Example sentences of "[conj] well know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although well known in Spain , Gordillo this month holds his first show in the United States in the newly revamped quarters of the Marlborough Gallery . |
| 2 | Among the Peers was the Marquess of Zetland , aged 54 and better known for his love of horse racing . |
| 3 | John Berger believes it raises more questions than meet the eye Photograph of Pollock in his studio by Hans Namuth The suicide of art Pollock and Lee Krasner : when they first met she was 34 and better known as an artist than he was . |
| 4 | When she first met Pollock she was 34 and better known as an artist than he was . |
| 5 | David Mills , the erstwhile head of the Hazardous Chemical wing of Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) — and well known for his criticisms of the lack of effective policing of what he defends as largely sound rules — says that placing high-temperature incinerators in some sort of hierarchy of risks is ‘ a terribly subjective business . ’ |
| 6 | The abbot of St Martial 's , the leader of the 1177 " crusade " against the Brabançons and well known for his loyalty to the Dukes of Aquitaine , took refuge in the abbey town of La Souterraine . |
| 7 | Although nominally neutral , he was a firm supporter of the ruling National Democratic Party of President Hosni Mubarak and well known for his hostility towards opposition groups , in particular towards Moslem fundamentalist parties . |
| 8 | At the same time , however , the man appointed as Minister , Gabriel Arias Salgado , was a rigid Catholic and well known for the fanatical campaigns against sin and temptation in literature , cinema and theatre that he had master-minded from the Department of Popular Education in the 1940s . |
| 9 | Coun. Mrs Rita Fishwick , Mayor of Darlington and well known for her love of animals , presented the framed certificates . |
| 10 | Mr Bailey has been very much a front of house man at Hatchards and well known to many of the bookshop 's most distinguished customers , but Dillons is understood to be reorganising the store 's management structure under its new general manager , Roger Katz , and , with the recent appointment of Duncan Goldie-Scot , looks to be putting greater emphasis on direct marketing . |
| 11 | Ms Davis said that by this time the girl 's mother had learned of her disappearance and was told that the child had been sighted with the defendant , who was ‘ well known in the area and well known to police ’ . |
| 12 | One year on the workforce stands at 300 , a lean organisation with a name that is respected and well known in the trade . |
| 13 | In April and May of this year , the Junior Minister of Health , in April Tom announced from the shared platform with David , the Tory MP for Havant , but better known as a leading member of the Tory think tank , that regulations had been lifted to allow private capital to have free access to the N H S. |
| 14 | The music publishing company was also showing a healthy profit , particularly with the coming success of a young Newcastle songwriter , contracted to the company under the name of Gordon Sumner , but better known to the record-buying public as Sting . |
| 15 | Again , it would have been professional suicide for a civil servant to describe the indignities of derangement and to represent himself as having been mad , unless the facts were as well known to his colleagues and masters as he says they were ; while to try , on the other hand , to put his known condition in a better light , as Hoccleve does , is sensible only if the fact of his illness was well known but his recovery less well recognised , which is what he claims . |
| 16 | Since he did not exhibit at the big Salons his name may not have been as well known to the general public as those of Matisse and Derain , who in the previous years had emerged as the most important and controversial figures in the Fauve movement , but there were a large number of people who believed in his genius . |
| 17 | Columbia , now owned by Japan 's Sony , has become as well known for the high spending of its management team , Peter Guber and Jon Peters , as its films ; Mr Peters has now taken a back seat . |
| 18 | Harry Bradshaw , who died in December at the age of 77 , was probably as well known for the manner in which he failed to win the 1949 Open as his considerable success elsewhere . |
| 19 | Maybe this annual event will become as well known for rare and fine records as it is for books . |
| 20 | He was n't as well known as John Eastman or Alan Klein but he was a nice guy . ’ |
| 21 | The geology of the Channel Tunnel route is probably as well known as that of any undersea area in the world . |
| 22 | LeCoz noted that ‘ museums everywhere , even one as well known as the Orsay , are always in need of financing for their projects . ’ |
| 23 | That Miro is not as well known as his contemporaries Picasso and Dali has as much to do with personality as with art . |
| 24 | The savories are not as well known as the majority of culinary herbs , but they should be used as often as marjoram or basil are , as they have their own distinctive , spicy , warming flavour to add to many dishes . |
| 25 | The physical consequences ( dizziness , headaches , tremor , increased pulse rate and blood pressure and increased urinary output leading to relative dehydration ) of caffeine habituation ( taking the equivalent of six or more cups of tea or coffee daily ) — or addiction ( the inability to stop using caffeine despite these adverse consequences ) are not as well known as those of nicotine habituation or addiction but nonetheless can be very debilitating and the constant stimulant effect can lead to significant withdrawal symptoms , particularly causing headaches and chronic tiredness . |
| 26 | Dataease is the market leader in relational databases , although not as well known as Dbase or FoxPro it is an extremely popular product with both corporate and hobbyist user . |
| 27 | Hopefully as we improve our business , we may indeed see TV advertising in future years and we hope that we will become as well known as IBM , 3M or ICI . ’ |
| 28 | His initials are as well known as GBS . |
| 29 | Dr Wickram is a physicist , as well known in his own field as Professor Benson is in his . |
| 30 | But it 's a good technical business to have for other people as well to know about . |