Example sentences of "name by which [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The author has compiled a comprehensive illustrated history of vessels involved in oceanographic research stretching over 150 years , and appearing in alphabetical order of the name by which they were known while carrying out their work . |
| 2 | This is the Chinese name by which I have been known ever since and which is my personal ‘ chop ’ . |
| 3 | I confirm that this is the name by which I intend to be known in all my professional practices as a lawyer . |
| 4 | The name by which it became known — " The Asylum for the Support and Education of Deaf and Dumb Children of the Poor " — describes its character and the founders ' intentions . |
| 5 | Each file has a unique name by which it is accessed . |
| 6 | If this is not your first name , then you may give the name by which you are normally called . |
| 7 | Each member of the community was given a name by which he or she was addressed in the Little Academy , representing a quality which they either possessed or sought . |
| 8 | As a matter of self-preservation , he changed his name from ‘ Nguyen the Patriot ’ ( Nguyen Ai Quoc ) to ‘ He who enlightens ’ ( Ho Chi Minh ) : the name by which he is immortalized . |
| 9 | It was Wilde who christened her the ‘ Sphinx ’ , the name by which she was thereafter known to her friends . |
| 10 | Her first detective novel , The Man in the Queue , a highly accomplished piece of a work for a novice hand , was published in 1929 under the pseudonym of Gordon Daviot — the name by which she preferred to be known , in both public and private — though for her seven other works in this genre she took the name Josephine Tey . |
| 11 | Most of them have been accidentally obtained from seeds so they must not be esteemed as different species , therefore I shall only insert their common names by which they are known in gardens , that those who are inclined to collect all the varieties may be at no loss for their titles . |
| 12 | Paying public respect to eminent people is a good thing ; and using the names by which they were known is direct and refreshing . |
| 13 | In " A Description of the Western Isles , " Volume 2 , 1819 , he says " places referred to may be specific , without the necessity of having much recourse to the often dissonant Celtic and Scandinavian names by which they are marked . |
| 14 | In " A Description of the Western Isles , " Volume 2 , 1819 , he says " places referred to may be specific , without the necessity of having much recourse to the often dissonant Celtic and Scandinavian names by which they are marked . |