Example sentences of "[prep] [be] called [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 6 ) Directions as to service of written statements of oral evidence to be called at the trial on the opposite party . |
| 2 | You may even wish the witnesses to be called into the meeting , so that you can question them yourself . |
| 3 | In the annals of history , Ivor 's name will be first in the Book of the Elect at the Cathedral , as he has first to be called during the ceremony . |
| 4 | The problem of interpretation is compounded in considering MPs occupation and interests ; it was not unusual for a young man from a landed family to be called to the Bar ( but not to practice ) , to serve in the armed forces ( but not to become a professional soldier ) , and then to settle down to a political career with several directorships . |
| 5 | ‘ Both were using it in the sense that , in regard to the Inns , the judges over a long period , from time to time , had concurred in the Inns performing the duty of selecting those persons who were fit and proper persons to be called to the Bar and to be entitled to a right of audience in the courts and the duty of suspending or prohibiting such persons from practice . |
| 6 | If this was inconvenient , Richard did not say so , although to be called to the telephone , or wanted on the telephone , as Richard put it , always seemed a kind of reproach in itself . |
| 7 | Police had to be called to the Ferry Side Beach , near Carmarthen , yesterday as tension rose and tempers flared in a confrontation between the visiting cocklers and locals , who say they rely on the cockles for their livelihoods . |
| 8 | Breeze tried next , but failed , so Chignell had to be called to the rescue . |
| 9 | On payday , at the end of the week , most of them refused their wages and John had to be called to the site to intervene . |
| 10 | But the Liberal Democrats protested that their front bench spokesman had had to wait nearly five hours to be called by the Speaker instead of being called at the start of the debate like the Government and Opposition . |
| 11 | A voire dire was held concerning the admissibility of evidence intended to be called by the prosecution , namely , evidence in the form of video tapes and sound recordings obtained by undercover police officers in a bogus jeweller 's shop , purporting to be willing to purchase stolen property and conversations and statements arising therefrom . |
| 12 | Might I congratulate you on the birth of Henry , or Harry as I notice he is to be called from the announcement in the papers . |
| 13 | Were he to be called in the immigration debate Joshua would most certainly abandon the bookshop where he planned to spend at least part of the morning . |