Example sentences of "[verb] know as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or again , it is as though the disorganized and random bursts of photons present in a beam of white light were suddenly all being accelerated and agitated to precisely the same frequency and directed at the same spot — to produce the awesome source of energy that we have come to know as the laser . |
| 2 | From this tiny house had flowed some at least of the immortal words that the world had come to know as The Pickwick Papers . |
| 3 | Professor Davis noted that the industries which expanded before 1780 did not transform themselves in the dramatic way we have come to know as an industrial revolution . |
| 4 | Therefore , it is against that back-cloth , that I respond to these orchestrated criticisms and express my views on the man I have come to know as a friend and a very good colleague . |
| 5 | On the phone , in fifth and in the fast lane looks and feels better than three months in a surgical neck-support , which is the likely outcome of what is becoming known as ‘ phone neck ’ . |
| 6 | In January 1915 a shell struck the base of the dome , toppling the fifteen-foot-high statue which hung horizontally above the town until 1918 , becoming known as The Leaning Virgin . |
| 7 | Six hundred people in the business coughed up £2 10s 0d each , thereby becoming known as the Noble Six Hundred ; subsequent donations and the proceeds of Royal Variety performances meant that a nursing wing was added two years ago , and today there are 36 residents with a staff of 60 to look after them . |
| 8 | Altogether , Glasgow provided 26 battalions , like the 15th , 16th , and 17th battallions of the HLI , the latter including many members of the Tramways department , becoming known as the ‘ Tramways Battalion ’ . |
| 9 | The area north of Bedford House , which itself was just north of the Green , consisted of orchard and market garden land , so Mr. Carr 's idea led to the area of Bedford Park becoming known as the first Garden Suburb , with three principal architects designing the buildings , Norman Shaw , E.W. Godwin and E.T . |
| 10 | By 1820 , it was owned and worked by Robert Wight , who continued to manufacture cloth there , the mill becoming known as Wights Mill , a name that it retained for many years . |
| 11 | The extensive mill complex was largely built during the 1770s , becoming known as Days Mill , from the brothers Jeremiah and Daniel , who made cloth in the much enlarged premises . |
| 12 | The prospect of a Stuart restoration receded still further when , in May 1747 , Henry , Duke of York , still only 22 , was appointed a cardinal by the pope ; becoming known as Cardinal York , he took priest 's orders a year later . |
| 13 | Physical exercise is becoming known as a valuable tool in treating depression , and if you find that hard to believe just try forcing yourself into a vigorous half hour 's sport , jogging or even just a brisk walk next time you feel low , and note the lift in your mood afterwards . |
| 14 | Her aim to play a leading role and become a radio show personality could lead to the station becoming known as Radio Krabbe , says Germany 's daily Bild newspaper . |
| 15 | The preponderance of women in later life , especially among the over 85 year-olds ( a group which is becoming known as ‘ the oldest old ’ ) , has also lead to another differentiating factor between the sexes in later life . |
| 16 | The type was developed considerably by German growers , with more amenable size , choice blooms and scent , becoming known as Hybrid Musks . |
| 17 | In particular , it was feared that London was becoming known as the ‘ vice capital of the World ’ . |
| 18 | A few sturdily independent types might save up enough cash to buy their own patch outright and farm it independently , becoming known as ‘ bonnet lairds ’ . |
| 19 | In one fell swoop , Virgin had acquired that most elusive of qualities , ‘ street credibility ’ ; the company roster now boasted groups like Magazine , Penetration , the Members , the Skids — what was becoming known as New Wave , a marketing term used to denote almost any performer that had emerged in the aftermath of punk who did not spit in his audience 's eye . |
| 20 | As part of the marriage settlement he changed his surname to Smith-Cumming , later becoming known as Cumming . |
| 21 | The sequence of developments to be outlined below is becoming known as K-type transition , with the implication that there are other types . |
| 22 | Last year 's champion Tony McLure is fast becoming known as the Nigel Mansell of the North-East golf circuit . |
| 23 | And two more drivers have fallen victim to the robbery becoming known as carjacking . |
| 24 | When eventually the court decided that mother and daughter could be reunited , Rosemary was subsequently staying with friends of her mother , people she came to know as ‘ auntie ’ and ‘ uncle ’ . |
| 25 | My mother was visiting someone who worked there whom she 'd known as a child . |
| 26 | Sir Stephen Fox , who was Member of Parliament for Sarum and served as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury for both King Charles II and William 111 , from 1665 until his death in 1716 , bought the copyhold , in 1682 , or thereabouts , of an estate north-west of Corney House ( on the river front of Old Chiswick ) and behind the first Earl of Burlington 's mansion in Chiswick , and in 1691 he also acquired several acres on the west side of Chiswick Lane , where he sited a mansion with gardens , which he came known as Manor Farm House . |
| 27 | It would become known as the Aladdin Sane Retirement Tour of Great Britain , comprising over 40 appearances and culminating at Hammersmith Odeon for the famous final concert of June 3 , 1973 , when David announced his ‘ retirement ’ and that he would n't perform live concerts again for a long time — not for two or three years at least . |
| 28 | Not until after his death did he become known as Alfred the Great . |
| 29 | ( From October 1st , 1992 , the Juvenile Court will become known as the Youth Court and will encompass 17-year-olds ) . |
| 30 | What was it like ? ’ you grandchildren may ask in the future , for the late eighties in Britain might well become known as the second ‘ Belle Epoque ’ . |