Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] it [is] [adv] known " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pravda , the leading anti-Yeltsin newspaper in Moscow , has printed excerpts of what it claims is a memo from Mr Primakov , dated March 21st 1992 , in which the spook outlined the properties of red mercury , or mercuric salt of antimonous acid as it is also known , in detail . |
| 2 | This traditional form of taxation remains in an amended form for non-domestic ratepayers but domestic rates have been replaced by the community charge , or poll tax as it is popularly known . |
| 3 | The terms of reference are reproduced here in full because they provide an interesting example where the overall objective behind the policy development is clear — improved financial results or , in other words , reducing the size of the state subsidy or Public Service Obligation as it is correctly known . |
| 4 | Someone looking after a partner or relative with Alzheimer 's disease — or senile dementia as it is also known — has particular problems . |
| 5 | Solanum tuberosum , or the potato as it is better known , has a history both ancient and glorious . |
| 6 | This oracle speaks of a brother as the instrument of death , which fits with the case as it is yet known . |
| 7 | However it would appear that Hahnemann was a couple of centuries ahead of his time because it is now known that the DNA of certain viruses can incorporate itself into our own genome , our own inherited material . |
| 8 | The town also boasts , in its main street , a remarkable seventeenth-century mansion , the Freuler Mansion or Palace as it is locally known , built for a local man who acquired riches in the service of the French crown as a colonel of mercenaries ( a not uncommon employment for the Swiss in those days ) . |