Example sentences of "is known [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first deals with the reasons of the ( apparent ) diminution of objects as they recede from the eye , and is known as Perspective of Diminution : the second contains the way colours vary as they recede from the eye : the third and last explains how objects should appear less distinct in proportion as they are more remote . |
| 2 | Pubs and clubs with a quick turnover serve what is known as ‘ bright beer ’ from large cellar tanks . |
| 3 | A light covering of gas is known as blanket pressure , a heavier pressure used to force the beer to the bar is known as top pressure . |
| 4 | A light covering of gas is known as blanket pressure , a heavier pressure used to force the beer to the bar is known as top pressure . |
| 5 | It is essential that bulbs spend a period of time in cool , dark conditions before flowering ( this is known as plunging ) to ensure that a good root system is produced , otherwise stunted growth and deformed flowers can result . |
| 6 | With its skirt-shaped cups and narrow petals , this narcissus is known as the hoop petticoat daffodil . |
| 7 | During the turn-off , there is time for a reassessment of the height remaining relative to trees and buildings , and a decision has to be made either to continue turning to make a low circuit , or to turn back into wind after using up a little more height ( this is known as an S-turn ) . |
| 8 | Of the 500-plus inspectors who attended the college each year on the course , a handful were awarded what is known as a Home Office Bramshill Scholarship . |
| 9 | This is known as ‘ renunciation ’ , and it gives victory to the opponent . |
| 10 | This new approach is known as cognitive neuropsychology , and it attempts to explain the impairments which neuropsychological patients unfortunately experience within the vocabulary of cognitive psychology . |
| 11 | It is known as a speech output system because there is evidence that a quite separate lexicon is involved in speech perception . |
| 12 | I am writing to you to ask if it is possible to obtain drawings , designs and or working instructions for making what is known as a Steamer Chair . |
| 13 | The cross section curve of a gouge is known as its sweep . |
| 14 | Elsewhere reference has been made to the difference between Spanish style and flamenco style ( see page 59 ) which belongs to the Spanish gipsies from whom has also developed what is known as gipsy character dance . |
| 15 | The type of yeast strain used for ale is known as ‘ top fermenting ’ . |
| 16 | A ‘ lamp ’ is the correct name for what most of us call a light bulb , and the common or garden light bulb is known as a GLS ( general lighting service ) lamp . |
| 17 | Although III/V substances such as GaAs and InGaAs are increasingly being used commercially , their usefulness is still constrained by what is known as final passivation — the last layer of the IC structure which protects the works against mechanical shocks and contamination ( for instance by water ) , and also provides electrical isolation . |
| 18 | They were what is known as indie-poppers , which means that they play guitars rather than synthesisers , wear black leather biker 's jackets and have a female lead singer with peroxide blonde hair . |
| 19 | The Atlantic coast of Belle-Ile is known as the Cote Sauvage , and in most places is sufficiently savage to deter any invader . |
| 20 | One of the most brutal of the Khmer Rouge commanders , he is known as the ‘ Butcher of Kampuchea ’ for the killings he ordered in the south-west from 1975 to 1978 . |
| 21 | Where Cannon & Ball have made ‘ Rock on , Tommy ’ their trademark , and Jim Davidson is known as ‘ Nick Nick ’ , there is a comic on the ‘ alternative ’ circuit known simply as ‘ Two Fingers ’ Soan , and another , Malcolm Hardee , who goes by the catchphrase ‘ F**k it ’ . |
| 22 | Saatchi has sold exclusively through a dealer called Larry Gagosian , well known in New York as a ruthless specialist in what is known as the secondary market . |
| 23 | Work duties are assigned by the sergeant at the beginning of the shift in what is known as ‘ parade ’ when all members meet together , occasionally in the presence of senior officers . |
| 24 | In the RUC the former is known as community relations and the latter neighbourhood policing although in many other forces both go under the rubric of community policing . |
| 25 | As an employer , you need to pay NI contributions for those employees aged 16 or over , who earn at or above what is known as the lower earnings limit , which stands at £52 a week from 6th April 1991 . |
| 26 | Employees ' NI contributions are paid on earnings up to and including what is known as the upper earnings limit , which is £390 a week from 6th April 1991 . |
| 27 | This is known as a period of incapacity for work ( PIW ) . |
| 28 | However , the publishing business has recently become more competitive and it is now possible for songwriters to restrict the length of the assignment of copyright to what is known as a ‘ retention period ’ . |
| 29 | The first option is referred to as a world-wide contract , and the second is known as a territory-by-territory contract . |
| 30 | Um , he says , and goes on to explain that in Norway a small , useless knife sometimes seen about the person of hunters and campers who have little idea is known as a ‘ mouse castrator ’ . |