Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [be] call a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A list of instructions for a computer is called a program ( this is standard American spelling , and it is also recommended by the Oxford Dictionary : the alternative , " programme " , commonly used in Britain , appears to be a Frenchified affectation ) . |
| 2 | Such a rule is called a weighted pattern . |
| 3 | The internal representation of a skill is called a schema . |
| 4 | The pupa of a butter-fly is called a chrysalis . |
| 5 | A force which , as in this case , varies across a body is called a differential force , and a differential gravitational force is called a tidal force . |
| 6 | In fibre-optic cables each letter or part of a sound is called a ‘ pulse ’ . |
| 7 | Such a tree is called a binary tree , and of course its branching ratio is 2 . |
| 8 | Thus , use of " iff " indicates that a will be called a divisor of b when and only when the required c exists . |
| 9 | Should such a union be called a marriage ? |
| 10 | Each row in a relation is called a tuple . |
| 11 | Such a proof is called a direct proof . |
| 12 | Such a scheme is called a randomized block experiment . |
| 13 | Each of the elements of a spread is called a leg . |
| 14 | Such a design is called a double blind trial . |
| 15 | Resolving the gravitational force due to the star tangential to OA gives zero for A , while for B the force has a component towards A. Therefore there is a relative acceleration between A and B given by which is independent of the masses of A and B. Such an acceleration is called a differential or tidal acceleration ; it is unaffected by the choice of reference frame . |
| 16 | Such an estate is called a ‘ term . ’ |
| 17 | In the Bible such an agreement is called a ‘ covenant ’ . |