Example sentences of "became [adv] known as [art] " in BNC.

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1 Thereafter he became better known as a forensic scientist achieving such professional distinctions as presidency of the Medico-Legal Society and of the Forensic Science Society ( of which Grant was a founder member and secretary ) .
2 They became collectively known as the Brat Pack because , like the original Rat Pack , these young actors tended to work together as an ensemble .
3 Blazer offered his workforce a piece of waste ground behind the mattress shed for a pitch and it soon became affectionately known as the ‘ Football Ground ’ .
4 But they soon became affectionately known as the lumberjills , an army of 3,000 women making sure the war effort was never hampered by a lack of timber .
5 Henry at once launched destructive raids into Scotland in what became wryly known as the ‘ Rough Wooing ’ .
6 It was a vintage year for the Chemistry Department — a fellow student and colleague of Frank Rose , N Cusa , became well known as a painter in water colours and illustrated at least one ICI calendar .
7 He became well known as a music festival adjudicator , working in Canada every alternate year between 1924 and 1938 , and he took the Glasgow Orpheus Choir on tours to Canada , the USA , and half a dozen European countries .
8 Cleyn became well known as an engraver and a painter in England , but these cartoons were to be his masterpiece .
9 In 1966 , Bechuanaland gained its independence and became officially known as the Republic of Botswana .
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