Example sentences of "what [was/were] know [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour was attempting to control what were known as the commanding heights of the economy . |
| 2 | Scarman was critical of some of the methods employed by police forces , especially the use of special patrol groups in ‘ saturation swamp 81 ’ which involved considerable police presence and the operation of what were known as the ‘ sus laws ’ under which people can be stopped and searched simply on suspicion of misdemeanours . |
| 3 | In the eighteenth century what was known of the practices of Little Gidding appealed to William Law . |
| 4 | They show not what was known about the event , but only some aspects of how it was talked about ’ . |
| 5 | For many , including myself , this meant looking at children 's early attempts at reading in the context of what was known about the strength of their urge to find meaning , about their acquisition of grammar and syntax , and about their language awareness . |
| 6 | By the fireplace , there was what was known as a ‘ Turkish corner ’ , protected by a screen , in which the Empress normally sat either to read or to talk informally with someone who had come to see her . |
| 7 | She was not yet prepared to believe herself incapable of what was known as a ‘ lasting relationship ’ . |
| 8 | She supposed that if she were normal , she would be hoping for what was known as a ‘ nice boy ’ to come along , but she had no such faith . |
| 9 | Er and that was the system and of course the thing was that with the riveters being on piece work , apart from negotiating a wage , you were negotiating what was known as a price list , and er whereas you would get X amounts of shillings or pounds for so many hundred rivets , or whatever it was , then the argument would be that that price should be upped because of the the cost of living going up , or whatever you know . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | This was approached from two angles : first , what was known as the ‘ battle for the fourth grade ’ , an acknowledgement that substantial numbers of children either did not go to school or did not stay long enough to consolidate literacy . |
| 12 | These went into what was known as the ‘ junk box ’ . |
| 13 | Moreover , Whitechapel neighboured on to Spitalfields , whose centre housed what was known as the ‘ black stuff ’ industry , the manufacture of the rich and expensive silks and velvets reserved for the exclusive use of the funerary trade . |
| 14 | A pair of spotted woodpeckers nested in what was known as the Little Wood below the lake and when the nuts were ripe on the copper cob trees a nuthatch came up quite close to the house . |
| 15 | TDS.3 began development of what was known as the Rotachute in 1941 . |
| 16 | Formerly , the system of sub-sub-delegation of authorization ( from Parliament to the Secretary of State to SIB to SRO 's and RPB 's ) hinged on what was known as the principle of equivalence ie. the principle that the rules and codes of an SRO or RPB should afford investors protection at least equivalent to that provided by the SIB 's rules ( see Schedule 2 para 3 FSA 1986 before the new changes were introduced ) . |
| 17 | The Edwardians were much perturbed by what was known as the problem of ‘ boy labour ’ and the structural unemployment which was built into the labour market for youths . |
| 18 | Within a week of the signing of the peace treaty , in April 1895 , Russia , Germany and France had joined forces in what was known as the Triple ( Tripartite ) Intervention . |
| 19 | But today , realizing the problems she might have in controlling her mount let alone in staying on should it prop at a hedge or peck on landing , she decided discretion was the better part of valour and shortening her left rein swung Hullabaloo away in the other direction to take what was known as the Funks ' Run , which ran round a long ridge of elms , across the brook at its narrowest point , and then over a good two miles of open ground , with only one reasonable sized open ditch and hedge to be jumped at the bottom of the dip before a long run uphill which led back to the last of the Vale hedges . |
| 20 | to admit him as a member breached what was known as the Bridlington Agreement , which governed the relationships between trades unions . |
| 21 | " At every Mercantile Marine Office there were what was known as the outdoor staff , or Board of Trade messengers . |
| 22 | Er well we 'd er er distribute the leaflets , we 'd er do what was known as the whitewashing , in other words , er er er whitewash slogans , whitewash times of meetings , whitewash the announcement of er er times of arrival , er and things of this character . |
| 23 | I enjoyed conversation classes , I enjoyed doing more advanced work with what was known as the Philologic Sixth , a small group of eighteen-year-old duds who were doing languages only because they were hopeless at science , but the endless business of ‘ drilling ’ the beginners bored me into stone . |
| 24 | He could see that refrigeration would bring about a complete change in people 's lifestyles and in 1880 he took over the patents of the Bell–Coleman cold-air machine and developed what was known as the dry air refrigerator . |
| 25 | For instance , the Catholic Church once followed what was known as the ‘ 40-and 80-day rule ’ , whereby the soul was thought to enter the male fetus 40 days after conception and the female after 80 days . |
| 26 | Eventually " Cocky " agreed with the proviso that he undertook a short course at Warboys on the Mossie before he attempted what was known as the Cheshire low-level marking technique . |
| 27 | In the past this right was frequently exercised under what was known as the " case stated " procedure . |
| 28 | She had read how the town formed a part of what was known as the West Bohemian Spa Triangle , the other two being a town called Karlovy Vary and another called Františkovy Láznë . |
| 29 | Well he does n't bother to mention that the king also had an official welcome at Carfax , which was the normal place , what was known as the Penniless Bench , which was at the end of St Martin 's Church , only the of that remains at the moment , now , erm and then was presented with the traditional gift of gloves by the mayor , and the not very generous sum of £520 , and just about the same time , Alderman Nixon and 12 others who agreed with him disappeared smartly from Oxford , and were n't to be seen for the rest of the war . |
| 30 | Louise was what was known as an ‘ exchange student ’ ; at home in Nîmes she was training to be an English teacher and she was doing a year 's exchange as part of her course , teaching French conversation at the local grammar school . |