Example sentences of "it is call [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 A membrane which allows solvent particles but not solute particles to pass through it is called a semi-permeable membrane .
2 It is called A First Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics ( 1980 ) .
3 A typical form is shown in Figure 6.6 ( d ) , and you can see that there are several concentric rims , in which case it is called a multiringed basin .
4 It is called a reverse premium .
5 Officially , it is called a vertical axis hydraulic turbine , and is the brainchild of Barry Davis of Nova Scotia .
6 The Pastor smiled a little wryly , ‘ It is called a unitary family , now , and unitary families are under attack in certain quarters , but the family is at the heart of our religion and our civilisation .
7 It is called an only child , my dear … ’
8 Because there are three parts to this definition it is called the tripartite definition or the tripartite account ; it defines propositional knowledge , knowledge that p ; it does not define knowledge by acquaintance as in ‘ a knows James ’ nor knowledge-how , e.g. knowledge how to ride a bicycle , unless these can be shown to reduce to knowledge-that .
9 The cone is drawn with and marks out all the possible light paths through P 1 ; it is called the light cone at P 1 .
10 It is called the Red House because it is built of deep red brick , an unusual medium for a man of means , who was normally expected to build in something nobler .
11 Sometimes it is called the laminar sub-layer , but that is less accurate as it contains large velocity fluctuations ; and are free to rise more rapidly from the wall than .
12 In America it is called the thick-billed murre , and it is closely related to the common guillemot which breeds in large numbers on the cliffs of Shetland .
13 It is called the Ten Day Thermo Active Body Contouring Treatment and it contains methyl nicotinate .
14 The matrix unc is of very great importance , not only in studies of the intrinsic properties of A , but also in dynamical and other applications it is called the characteristic matrix of A.
15 In the common case of a symmetric section , the load impedance that renders the input impedance equal to it is called the characteristic impedance .
16 I accept that it is called the National Water Sports Centre but from the attitude of some you would think angling was not included .
17 IR radiation with wavelengths between 5 and 15 m is sensed as heat and so it is called the thermal infrared region .
18 It is called the Blind Person 's Allowance .
19 It is called the Top-Flite Magna and Spalding — correctly , one fancies — anticipate much scepticism .
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