Example sentences of "now call a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had on what you 'd now call a yuppie look — baggy trousers and braces . |
| 2 | The vigorous characterisation of his early style , as witnessed in Flora Macdonald , gave way to what we might now call a more subtle psychological penetration . |
| 3 | But she really must send Charlie her new address and tell him how peculiar it all was ; about the strange customs , still revered because Nelson had established them ; about rooms which were now cabins , walls which had become bulkheads and a kitchen she must now call a galley . |
| 4 | When he noticed that linguistic usage could reflect social usage and that classificatory kinship systems encouraged group solidarity , Morgan made what we would now call a ‘ functional ’ interpretation of social phenomena . |
| 5 | The government had let it be known on Sept. 30 that it would not now call a general election in 1991 . |
| 6 | And I 'll now call a number of the officers to explain their case of their own . |
| 7 | Ian Philpot , whose girlfriend was one of the 51 people who died , says Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson must now call a public enquiry . |