Example sentences of "[pron] be known as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because there are no constraints placed upon the timing of the volunteer 's activities in such a time-free environment , these are called free-running experiments and the rhythms measured during them are known as free-running rhythms . |
| 2 | In particular the branch of geometry which studies any smooth curved surface , which is known as differential geometry , has been applied with great success and has produced both new insights into correct statistical theory and has also produced many important new results . |
| 3 | In some cases metals are actually strengthened by this process , which is known as cold working . |
| 4 | Notably , he ran up against director Henry Hathaway who was known as one of the toughest directors in the business , and Hopper had a minor role in From Hell to Texas . |
| 5 | We 're , we 're known as upper class teenagers . |
| 6 | The extra revenue , extra cost , lost revenue and saved cost are relevant to the decision to be made ; they are known as relevant costs . |
| 7 | This chapter will be concerned with the most straightforward kinds of pyroclastic deposits : those which are made up of fragments which have simply been shot up into the air and fallen back down again , so they are known as pyroclastic fall deposits . |
| 8 | Such enzymes do exist — they are known as reverse transcriptases — but they are generally believed to be exclusive to RNA viruses , which need them to transcribe their RNA genes into DNA for replication inside cells . |
| 9 | Officially , in the neutral world of the meteorologists , they are known as tropical revolving storms — the most energetic and destructive of all the planet 's natural surface phenomena . |
| 10 | Finally there will be a careful check on the ability of fishermen applying for day tickets , and unless they are known as serious carp anglers they will not get the slightest chance of a day on the lake . |
| 11 | Some backward tribes inhabited the remoter mountains and jungles but the main population was of the same race ; today they are known as Vietnamese but then the outside world knew them as Annamites or Annamese . |
| 12 | Andesites come halfway between basalts and granites in almost every property : silica content , density , colour and so on , so they are known as intermediate rocks . |
| 13 | , c ( They are known as Maximum Elevation Figures ( MEF ) and are not safety heights ) . |
| 14 | It 's known as Fat Albert after a comic strip character . |
| 15 | Fundamental analysis is also known as investment analysis in the UK , while in the USA it is known as financial analysis or securities analysis . |
| 16 | This phenomenon also arises in the field of insurance where it is known as adverse selection . |
| 17 | More commonly , however , it is known as Absolute Idealism . |
| 18 | This treatment may be given by mouth ( when it is known as oral rehydration therapy or ORT ) or directly into the bloodstream in more serious cases . |
| 19 | This pattern of acquired dyslexia is also seen : it is known as phonological dyslexia . |
| 20 | He 's known as Mad Jack inside , you know . ’ |
| 21 | At this period it was known as Upper Hailing Place and was the residence of the Rev. James Formby . |
| 22 | Along with Defence Secretary Dick Cheney he was known as one of the administration 's leading pessimists concerning the political future of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev . |
| 23 | Police had not named the man last night , but locals said he was known as Big Leo , of Thorntree . |
| 24 | Making comparisons between species involves identifying what are known as homologous structures . |
| 25 | This group , which included what are known as rural or quasi-samurai , was particularly numerous in a few important domains , such as Satsuma and Chóshú . |
| 26 | A good example of this arises in the study of children 's reasoning , particularly in their ability to make what are known as transitive inferences . |
| 27 | VAT is charged on what are known as taxable supplies . |
| 28 | Another stratification system based just as exclusively on ascribed status attributes is characteristic of what are known as age-set societies . |
| 29 | Deviations from this basic order may be useful , particularly with regard to what are known as differential facets and common facets . |
| 30 | The 1974 Labour Government insisted that what are known as long-term benefits , such as old-age pensions and invalidity benefit , should increase in line with prices or earnings , whichever was the more advantageous for the claimants . |