in the early days of RT air-to-ground and vice-versa . |