Example sentences of "[is] still [adv] known " in BNC.
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| 1 | 2 In spite of the enormous flow of creative production by women over the last 20 years or so , much of it is still little known outside ‘ feminist art ’ circles . |
| 2 | Although his contribution to photography is grounded in his 60 years of documentary work , Doisneau is still best known for his shot of two young lovers kissing in front of the Hotel de Ville in Paris . |
| 3 | But curiously , as in Roman days , diamond is still best known as a Mystical symbol : as a symbol of everlasting love . |
| 4 | Unfairly , Sandra is still best known in Britain as ‘ Madonna 's best friend ’ , the possible — but in the end rather improbable — lesbian love interest that titillated the tabloids for a while until Maddy moved on to other mock shocks . |
| 5 | It is still generally known as the gateway to the Emmental . |
| 6 | Although a good deal of excavation has taken place at Alcester , especially in the south-western suburb around Birch Abbey , very little has received full publication.6 Excavations in the fortified area of the town have always been difficult owing to the presence of modern buildings , but with new developments taking place , they have at last become feasible ; even now , though , the line of the defences is still imperfectly known . |
| 7 | The Second Symphony is still widely known as the ‘ Little Ruissian ’ because of the folk songs from that area which Tchaikovsky uses in the first and fourth movements . |
| 8 | It is still often known as Norfolk reed ; and in contrast to ordinary straw thatch , which has a lifetime of thirty years at most , a well-laid thatch of Norfolk reed may last as long as eighty years . |
| 9 | He made himself over by taking up body-building in the Scottish style — which is long and lean rather than pillows of bulk — and changed his name from Thomas to Sean ( in Edinburgh , he 's still universally known as ‘ Big Tam ’ ) . |
| 10 | But he 's still mainly known either for having had Grace in his face a few years back , or as the third meatboy in line after Stallone and Scharzenegger ; one of that strange Eighties breed of actors who can manage all kinds of complicated weapons , but have trouble with lines of dialogue longer than ten words . |