Example sentences of "be known [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're known as Mal and Dan , which is probably as well . |
| 2 | They 're known as McCoys , they 're Branagan crisp , or K P ones . |
| 3 | I , I think we 'd have more effect if , if we 'd erm gave them in at the shop where we 're known by sight . |
| 4 | We 've got a lot of educational stuff for children , erm we 're running a series of what are known as Pittstops , which is workshops for children at the Pitt Rivers Museum , all on a rainforest theme , erm rainforest collage , rainforest dance , rainforest masks and rainforest stories . |
| 5 | The top pair never fastens , are known as dress buttons . |
| 6 | For example , some bonds might not pay coupons at all ( such bonds are called zero-coupon bonds , and they sell at a deep discount to their par values since all the reward from holding the bond comes in the form of capital gain rather than income ) ; some bonds make coupon payments that change over time , e.g. because they are linked to current market interest rates ( variable rate bonds or floating rate notes ) or to an index such as the retail price index ( index-linked bonds ) ; and some bonds make coupon payments only if the income generated by the firm that issued the bonds is sufficient , ( such bonds are known as income bonds ; unlike other bond-holders , an income bond-holder can not put the firm into liquidation if a coupon payment is not paid ) . |
| 7 | Hand-knotted rugs are known as pile rugs , or simply as rugs , and are generally regarded as the most important and aesthetically satisfying manifestations of the oriental rug-maker 's art . |
| 8 | These are known as candidate keys . |
| 9 | Orc leaders are known as Boss Orcs , but even Boss Orcs fight amongst themselves to decide which of them is the overall leader . |
| 10 | That their duvet cover is made of the Russian flag and the Union Jack can be passed by ; better are such details as the fact that Russians call spam ‘ Roosevelt smile ’ ; the question of whether Down 's syndrome chidren are known as Mongols in the USSR , and a dispute over private medicine : ‘ You think I 've fled 1,000 miles from scientific communism just to live with Mrs Engels ? ’ asks Slava . |
| 11 | They are known as ramblers . |
| 12 | The mammals are known as Marsupials , or pouched animals . |
| 13 | In South America they are known as army ants , in Africa as drivers . |
| 14 | Residential Homes provided by the regional councils are known as Part iv accommodation . |
| 15 | For this reason , such changes are known as biotransformation rather than detoxification . |
| 16 | Such patterns are known as gratings . |
| 17 | Members of the Institute are known as ACIS ( associate ) and can ultimately become an FCIS ( fellow ) . |
| 18 | Some are undoubtedly produced when ropy strands or shreds of sticky lava are flung up out of the vent , twisting and turning slightly in the air before falling back to earth ; these are known as rope or ribbon bombs , and they may be as much as one metre long . |
| 19 | This is supported by the large range of so-called ‘ Motto beakers ’ produced in the Rhineland , and especially at Trier where they are known as Spruchbecher . |
| 20 | Uterine contractions occur throughout pregnancy , and are known as Braxton-Hicks contractions . |
| 21 | The 7000 and 10000 series ‘ Lasers ’ are known as Neons for the present — they use the NVAX microprocessor — but become Rubys when configured with Alpha RISC Alpha processors clocked at 150MHz to 200MHz . |
| 22 | The thinnest crusts are known as desert varnish . |
| 23 | Bonds issued and/or traded in the UK in a currency other than sterling are known as eurobonds . |
| 24 | In Amsterdam and Copenhagen these brownies are known as Kabouters or Kaboutermannikins . |
| 25 | When cool , these splodges look like the brown steaming splodges observed near cows on pastureland , so they are known as cow-pats . |
| 26 | A whole group of South American birds related to tanagers are known as flower-piercers , for they do exactly that . |
| 27 | The attendant females are known as aunties , though nannies might be a better term , for although these birds are successful breeders , they may be quite unrelated to the majority of their charges . |
| 28 | Arrestments can be lodged after Decree with employers and these are known as earnings arrestments . |
| 29 | These are known as laser discs because the signal is read by a laser beam which decodes variations in reflected light imprinted on the disc . |
| 30 | These caves are known as pit-caves ; and the pits themselves form courtyards . |