Example sentences of "[pron] [is] know in [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Pussy Posse both agree that the Femidom — or the ‘ Femy ’ as it 's known in Italy and Spain — gives women the freedom to put it in beforehand , leave it in afterwards . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is known in India as the ‘ Good Snake ’ . |
| 5 | His brief at the new Ministry for National Heritage — of Fun and Tourism ( Fat ) , as it is known in Whitehall — embraces the BBC . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | The tahki , as it is known in Mongolia , is thought to have become extinct in the wild . |
| 8 | It is known in Texas by the increasingly common term of NIMBYism — ‘ Not In My Back Yard ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ( 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |