Example sentences of "[is] known in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | PortKnox , or LapSecure , as it 's known in the States , gives you a very high level of protection . |
| 2 | Ol' Turry 's back and this time there 'll be trouble , 'coz he 's what 's known in the trade as a fruit-and-nut case ( he needs a check-up from the neck up ) . |
| 3 | Shaven-headed , Raybanned and with a wardrobe which makes Giorgio Armani look as though he spends far too much time in C & A , he 's known in the agency as The Birdman of |
| 4 | It 's known in the City as the Hemline Index ( as opposed to the usual measure of the top 100 companies ' shares , the FTSE 100 ) . |
| 5 | David Morgan 's known in the trade as Cone Man . |
| 6 | Keg , which includes lager , is known in the industry as ‘ brewery conditioned beer ’ . |
| 7 | In addition to the secular names , there is an additional one by which the person is known in the synagogue , by which he is ‘ called to the Torah ’ . |
| 8 | Keg , which includes lager , is known in the industry as ‘ brewery conditioned beer ’ . |
| 9 | Fired with enthusiasm for the new Europe on his return flight over the North Sea , Fuhrer Kinnock , as he is known in the German press , seemed more frustrated than ever at being out of office at such a momentous time . |
| 10 | VHAF , as it is known in the trade , is being given a rigorous fitness test by the Football League Playing Surfaces Committee . |
| 11 | THE BUTTER Information Council is what is known in the terms of peasant wisdom as a fool unto itself . |
| 12 | It now costs significantly less to buy a computer — or a ‘ work station ’ as it is known in the trade — than it does to pay someone to sit behind it . |
| 13 | This is known in the field as the ‘ killer heuristic ’ . |
| 14 | While ‘ the Ten ’ , as it is known in the trade , is having its most successful year since 1986 with an average 7.2 million viewers , it can not rest on its laurels . |
| 15 | The crossbow is known in the Empire but is not highly favoured . |
| 16 | The French manufactured Dassault-Breguet Mystère 20 , or Falcon 20 as it is known in the United States , is one of the most versatile executive jets flying in the world today . |
| 17 | It is known in the House that the reality is a choice between many hours in Committee characterised by filibuster and slow progress , and a number of hours in Committee in which we make reasonable progress . |
| 18 | Last month that campaign attempted to interest the Health Minister , Virginia Bottomley , in the rising number of what is known in the jargon as excess winter deaths . |
| 19 | On Sunday morning ( 27 Feb. ) we were taken by Comrade Wong and the mysterious Sun ( who speaks very little English ) to the Imperial Palace Museum , which is what is known in the west as ‘ The Forbidden City ’ . |