Example sentences of "and are know as " in BNC.

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1 Nasturtium seeds are edible and are known as ‘ poor man 's capers ’ .
2 These courts continued to exist till 1875 , and are known as the Common Law Courts .
3 The flowers of these can not be fertilised with their own pollen and are known as self-incompatible or self-sterile , whereas self-fertile ( self-compatible ) varieties set fruit without needing pollen from another tree .
4 Long white cabins with bright thatched roofs are typical of the Province of Connaught , and are known as ‘ bothies ’ .
5 The rest — the vitamins and minerals — are essential but only in very small amounts and are known as micronutrients .
6 They are designed to be less restrictive than full safety helmets and are known as ‘ bump caps ’ .
7 To escape , the heat has to travel up through quite large thicknesses of continental crust , and a large proportion does not get very far ; instead , it comes to rest and solidifies a few kilometres below the surface , forming enormous masses of igneous rock which have been forced or intruded into the crust and are known as batholiths ( Greek origin , meaning something like deep stones ) .
8 There are two types of muscles in the body ; these total 650 in number and are known as voluntary muscles and involuntary muscles or postural muscles .
9 Some rear facing baby car seats convert to forward facing car seats and are known as ‘ 2-way ’ seats .
10 The four foods eliminated are wheat , milk , sugar and potatoes , and are known as ‘ zero ’ foods .
11 For reasons which need not concern us here , they have become almost solely used on the tail rotor servo of model helicopters to assist in controlling the tail and are known as tail rotor gyros or just ‘ gyros ’ .
12 These Early Minoan II vessels were made around 2500 BC and are known as Agios Onoufrios ware after a site near Phaistos .
13 The first three ganglia are situated one in each of the thoracic segments , and are known as the thoracic ganglia ; the remainder lie in the abdomen and form the ganglia of that region .
14 Chrysanthemums , poinsettia , corn , coffee and others flower during the shortening days of autumn and are known as short-day plants .
15 Those most commonly used with domestic equipment have a power rating of 850VA and are known as " redheads " .
16 Uterine contractions occur throughout pregnancy , and are known as Braxton-Hicks contractions .
17 Some of the buildings are still in use for residential purposes , and are known as the Forge Houses .
18 Some of the form and topical subdivisions are for general application and are known as free-floating .
19 The duration of local authority bonds is typically between one and five years , although most are for one year and are known as yearling bonds .
20 Similarly and are known as the tensile and shear compliances and given the symbols D and J respectively .
21 They appear to be jammed against the adjacent cratonic block and are known as contracted continental-margin orogens .
22 Some supplements contain many different nutrients and are known as Broad Spectrum ’ supplements .
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