Example sentences of "he [be] known " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know he is known to everybody — ‘ As a rogue . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Jacki ’ , as he is known affectionately in Scotland , will lead Poland 's attack against England in Chorzow on Wednesday , and , having already given Terry Butcher an anxious time in the Old Firm match in August , he can approach next week 's game without the pressure of having something to prove . |
| 3 | One of the most brutal of the Khmer Rouge commanders , he is known as the ‘ Butcher of Kampuchea ’ for the killings he ordered in the south-west from 1975 to 1978 . |
| 4 | Gagosian does not represent artists or their interests , he simply buys and sells works on the market , and he is known to be spectacularly good at it . |
| 5 | Now he is known best for writing and talking a good match . |
| 6 | We all called him ‘ Mol ’ abbreviating his name as students always do ; and throughout the diocese he is known by all his brother priests as simply ‘ Mol ’ ; and now I gather that his parishioners call him Fr Mol . |
| 7 | So why is this international superstar of the scrummage , who I agree is a household name and all that ( although he is known even in the next village as either Whatsit ? or Thingymabob ) , suddenly being advised he has the ( to coin a phrase ) clout and muscle to alter the long-established formulas and ethics of sports journalism ? |
| 8 | So why is this internationalsuperstar of the scrummage , who I agree is a household name and all that ( although he is known even in the next village as either Whatsit ? or Thingymabob ) , suddenly being advised he has the ( to coin a phrase ) clout and muscle to alter the long-established formulas and ethics of sports journalism ? |
| 9 | Fired with enthusiasm for the new Europe on his return flight over the North Sea , Fuhrer Kinnock , as he is known in the German press , seemed more frustrated than ever at being out of office at such a momentous time . |
| 10 | He is known to have been angry last autumn when Mr Mazowiecki , the man he picked for prime minister , chose his cabinet without consulting him . |
| 11 | He is known for his dull , green eucalyptus and bushland colour creations and finely structured suits . |
| 12 | ‘ Actually , ’ Doone said calmly , ‘ he is known to be able to drive his father 's jeep on the Downs expertly , and my men have discovered he was out of school last Wednesday afternoon on a field trip to Windsor Safari Park . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | On the one hand , as ‘ Mr Frederick ’ , he is known as a simple-minded put-upon minion in a second-rate theatre , at home in the grubby , bustling world of teeming streets , pawn shops and flea-ridden lodgings in the East End . |
| 15 | Yes its Orange Walk season , when we are invited to rejoice in celebrating the victory of King William of Orange ( or Good King Billy as he is known in some circles ) at the Battle of the Boyne . |
| 16 | It is foolhardy for you to play around with your dog 's diet when he is known to have had urolithiasis . |
| 17 | My mother would like to leave , but my father wants to stay where he is known , where he played Blinky Bill in The Belle of New York and astounded the audience with the athleticism of his Apache dance . |
| 18 | He is known to have robbed his father by gambling away funds which had been entrusted to him , and then to have sunk into desperate poverty . |
| 19 | His passion for , and expertise with oddballs has made his features very popular , and he is known as a thorough and punctual answerer of readers ’ queries . |
| 20 | And he is known for his after-match tantrums , which include an incident when he kicked down an advertising board . |
| 21 | Among the Dark Elves of Naggaroth he is known as the Reaper , to the Goblins of Red-Axe Pass he is Orcbane , and to the north the Norse know him as Mankiller . |
| 22 | According to Reuter , he is known on Wall Street for his prowess as a cost-cutter and an asset-seller , a reputation that is likely to cause consternation among IBM employees already facing lay-offs for the first time in the company 's history . |
| 23 | Lévi-Strauss suggests that as a science anthropology should be attempting not to provide a definition of man as he is known experientially in our own society — an unscientific subjectivism — but should rather begin by ‘ dissolving ’ him . |
| 24 | A popular , undemonstrative , workaday fast-medium seamer and swinger , he is known as ‘ Ghost ’ for his fair hair and eyebrows , though his features are a touch Jack Palance . |
| 25 | Some of the books which he is known to have possessed , which included Christine de Pisan 's Letter of Othea to Hector , a didactic work for knights , reinforce this view . |
| 26 | He is known to have resided there and in 1480 he extended his Craven estates by buying the manor of Carleton in Craven and associated land from William Singleton . |
| 27 | In each case the individual is identified either by the role which is relevant to the content of the article , or by the role by which he is known to the public . |
| 28 | He is known to have defaced a gravestone in the churchyard , rendering it illegible . |
| 29 | Throughout his country he is known as the ‘ Professor with the smile ’ , and when he returns to his village in central Vietnam , children follow him like the Pied Piper and call him ‘ Uncle Vo ’ . |
| 30 | He may already by then have become the abbot 's steward , a position he is known to have held in 1254 and apparently retained until 1259 . |