Example sentences of "the proper name " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was given a cutting a few years ago by my sister and have subsequently passed on cuttings but have never known the proper name of it or much about it . |
| 2 | It is manifested as a ‘ dominant phallic economy ’ which is described as hom(m)osexual ( sometimes hom(m)o-sexual ) and rooted in singularity — ‘ The one of form , of the individual , of the ( male ) sexual organ , of the proper name , of the proper meaning … ’ — and characterized by censure and repression . |
| 3 | So , one reason for getting less plural continuations with ( 10 ) might be that the proper name serves as a strong cue for treating the named character as special and separate from other individuals . |
| 4 | The proper name for Matthew 's condition is the hyperkinetic syndrome — although hyperactivity is often used as a diagnostic label , it is actually just one aspect of that syndrome . |
| 5 | At Knossos , there are dedications of offerings to ‘ The Lady of the Labyrinth ’ : ‘ Potnia ’ occurs repeatedly as the main goddess 's name ; later on , in the classical period , the term was used as a respectful , honorific title in addressing women of rank , but it originated as the proper name of the principal Minoan goddess . |
| 6 | You have to get him wound down a bit , you have to do it , you know of a about half an hour or so ask him for the proper name ! |
| 7 | Right , clicky hips , right does anybody know what the proper name for it is ? |
| 8 | All it is , is where the head of the femur is not correctly positioned in the hip socket and the proper name for the hip socket , you 'll see in your books is acetabulum This is definitely a condition which is familiar as a fam a family tendency and if you think about it if you have a , a , a big hip socket your children are likely to have big hip sockets it 's a family |
| 9 | The proper name for cretinism is hypothyroidism , which means hypo is not enough as in hypothermia , thyroid means thyroid , -ism , it 's the three things they check for , can I pull that down ? |
| 10 | freehold , the proper name for this being ‘ the fee simple absolute in possession ’ ; |
| 11 | leasehold , the proper name for this being ‘ a term of years absolute ’ . |
| 12 | Sentences like " Jones exists " were dismissed as cases of bad grammar on the grounds that the use of the proper name already dispensed with any services that the predicate " exists " might provide . |
| 13 | If , on the other hand , the condition is that the proper name , if it is to count as a proper name at all , must be non-descriptive , then we shall look in vain for suitable candidates , for there can hardly be an expression that communicates something and yet does not incorporate , or contextually presuppose , a descriptive content . |
| 14 | The proper name thus figures ‘ ce paradoxe de l'engendrement du ‘ un ’ á partir du ‘ zéro ’ ' ( 18 ) . |
| 15 | Sir , The proper name for the Maastricht Treaty is the ‘ Treaty on European Unity ’ , signed at Maastricht on 7th February 1992 ; as John Hudson pointed out ( 6th November ) there are English texts from both the EC and UK government — both available from HMSO , but the first is half the price of the second ! |
| 16 | At first , you 're just playing a fast game of Tetris , and then you 're suddenly confronted by a whole new set of liths ( the proper name for the shapes ) . |
| 17 | What is the proper name of TV-AM 's breakfast show , being axed on December 31 ? |
| 18 | I said well , why do n't you call me the proper name , is it a ? |
| 19 | Well I do n't know the proper name for them , but I mean it 's |