Example sentences of "known as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From there they passed to a polishing room , and thence to what was known as No 3 position , where they were fitted to the actual coach . |
| 2 | Of the 500-plus inspectors who attended the college each year on the course , a handful were awarded what is known as a Home Office Bramshill Scholarship . |
| 3 | It is known as a speech output system because there is evidence that a quite separate lexicon is involved in speech perception . |
| 4 | You 'll be known as a bad girl even if you 're as pure as the Prophet 's daughter . ’ |
| 5 | I am writing to you to ask if it is possible to obtain drawings , designs and or working instructions for making what is known as a Steamer Chair . |
| 6 | Plastic tubes or ‘ lines ’ are connected to the tap in the cask and a pump — known as a beer engine — or an electric pump draws beer from the cask to the bar . |
| 7 | A ‘ lamp ’ is the correct name for what most of us call a light bulb , and the common or garden light bulb is known as a GLS ( general lighting service ) lamp . |
| 8 | Binyon 's volume does however bear out quite touchingly one point that Mrs Lowndes makes : that Hewlett 's ambition was to be known as a poet rather than novelist , though it was his historical romances in Wardour Street prose that brought him fame and money . |
| 9 | Protection where the BEC builder is employed by the customer ( known as a standard contract ) is being increased from projects worth £500-£40,000 to those worth £500-£100,000 . |
| 10 | If the builder is employed by an architect or contractor working for a client ( known as a supervised contract ) the upper limit for cover is being increased to £125,000 . |
| 11 | One engineer uses his truck as an illegal taxi , known as a ‘ proceso 500 , ’ and earns 80,000 Kwanza , To stem the flow of MPLA party workers , state employees , and professionals to the private sector and foreign aid groups , the government introduced a system of cards , lettered A , B or C , which provide bearers with privileged access to imported goods . |
| 12 | Known as a P35 , this form is also self-explanatory . |
| 13 | This is known as a period of incapacity for work ( PIW ) . |
| 14 | However , the publishing business has recently become more competitive and it is now possible for songwriters to restrict the length of the assignment of copyright to what is known as a ‘ retention period ’ . |
| 15 | The first option is referred to as a world-wide contract , and the second is known as a territory-by-territory contract . |
| 16 | Um , he says , and goes on to explain that in Norway a small , useless knife sometimes seen about the person of hunters and campers who have little idea is known as a ‘ mouse castrator ’ . |
| 17 | The gardens of Ireland have a special dreamlike quality , like gardens known as a child — where everything was bigger and greener , and chattering rabbits abounded . |
| 18 | A diver absorbing excessive nitrogen must ascend to a designated depth to reduce the pressure and remain there for a specified time for what is known as a ‘ decompression stop . ’ |
| 19 | The once powerful arbitrageur , who dominated the takeover scene on Wall Street until his arrest in November 1986 , is living in a Federal centre in the suburbs of Brooklyn , known as a halfway house between prison and the outside world . |
| 20 | Mr Chaskalson has long been known as a human-rights lawyer defending people charged under South Africa 's apartheid and terrorism laws . |
| 21 | Known as a field man par excellence , he led the Israeli assassination teams that hunted down and killed Palestinians involved in the Black September terrorist organisation in the early 1970s . |
| 22 | I think the other thing was that I wanted to be known as a musician rather than some other phenomenon other than a musician and I think that also had an effect on me too . |
| 23 | Many marine mammals ( for example , sperm whales , sealions , and elephant seals ) show a similar difference in size between mature males and females , especially if the dominant male holds a number of mature females , often known as a ‘ harem . ’ |
| 24 | AMERICAN firms with serious money troubles have two choices — formal bankruptcy through chapter 11 of the 1978 Bankruptcy Reform Act , or an informal rescheduling of their debts , known as a ‘ workout ’ . |
| 25 | Mr Peebles is best known as a film and television actor . |
| 26 | If a salmon comes back to a river after a year , it is known as a grilse , and — weighing anything from one to four kilograms — is ready for the pot or skillet or foil jacket . |
| 27 | The computer did not plan an Agnes or a Paul , but only a prototype known as a human being , giving rise to a large number of specimens which are based on the original model and have n't any individual essence . |
| 28 | In casting , the molten metal may have squeezed between the joins of a mould , solidifying as a seam-like ridge known as a casting flash . |
| 29 | Baldwin fought what became known as a ‘ Safety First ’ campaign . |
| 30 | He 's known as a bit of a trouble-maker but he 's really helping and striving to make things work well . |