Example sentences of "is known in [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 The facts are that the Palace of justice was built between 1935 and 1940 in a style that is known in Italy as Littoria , but which we would term Fascist .
2 How can the Secretary of State for the Environment be environmentally benign when he is introducing the Heseltax , as it is known in Wolverhampton , and disastrous standard spending assessment being inflicted on Wolverhampton ?
3 It is known in India as the ‘ Good Snake ’ .
4 A more certain case of an imperial estate is known in Gallia Belgica , in the Ardennes forest region , which was administered from the curia Arduennae ( Amberloup ) .
5 Soon after I went to Cambridge , I was diagnosed as having ALS , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , or motor neurone disease , as it is known in England .
6 The most effective way to use essential oils for skin-care is known in France as a cure .
7 The M2 , or Alligator as it is known in West German service , is a vehicle the size of an average forty-five-seater passenger coach , and is essentially a self-propelled bridging pontoon .
8 His brief at the new Ministry for National Heritage — of Fun and Tourism ( Fat ) , as it is known in Whitehall — embraces the BBC .
9 Dr Kavanagh , who wears a beret above fierce eyebrows and is known in New York as Frankie the Mechanic because he fixes the neighbours ' cars , is on permanent red alert over his brother 's reputation .
10 Although the dustcover of this book asserts that the Telangana struggle is ‘ now legendary ’ , it is unlikely that this history is known in Britain .
11 ( For some peculiar reason the Boeing company speak of the ‘ chord ’ when referring to what is known in Britain as a ‘ spar boom ’ and for which the standard American expression is ‘ spar cap . ’
12 The rights and duties of individuals towards each other are together known as private law which in Anglo-Saxon countries , such as Britain and the United States , tends to derive from custom as incorporated by judges through time in what is known in Britain as the common law .
13 The tahki , as it is known in Mongolia , is thought to have become extinct in the wild .
14 It is known in Texas by the increasingly common term of NIMBYism — ‘ Not In My Back Yard ’ .
15 Winemark and other Independents have the Bellingham range which includes Culemborg Chenin Blanc ( or Steen as it is known in SA ) Crisp , fresh slightly off dry with a definite style of its own , £3.99 .
16 It is known in Australia as the Australian White and was first exported there in 1958 ( heifers in calf to a White Galloway ) ; it is one of the basic breeds within the Mandalong Special .
17 Tong , as he is known in Thailand , graduated from the classic Jimmy White academy of excellence and , in taking time off from the classroom and money off mugs , he , like White , enjoyed some memorable moments .
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