Example sentences of "[be] [verb] what [is] known [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The outlook was considered all the more rosy from their point of view , since Denwood would have to be made what is known as a divisional point , that is to say , a station of more than ordinary importance , inasmuch as it would indicate the end of a running section — the point where the train would have to change engines .
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 The purpose of these names is to establish what is known as brand identity .
4 A much better way of achieving a composite filter with strong rejection outside the pass band is to combine what is known as an m-derived section with a constant-k section .
5 One neat solution is to use what is known as a ‘ slip ’ coupling .
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