Example sentences of "[vb past] well know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thereafter he became better known as a forensic scientist achieving such professional distinctions as presidency of the Medico-Legal Society and of the Forensic Science Society ( of which Grant was a founder member and secretary ) . |
| 2 | She later became better known as Lord Nelson 's mistress , Lady Hamilton . |
| 3 | His name and achievements became better known to the general public , however , in the sphere of lighter music : in operetta rather than in opera , and above all in the stage works of Franz Lehár , in which he charmed thousands by his sympathetic tenor quality and by the grace and variety of his vocal inflections . |
| 4 | Unfortunately there have been presenters who became better known for hitting the headlines than their ability to turn washing up bottles into handy household objects . |
| 5 | The tsarist threat receded in 1867 , when Russia sold Alaska to the United States , and the doctrine subsequently became better known for its challenge to the perceived intention of the European Holy Alliance to help Spain reconquer its former colonies . |
| 6 | His previous incarnations seemed well known to Primaflora who had last seen him , presumably , crossing from the service of the Grand Commander Louis de Magnac to that of Nicholas with total aplomb . |
| 7 | Now , the reason I called was , that I have always been out of the phone directory ever since my name got well known in showbiz . |
| 8 | A founder of the St Clares Ladies Choir which performed over a period of years , she also found time to become a devoted and regular pilgrim to Lourdes , where her lovely voice became well known to those in the Torchlight Processions . |
| 9 | It was originally a corn mill and later became well known as , in about 1890 , it became the site of Lord Edward Spencer Churchill 's first electric power generator . |
| 10 | In past centuries the cattle of Wales became well known as graziers ' stock in the English Midlands in particular , where considerable herds of steers were traditionally fattened on grass or winter-yarded . |
| 11 | Cleyn became well known as an engraver and a painter in England , but these cartoons were to be his masterpiece . |
| 12 | It was a vintage year for the Chemistry Department — a fellow student and colleague of Frank Rose , N Cusa , became well known as a painter in water colours and illustrated at least one ICI calendar . |
| 13 | He became well known as a music festival adjudicator , working in Canada every alternate year between 1924 and 1938 , and he took the Glasgow Orpheus Choir on tours to Canada , the USA , and half a dozen European countries . |
| 14 | Morley became well known for its music ( Sir Michael Tippett ) , its theatre and ballet ( Rupert Doone ) , and its art ( Eric Ravilious , q.v. , and Edward Bawden ) . |
| 15 | He taught initially at a junior school in Berkshire , then at a grammar school , and later at Downe House , where he became well known on the art-teaching circuit when his pupils won ( for two consecutive years ) a national art competition and their work toured internationally . |
| 16 | Well yes , but let me say that I gave up going to auditions well before I became well known through The History Man , on television . |
| 17 | Feynman became well known in 1948 for work on the quantum theory of light . |
| 18 | Her elder brother Giles ( 1612–1663 ) became well known in the 1650s as a printer of Quaker literature . |
| 19 | The Devon herd , however , remained well known throughout the nineteenth century . |