Example sentences of "is [adv] called [art] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assemblage of lands which he ruled is traditionally called the Angevin Empire and the name is important . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , although it is now called the Robben Ford Signature series . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | C is sometimes called the Jordan canonical form and a submatrix such as unc is known as a Jordan block . |