Example sentences of "is [adv] called the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is generally called the tepidarium but it is doubtful that it was in fact such a room for it would have been too immense to heat and no hypocausts have been discovered under it . |
| 2 | This is what is normally called the problem of social order , and of course it 's been around in philosophy and , and social sciences , really since the beginning , and er , some of the greatest and earliest works of er , social philosophy like Plato 's Republic , are really in part about this er question . |
| 3 | The placenta is usually called the flower , the child its fruit . |
| 4 | The head of a public sector institution is usually called the director or principal . |
| 5 | This description is usually called the Data Definition Language ( DDL ) of the particular DBMS . |
| 6 | This array is usually called the data matrix . |
| 7 | Tom turned his eyes from the paper and started singing the song from Don Giovanni that is always called the Champagne Aria . |
| 8 | A part of the grounds is still called the Fleurs , and the Royal Tennis court is one of the type , originating in France , known as jeu quarre . |
| 9 | Nailsworth was one of the important centres of the trade , and one of the ancient wool town 's pubs is still called the Clothier 's Arms . |
| 10 | The assemblage of lands which he ruled is traditionally called the Angevin Empire and the name is important . |
| 11 | The rare Witrik is also called the Witrug ( white back ) , Ruggelde ( rigget ) or Aalstreep ( eelstripe ) , the latter in reference to its colour-sided red or white coat . |
| 12 | It is a paired structure which occupies most of the cerebral hemispheres and is also called the neopallium . |
| 13 | Darwin had to think carefully about what is now called the problem of speciation : how a single species splits up into a number of ‘ daughter ’ species . |
| 14 | It is now called The Cottage , but Mrs Smith remembers that her father-in-law bought it in the early thirties and referred to it as ‘ the Doctor 's House . ’ |
| 15 | An explicit statement of what is now called the concept of a biotic community was made in Karl Möbius ' study of oyster beds ( 1877 ) . |
| 16 | India detached itself from Africa and set off across what is now called the Indian Ocean , eventually to crunch into south Asia and raise the Himalayas . |
| 17 | But in essence what the government say is that erm the parents ' rights as far as the , what is now called the statement — each authority must have a statement about children with special needs . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , although it is now called the Robben Ford Signature series . |
| 19 | What is now called the nature of women is an eminently artificial thing — the result of forced repression in some directions , unnatural stimulation in others … |
| 20 | It is often called the appel à la Résistance , which is an apt term because it implies an analogy with the speech of 18 June 1940 . |
| 21 | In the following section we shall examine the changes that have occurred in the UK economy in the decades leading up to the latest period of structural change , the changes over the post-war period culminating in what is often called the deindustrialization of the UK . |
| 22 | The subset Af of B is often called the range of f . |
| 23 | This is often called the sublimation curve . |
| 24 | It is often called the god from the sea , and this may have encouraged the identification as Poseidon . |
| 25 | In most universities , he or she is often called the vice-chancellor — the title " chancellor " being reserved for another notable figure who fills that largely ceremonial and dignified office . |
| 26 | For this reason , Locke is often called the father of modern empiricism . |
| 27 | The number of atoms in one molecule of a simple covalent element is often called the atomicity of the element . |
| 28 | The upper surface of the body is formed by a thin sheet that cloaks the internal organs and is appropriately called the mantle . |
| 29 | It is sometimes called the Coriolis force , but this is very misleading . |
| 30 | What seems to happen there is the bird that 's deserted has to stay with the existing family because if he or she erm deserts , those chicks will , will , will die , so er it 's what is sometimes called the Concorde fallacy that if you put a lot of resources into something , you 've got ta see it through , because if you pull out just before the end you can lose everything , whereas i if , if you stay on even if you know it 's a failure , erm at least you may get something out of it , so the , in that case wi with monogamous birds the parent that 's deserted the one that 's left may have to stay , because if they desert then they can have no reproductive success whatsoever whereas at least if they stay they get something . |