Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] [adv] know as " in BNC.

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1 Rudbeckia fulgida deamii is better known as black-eyed Susan
2 One of the stone mounds is now known as Lord Russell 's Cairn .
3 The South Hams is now known as the South Devon ; the Cornish and Sheeted Somerset have vanished , and the Gloucester is now a rare breed .
4 Red campion ( Silene dioica ) with its bright red jagged flowers is aptly known as ‘ cock 's comb ’ , while ragged robin Lychnis flos-cuculi is referred to as giving the bright picture of a ‘ marsh spark ’ .
5 It is not for nothing that scabies is commonly known as the itch .
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