Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] is [adv] known " in BNC.

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1 Mitcham which contains a number of interesting Georgian houses , is now a separate borough and is well known for its historic cricket green and its lavender factory .
2 DARLINGTON has always prided itself on its railway heritage and is nationally known as the railway town .
3 The extreme form of participant observation — what I have called the ‘ complete participant ’ — is , in fact , typified by the spy , who is believed by members of the group to be a genuine member of that group and is not known to be an observer at all .
4 Anyone expecting a story about inflight cyclic stick failure would have been disappointed , however : the piece concerned a helicopter pilot named Paul who had undergone a sex-change operation and is now known as Paula .
5 The cafe/terrace is an ideal place to relax and watch the world go by , and its a la carte restaurant has excellent food and is well known amongst the local residents .
6 Sir John has a finger in every pie and is well known to the harbour masters all along the south coast . ’
7 That is made clear in the Library note and is generally known .
8 It belongs to the rail family and is commonly known as a woodhen .
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