Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] called the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And then the mediant is called the mediant , the mediant because it lies halfway between the tonic and the dominant .
2 This critical speed is called the escape velocity .
3 If the same dimension of each item is measured and a graph drawn of the number of times each value of that dimension appears , as in Figure 7.4 , the result is called the frequency distribution of the variable or just the distribution .
4 If the same dimension of each item is measured and a graph drawn of the number of times each value of that dimension appears , as in Figure 7.4 , the result is called the frequency distribution of the variable or just the distribution .
5 That is why the instrument is called the y-ray microscope ; y-rays are short-wavelength rays of light .
6 The negative terminal is called the cathode and the positive is the anode .
7 Its inverse is called the deformation gradient , and itself is called the inverse deformation gradient .
8 The PF2 key is called the HELP key .
9 The PF2 key is called the HELP key .
10 The term is called the buoyancy factor and determines the direction of macromolecular transport in the cell .
11 The top of the saturated rock is called the water table , and the water that saturated the rocks beneath the water table is groundwater .
12 ‘ But my main band outside Tin Machine is called The Atom Said .
13 The other type is called the German or Viennese action .
14 The percentage return is called the rate per cent .
15 The component in the greater quantity is called the solvent .
16 This quantity is called the intermittency factor γ .
17 The third chapel on the right is called the Crucifixion chapel because it contains a wooden crucifix carried in procession by San Carlo Borromeo during the time of the plague of 1576 .
18 The mass of product formed in a chemical reaction is called the yield .
19 The distance of a focus from O compared with the radius of the circle is called the eccentricity e ; e for a hyperbola exceeds 1 .
20 The invariant circle is called the circle of inversion , and its centre , the centre of inversion .
21 The height guidance beam is called the Glide Path , or Glide Slope .
22 The directional guidance beam is called the LOCALISER .
23 Their device is called the Magnatron , and is designed to minimise flow loss when fitted into the system , while supplying the necessary turbulence for maximum effect .
24 Some twenty-five miles north of the Dead Sea a wadi meets the river Jordan from the east , whose stream is called the Jabbok .
25 This file is called the log file .
26 Mr Vargas , whose group is called the Liberty Movement , needs to win more than half of the votes next 8 April to secure the presidency .
27 The constant is called the distribution ( or partition ) coefficient , K. It is given by
28 The third compression standard initiative is called the Motion Picture Experts Group ( MPEG ) .
29 The eutectic mixture formed at this point is called the cryohydrate .
30 The lower part of the molluscan body is called the foot .
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