Example sentences of "is call a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This is called a lateral eruption .
2 ‘ He comes from what in England is called a good family .
3 Such a rule is called a weighted pattern .
4 A correlation between velocities measured at both different positions and different instants is called a space-time correlation .
5 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 .
6 The path taken by the stimulus is called a reflex arc .
7 An embayment of oceanic crust not consumed before the boundary becomes ‘ locked ’ is called a remnant-ocean basin .
8 The prominent syllable is called a stressed syllable .
9 This is called a cloud-point curve .
10 A membrane which allows solvent particles but not solute particles to pass through it is called a semi-permeable membrane .
11 There are any number of razor-sharp splinters and jagged , irregular surfaces , of course , but some fragments usually show what is called a conchoidal fracture : the surface is fairly smooth , but ridged with a number of concentric corrugations , centred on the point of impact of the hammer , and the effect produced is somewhat reminiscent of the appearance of the ridges on a cockle shell .
12 My worst dive was when on descending a sudden shock of cold water hit my tooth sending a shock wave up my nerve the nerve ran through a sinus causing extreme pain this is called a dental trauma I had to abandon the dive immediately .
13 Blast furnace gas is what is called a low-grade fuel .
14 If a particular dimension ( usually left to right or up to down ) indicates a time scale as well as sequence this is called a time-line diagram .
15 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 .
16 6 The shape below is called a triangular prism .
17 It is called a reverse premium .
18 This is called a Preferred Point Geometry .
19 This is called a labelled graph .
20 The region from which it is not possible to escape is called a black hole , and its boundary is called the event horizon .
21 The region would become what is called a black hole .
22 This region is called a black hole .
23 Such a tree is called a binary tree , and of course its branching ratio is 2 .
24 A mapping unc is called a binary operation on A. If unc and if unc we say that S is closed under ( or , with respect to ) ρ .
25 Still , ideas that the reflective pronoun herself and the item anyone which is called a negative polarity item , the item anyone needs to have something else in the sentence in order to license them they ca n't just occur freely in the normal position for er nouns , even though they are nouns .
26 All the information about an object is stored on the computer within what is called a hierarchical database , meaning simply that the information is broken down from broad categories such as ‘ geography ’ into more specific ones such as ‘ continent ’ , ‘ country ’ , ‘ region ’ and so on .
27 This is called a coronary thrombosis or just ‘ a coronary ’ .
28 This describes a situation in which a monopoly appears to be the best structure for an industry , and is called a natural monopoly .
29 And backs away , with what I believe is called a shiteating grin .
30 In military parlance this is called a fast retreat .
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