Example sentences of "[adv] name after [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently named after the woman who first made them , in Bath , towards the end of the eighteenth century . |
| 2 | Eugene Kelly , their leader , singer and guitarist , was apparently named after the band . |
| 3 | Which British prime minister was apparently named after an English cathedral ? |
| 4 | Latest offering to appear from the rapidly expanding Camden ‘ lurch ’ subculture , so named after a divvy dance , although it does n't quite live up the press release 's boast of being ‘ the last noise that will cause heavens to crack and earth to rip asunder ’ ( ! ) . |
| 5 | Latest offering to appear from the rapidly expanding Camden ‘ lurch ’ subculture , so named after a divvy dance , although it does n't quite live up the press release 's boast of being ‘ the last noise that will cause heavens to crack and earth to rip asunder ’ ( ! ) . |
| 6 | After this the ‘ Pugwash Conference ’ of scientists from East and West — so named after the site of their first meeting in Nova Scotia — was held annually . |
| 7 | Colloquially known as la piscine , so named after the nearby disused les Tourelles swimming pool , the complex of modern and antiquated buildings was hidden behind an eighteen-foot high wall . |
| 8 | Unlike the classic examples of the ‘ old world ’ , Australian are generally produced from single grape varieties or simple blends , and are usually named after the grape varieties concerned . |
| 9 | Most crucially , it would have the right to issue an Estonian currency , probably named after the kron which served during the 20 years of independence between the wars . |
| 10 | He was instrumental in developing Oxford and Cambridge Roads — both named after the Universities that held their annual river boat race on the River Thames into the Chiswick area — also Harvard Road , which was named after the American University who rowed against Oxford and Cambridge , at about that time , He extended his development to the other side of Chiswick High Road , including Thorney Hedge Road and Silver Crescent , Mr Tomlinson built houses in other areas close by , including Clarence Road , off Wellesley Road , and his son , Richard , became an architect and was involved in the building of the Gunnersbury Baptist Church in Wellesley Road . |
| 11 | Examples in Somerset include Chew and Chewton , both named after the River Chew ; Frome , after the river of the same name ; Taunton , after the River Tone ; and North and South Petherton , after the River Parrett . |
| 12 | Then , the little bridge beside the hotel was even named after the inn and , although the bridge 's name has now changed , today the welcome is equally as warm . |
| 13 | The aliphatic acids were once known as formic , acetic , propionic , butyric , pentanoic , hexanoic etc , but today they are more systematically named after the hydrocarbon with the same number of carbon atoms — ie methanoic , ethanoic , propanoic , butanoic etc . |