Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] know [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This spreading of risks is known as risk transformation .
2 The expression in brackets is known as Bessel 's correction .
3 The expression in brackets is known as Bessel 's correction .
4 We have noted that a male community defends a group territory and the outcome of aggressive interactions between different communities is known to be in part dependent upon party size .
5 We followed standard protocols for the preparation of bacterial suspensions for adhesion and hydrophobicity assays because the expression of adhesins is known to be affected by nutrient and growth conditions ; however , as repeat assays with both control strains and patient isolates confirmed , such properties are otherwise quite stable phenotypic markers .
6 The difference between the value of wages and commodities is known as ‘ surplus value ’ .
7 This property of rational expectations is known as the ‘ efficiency property ’ .
8 The amount remaining after deducting all mandatory and discretionary exceptions is known as the Aggregated School Budget ( ASB ) .
9 This experience , common to many pilots is known as " The Leans " ! b ) This can occur because the resultant forces acting on an aircraft , to which the body balance mechanism responds , does not coincide with the true gravity vertical .
10 The problems of the switching of business away from the banks is known as disintermediation .
11 Blanketing everything is something which in other places is known as a sea fret but which in Redcar is called a Cleveland cocktail sling together two parts ICI , one British Steel and another of general fug and serve it up stirred not shaken .
12 Multiple passes in each arm are used to increase the effective optical path length ; the scheme shown in Fig. 10.5 with the beam walking across the mirror at successive reflections is known as an optical delay line .
13 This effect of drug-induced aggravation or provocation of arrhythmias is known as ‘ proarrhythmia ’ .
14 The validity of these take up assumptions is obviously affected by the passage of time from late August to late September and the firmness of the UF figures is known from experience to vary widely between fields ; the estimated enrolment figures are therefore used only as an approximate guide to the Co-ordinator and senior tutors in deciding on the numbers of late offers to be made at special weekly meetings of the MAC in September .
15 The recording of a wider range of qualities than the attainment of particular knowledge and techniques is known as a profile or record of achievement .
16 The rate of interest paid on inter-bank loans is known as London Inter-Bank Offer Rate or LIBOR .
17 The whole process of matching the needs of lenders and borrowers is known as ‘ financial intermediation ’ , and the institutions which play a part in this process are known as ‘ financial intermediaries ’ ( see Fig. 17.1 ) .
18 If your elderly relative is unfortunate enough to be registered with a doctor who is impatient with the older patients on his list and not particularly interested in geriatric medicine , the best thing to do is to try to get her transferred to the list of another doctor in the area whose attitude towards his elderly patients is known to be more sympathetic and thorough .
19 The creation of departments and divisions is known as departmentation .
20 The difference between the two prices is known as the basis : Basis = Futures price -Spot price .
21 The difference between the two futures prices is known as the spread , and it is clear from ( 8.15 ) that the spread is equal to cost-of-carry : .
22 This set of behaviours is known as play .
23 The art of persuading a nation that it is in its own interests to make sacrifices is known as leadership .
24 The nutrient value of foods is known to be affected by higher doses , Sherlock added , although the loss is not much different from other preservation process .
25 The concentration of a manager 's attention and effort on significant deviations from expected results is known as management by exception .
26 The technique used for jumping in these numbers is known as static line parachuting .
27 An arrangement consisting of a delivery and return conductor by means of which an electrical signal can be efficiently conveyed between two points is known as a transmission line .
28 The ratio of an institution 's liquid assets to illiquid assets is known as its liquidity ratio .
29 ‘ One part which has been spoiled by people taking short cuts is known as the Devils 's Staircase .
30 This special responsibility for verifying compliance with Community minimum requirements is known as ‘ home country control ’ and will be of increasing practical importance for UK businesses which venture abroad while remaining subject to such home country control .
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