Example sentences of "call it [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But Ms Hilary Armstrong , education spokesman for Labour and North West Durham MP , called it a desperate measure to save Mr Fallon 's parliamentary seat . |
2 | sort of , the , the last pair went , went on and on and on , it got to twelve o'clock and the the , the landlord said right that 's it he said I 'm closing down no matter what , he said I 'd , I 've , he was n't eleven o'clock on , he said that 's it I ca n't keep it open any longer , so they closed it down , we called the game off , called it a boring match , they came down the club , fucking played them there , thrashed them out of sight first four games , no first five games , five nil , straight away , wahey , fucking walloped them , walloped their that was the , that was the league champion 's as well , Post Office in Grantham |
3 | First on the scene , a showy horse , a Palomino — the locals called it the cardboard horse . |
4 | The blame for syphilis was invariably ascribed to foreigners , with the result that the English called it the French disease , the French called it the Italian disease , the Italians , unable to make up their minds , called it both the French disease and the Spanish disease , while the Spanish called it the disease of Hispaniola ( Haiti ) . |
5 | We have looked upon it almost as convertible with thought , of which we have called it the very stuff and process . |
6 | The called it the Silly Women Running Idle , but that was just for fun . |
7 | The blame for syphilis was invariably ascribed to foreigners , with the result that the English called it the French disease , the French called it the Italian disease , the Italians , unable to make up their minds , called it both the French disease and the Spanish disease , while the Spanish called it the disease of Hispaniola ( Haiti ) . |
8 | General manager called it an important milestone and said : ‘ I believe it is a clear demonstration of our commitment to providing customers with high quality products and support services . ’ |
9 | I have called it an unorthodox theory because few adhere to it . |
10 | The USA had constantly insisted that the Krasnoyarsk radar station should be dismantled , calling it a major obstacle to the conclusion of a START treaty , and had rejected as inadequate a Soviet decision on Oct. 27 , 1988 , to turn the complex over to the Soviet Academy of Sciences for civilian use . |
11 | Cupertino , California 's Globetrotter Software Inc , creators of Flexlm , the network license manager , last week introduced GlobeSupport , a remote support software aimed at software developers , calling it a new product category . |
12 | The Thrills Nerve Centre has now been ‘ computer-ed up ’ for the '90s and that is precisely why they 're all calling it The Hi-Tech Capital Of Satire . |
13 | Moreover , they choose to disregard the ordinary law governing the transfer of title , calling it the civil law , as if to contrast it with the criminal law and thus render it surplus to requirements . |
14 | The group is strong because it has access to power through its institutional involvement with the state , which is why Becker calls it a corporate bourgeoisie . |
15 | The Local Government union NALGO calls it an infamous act of betrayal to Jamie Robertson , who helped bring in thousands of new jobs to the area following the closure of the railway works in the mid nineteen eightees . |
16 | She calls it the magic flannel and says : ‘ Mummy you 'll be fine . |
17 | You can call it a delayed action , if you like , but it is never the former . |
18 | I would call it a holding offence ! ’ |
19 | Yes , why do n't we call it a BLACK HOLE . |
20 | You ca n't really call it a positional isomer as such |
21 | You may indeed call it a temperamental difference , but I venture we are talking about something rather more . |
22 | You could call it a bad year . |
23 | ‘ But no one could call it a lucky house , could they ? ’ |
24 | You ca n't call it a National Anthem , because it covers the the twelve or more states of the European Union , as it is now , and do you know what that is , the the Anthem for the European Union . |
25 | Perhaps next time you could surrender and call it a tactical strike without arms . ’ |
26 | In the very first episode I did , we fitted that onto a wobbling camera tracking in ( today you 'd call it a hand-held shot ) and , together with a sucker cup sticking out into shot , it gave you an impression of the thing lumbering towards Barbara down a passage . |
27 | Building societies and banks have finally abandoned their secrecy and pretence over their ‘ inspection ’ and do not call it a structural survey any more . |
28 | If we 're gon na call it a blameworthy accident . |
29 | The high-relief figure — one could hardly call it a three-dimensional effigy — is placed on a plain black ledger lying on the floor , and appears as a body rising vertically from the grave . |
30 | ‘ Let's call it an extra prize for this term . ’ |