Example sentences of "as they are [adv] know " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tommy and Bren , as they are affectionately known , are now in their 80's ( as indeed are most members of the WHAM choral group ) and are probably best remembered for their haunting rendering of songs such as ‘ Roamin' in the Grogan ’ , ‘ Old Mother Hibbard ’ and ‘ Annie , Get Your Pistoll ’ during their teenage years with WHOOPS ( Wichita , Home Of Other People 's Songs ) . |
| 2 | These Mamluk carpets , as they are generally known , are essentially geometric in design , but are often intricately decorated with meticulous infill patterning . |
| 3 | The detachment is part of 321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company whose task , in Northern Ireland , of neutralising terrorist bombs ( IEDs ) or Improvised Explosive Devices , as they are officially known ) has earned them worldwide respect . |
| 4 | The 20 percenters , as they are colloquially known , receive benefits which more than compensate this year for their 20 per cent . |
| 5 | Periodicals ( or serials as they are sometimes known ) are listed alphabetically by the title as it appears on the title page of the periodical . |
| 6 | He suggested this might have been because at the time an aircraft 6km up was dropping laser-guided bombs onto the next platform ( or target as they are usually known ) . |
| 7 | Pot marigolds , as they are often known , are easily grown in a sunny place and light soil , being grown from seed sown outdoors in spring . |
| 8 | The history of the divisions of the kingdom , or Teilungen as they are often known to modern scholars , is a complex one , and it is one that has to be reconstructed from narrative sources which are not concerned to describe those kingdoms , but which provide the relevant information only in passing . |
| 9 | Boiled baits , or boilies as they are popularly known , were not devised with that purpose in mind , however , but to deter smaller fish from nibbling the bait away . |