Example sentences of "known by [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be noted that leprosy was not just the twentieth-century disease known by that name but covered many other skin complaints ( see Leviticus 13 ) . |
| 2 | The BeSHT — ben Eliezer is known by that acronym — produced a shock-wave of such proportions in Judaism that it has still not recovered from him . |
| 3 | Middlesex Street in London has a very famous market and the street 's better known by this name , what is it ? |
| 4 | The nature of Burne-Jones 's aims and predilections in art are well-enough known by this time , and have been defined by himself absolutely fitted to this thought : ‘ I mean by a picture a beautiful romantic dream of something that never was , never will be — in a light better than any light that ever shone — in a land no one can define or remember , only desire . ’ |
| 5 | The 17th Century Wide Work or New Work is separated from the White Work ( known by this time as the Deep or Old Mine ) by a steeply inclined bed of well cleaved ashes and tuffs which , in places , have been found suitable for roofing slate . |