Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] is [adv] called [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of what is commonly called electronic spectroscopy is concerned with transfer of electrons between valence shell molecular orbitals . |
| 2 | If we take this point of view , it seems that we will gain a better understanding of the history of what is usually called standard English , because we will be able to separate out those issues that primarily involve the development of standard ( prescriptive or codified ) norms from those that do not . |
| 3 | We then consider some of the current and future implications of past changes and of those still to come , both for individuals who survive into what is commonly called old age and for the wider society of which they are a part . |
| 4 | Colin Renfrew On the international scene , archaeology in those years underwent the revolution sometimes referred to as the ‘ new archaeology ’ and has continued , as I see it , with what is now called processual archaeology : the most important component is a much greater concern to make archaeological theory and reasoning methods explicit . |
| 5 | Recently , experimental work has investigated the use of the programmed technique in what is now called computer-assisted learning , where the programmes are fed into the computer ; the machine can then , if the initial preparation has been thorough enough , monitor the responses of a great many students at a time , switching them to the appropriate branching sequence as their responses demonstrate the need . |
| 6 | Such archived information is frequently used in research because it is more or less free ; but , to avoid fallacious conclusions arising from what is usually called secondary analysis , we must be prepared to think critically about the source , reliability and consistency of the data involved . |
| 7 | As such , the subject contains internal objects , representations which determine the relation to what is misleadingly called external reality . |