Example sentences of "[is] [adv] known [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sub-littoral is mostly known as the submerged seas over the Continental Shelf ( see diagram ) . |
| 2 | One thing , however , that is widely known about my snooker is that I am never more dangerous than when being profoundly humiliated . |
| 3 | Most people , indeed , are unwilling to talk of ‘ crime ’ when they discuss breach of pollution regulations : this sort of language is considered appropriate only where clearly blameworthy conduct exists — where there is a calculated breach of regulation , or where the polluting substance concerned is widely known to be dangerous and there was carelessness or recklessness in handling it . |
| 4 | Pople is widely known for his contributions to bonding theory and the development of computer programs in quantum mechanics . |
| 5 | Our present minister for finance , Mr Klaus , is widely known as The Playboy . |
| 6 | The rabbit is widely known as an inoffensive creature . |
| 7 | The Cobra , normally a non-aggressive animal , is widely known as ‘ the good snake ’ . |
| 8 | THE purging of dissidents from any organisation is widely known as a ‘ night of the long knives ’ — and not without good reason . |
| 9 | Her identity is widely known in the village , but her wishes are respected and her name will not be revealed here She is the last of a long line of illustrious cheesemakers and her regular clients can only hope that she will pass on her expertise to the next generation . |
| 10 | The Crusade successfully united all women to the right of the Christian Democrats , while the Front is unofficially known to be controlled by the ultra-right ARENA Party . |
| 11 | Because of the limited recruitment and early retirements in recent years , most of their teachers will come from what is loosely known as the ‘ Sixties generation ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ As Scotland is little known to the greater part of those who may read these observations , it is not superfluous to relate that under the name Aberdeen are comprised two towns standing about a mile distant from each other , but governed , I think , by the same magistrates . ’ |
| 13 | John Ferguson , the Canberra Raiders wing who lines up against Widnes tonight in the Foster 's World Club Challenge , is little known outside rugby league circles , but within the game he commands a whispered respect his more famous namesakes might envy . |
| 14 | Despite his wide range of achievements , Dall 's name is little known outside of a few groups of specialists . |
| 15 | Although Bain is little known outside a small circle of science historians , his inventions were myriad . |
| 16 | As a result of our involvement , however , it would appear that the NCT is little known at either a national or local level . |
| 17 | He is little known as a teacher , or as a local preacher , but in fact his first choice of occupation upon leaving school , in Holland , was — to use his own words — ‘ School-mastering and the Church ’ , which occupations he thought were the only professions worthy of consideration . |
| 18 | Although he is little known in Britain , Mr Ryder appears to be developing into an influential international figure in the regulation of nuclear safety . |
| 19 | It is of flamboyant design , and is locally known as Wainhouse Tower . |
| 20 | 30 years on , Hay is justifiably known as ’ The Town of Books , ’ with 25 bookshops competing for business from one million visitors a year . |
| 21 | What you have made is one of the very simplest double bed slip patterns , which is confusingly known as ‘ Pin-Tuck ’ . |
| 22 | Far from being dead , Detroit is getting a bit too much for flamboyant city police chief Gil Hill , who 's better known for his movie-acting skills — he played the dour Detroit police chief in Beverly Hills Cop I and Il . |
| 23 | Prime Minister David Lange may be know internationally as the David who slew the nuclear giant , but locally he 's better known as the man whose monetarist Minister of Finance , Roger Douglas , has led a successful crusade to corporatise government and unshackle the economuy . |
| 24 | They 'd gathered for the launch of the Celebrities Cookbook by Richard Wilson , who 's better known as the crusty and cantankerous Victor Meldrew . |
| 25 | He 's better known as Captain Kirk and after that as T.J. Hooker . |
| 26 | The music 's better known as The Entertainer by Scott Joplin . |
| 27 | It 's hormone replacement the therapy , it 's better known as H R T. |
| 28 | Middlesex Street in London has a very famous market and the street 's better known by this name , what is it ? |
| 29 | Trustee Bradford Eastman Phillips , retired president of Totes rain gear company and a member of the $1 million-plus club , took title to the Great Hall , which is henceforth known as the Phillips Hall . |
| 30 | The cause is only known to mathematicians and philosophers constantly engaged in the study of infinity . |