Example sentences of "have [adv] been known [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Chaskalson has long been known as a human-rights lawyer defending people charged under South Africa 's apartheid and terrorism laws . |
| 2 | from Birmingham says hanging upside down has always been known as a cure in the Far East and it does work . |
| 3 | For example , a Series 11 propshaft U/J is now an RTC 3291 , but has also been known as a 43()23 and a GUJ116 . |
| 4 | It has even been known for a company to respond to a request for information six weeks after the initial query and then to complain that their product had been left out ! |
| 5 | It has even been known for an esteemed binder 's ticket to be transferred from a battered volume to a more handsome specimen with which he had no demonstrable connection . |
| 6 | Samuel Irving — ‘ Si ’ — Newhouse jr , second-generation New York billionaire , had long been known as a collector of modern American art , but his November 1988 purchase of Jasper John 's False Start propelled him into the public consciousness . |
| 7 | This is , in effect , what had already been known for a considerable time as a ‘ cantata ’ for six voices , four viole , two violini , and string and keyboard continuo , in four strongly contrasted sections ( solo and tutti ) preceded by a sinfonia . |
| 8 | In nearly 3,000 years with this company , I have never been known as a quitter . |