Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [adv] known " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the critical success , and consequent popularity , of the genre loosely known as ‘ magical realism ’ had something to do with it . |
| 2 | The Nazareans or the Nazarean Party — the so-called ( and misnamed ) ‘ first Christians ’ or ‘ Early Church ’ — do not appear to have differed doctrinally from the groups generally known as Essene or Zadokite . |
| 3 | And Britain joins Switzerland as the only country that has approved the drug usually known as Cy-A , for use outside clinical trials . |
| 4 | It was by studying short-period variables in the objects once known as spiral nebulæ that Edwin Hubble , in 1923 , was able to prove that the spirals are external systems , far beyond the limits of our own Milky Way Galaxy . |
| 5 | It was against this troubled background that Truman presented his 21-point programme to Congress in September 1945 — the programme later known as the Fair Deal . |
| 6 | Mrs. Norton , whose husband gave the Henley Ladies ' Club the trophy still known today as the Norton Cup , was to become the first Lady Rathcreedan in 1916 . |
| 7 | A supreme example is the work familiarly known as ‘ Gray 's Anatomy ’ . |
| 8 | The first part of the work now known as The Sexual Revolution was published by Reich in 1929 , and the second part in 1935 . |
| 9 | The first Illuminations were in May 1912 , to celebrate the first Royal visit to Blackpool — by Princess Louise — who opened the section of the promenade now known as Princess Parade . |
| 10 | His is a fury fanned by insensitive press coverage of homosexuality and the Aids epidemic ; the director best known for films like Caravaggio has leapt at the opportunity of reacting against ‘ licensed queer bashing ’ . |
| 11 | He grew sugar beet everywhere and built , on an island in the Thames still known as ‘ Brandy Island ’ , a large distillery to make spirit with the sugar beet . |
| 12 | It was in this way that Galle came to make the first sighting of the planet now known as Neptune . |
| 13 | The argument is one of many currently raging between Sefton Council and people living in the town once known as the Garden City of the North . |
| 14 | Immigration formalities were waived and the passengers from the very last Kindertransport were taken in by the Manchester branch of the RC M. Two hostels were opened for the group henceforth known as the ‘ Amsterdam children ’ . |
| 15 | The group informally known as labyrinthodonts ( from their characteristic labyrinth-ridged teeth ) included some impressive animals almost as long as a man : perhaps the alligators of the time . |
| 16 | This must be a version of the module already known to LIFESPAN . |
| 17 | This displays the latest version of the module currently known to LIFESPAN . |
| 18 | The investigators were disturbed by the sheer size of the movie audience , and , thinking of that statistic of 115 million people a week , they asked : ‘ When has the globe ever known the like ? ’ and ‘ Who could have imagined a population more nearly , more inclusively , unified by a single agency ? ’ |
| 19 | Methane , the hydrocarbon commonly known as marsh or swamp gas , is produced by bacteria which live in an oxygen-free environment such as at the bottom of swamps and rice paddies and in the guts of ruminant or cud-chewing animals such as cattle , sheep and camels where the bacteria help to break down food into a digestible form ( enteric fermentation ) . |
| 20 | Part II of the Administration of Justice Act 1969 introduced the procedure universally known as the ‘ leap-frog ’ procedure to deal with those cases where determination by the Court of Appeal might not be the most effective way of disposing of the case . |
| 21 | For the general view of music-making in the Nineteenth Century is inaccurate : time has winnowed away the reputations of many of the figures best known at the time , and completely obscured the smaller fry that occupied nine-tenths of the publishers ' catalogues of those days . |
| 22 | The resources presently known to exist on or beneath the land surface of the Pacific are stupendous in their extent and importance . |
| 23 | Readers familiar with game theory will recognise the resulting system as the game better known as ‘ Prisoner 's Dilemma ’ . |
| 24 | The bearer plunged at once into the warren of tiny streets , alleyways and passages between stalls that made up the area loosely known as the Bazaars . |
| 25 | During the Turkish occupation , many Serbs migrated northwards across the Danube into the area now known as Vojvodina . |
| 26 | A refugee delegation had proposed to Eliahu Sasson , the head of the Israeli Foreign Ministry 's Middle East Department at Lausanne , that Israel should annex the Gaza Strip and also the area subsequently known as the West Bank , while granting these areas local autonomy and absorbing another 100,000 refugees from surrounding Arab countries . |
| 27 | The peak best known by sight is Fuar Tholl , in view from the Kyle-Dingwall railway at its base , where it towers threateningly over the line . |
| 28 | ‘ Are the Camerons well known for being plain-spoken , señorita , or are you the only one ? ’ |
| 29 | The diseases well known to be part of ARC or AIDS have been mentioned , but other infections or conditions can also behave differently in HIV infection . |
| 30 | And then the Date Line is passed , and we are into a segment of the Pacific best known for its unrivalled prosperity and good fortune : here is the United States , sharing with Japan the suzerain 's role ; and , sandwiched between its two continental divisions , the Dominion of Canada . |