Example sentences of "this [noun] [was/were] know as " in BNC.
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| 1 | In earlier days this inn was known as ‘ The Black Horse ’ , the name given to ‘ Lending Inns ’ , where customers could borrow money . |
| 2 | This crater was known as the Etang Sec , or dry tarn , a name worth remembering because it was later to become the focus of the eruption proper . |
| 3 | On the one hand there was St Stephen 's Cathedral and the bishop 's palace ; locally this centre was known as the city , the Civitas or the urbs . |
| 4 | Ever since , well , ever , this crossroads was known as Fighting Cocks . |
| 5 | This controversy was known as the Kara-Goyi contest . |
| 6 | Formerly this time was known as " Supply Days " and was used to discuss the grant of supply to the Crown but it has long ceased to be confined to discussion of government spending and is instead used to criticise all aspects of government policy . |