Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adv] known in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew the Mozarteum Orchestra because I had played with them as a pianist , and I was well known in Salzburg , so we had no difficulty in selling tickets . |
| 2 | Mrs Tansley says it is over 58 years since she made her debut in opera and she never did any more , though she is well known in villages in the Guisborough area where her talent has been in demand at concerts . |
| 3 | ‘ She was well known in Aspull and it had been said she had a heart of gold . ’ |
| 4 | In favour of the latter explanation is the sudden appearance of the Cretan round tomb in about 3000 BC : they are not known in Crete before that time . |
| 5 | They were well known in Shakespeare 's time , for in A Midsummer Night 's Dream , Titania remarks about a period of unseasonable weather : |
| 6 | Wilson knew that some visiting Americans had let it be widely known in Florence that they considered Mrs Browning little more than a ghost and though she had laughed such gossip to scorn she now saw there was perhaps real cause for alarm . |
| 7 | In other words , " it is not known in advance how the environment will act upon the system and react upon system actions . |
| 8 | It is well known in Shetland that the best of the fishing skippers of old had the ability to sense the correct course to steer in fog or darkness , by invoking a sort of ‘ sixth sense ’ , and that it was n't long after the invention of the compass before that ability faded and was lost for ever . |
| 9 | It is well known in linguistics , for example , that languages vary in the way they encode perceptual phenomena such as colour ; and this variation is probably greater still in the conceptualization of abstract and cultural phenomena . |
| 10 | Ira ( as he is universally known in Washington ) inspires limitless loyalty among his subordinates . |
| 11 | Although he is little known in Britain , Mr Ryder appears to be developing into an influential international figure in the regulation of nuclear safety . |
| 12 | She told Vanity Fair that it was well known in Washington that President Bush had had an extra-marital affair . |
| 13 | It was well known in college that , barring some accident , Mr de Chavigny would take a First in his PPE Finals . |
| 14 | In civil defence terms the Scud attacks , directed as they were at civilian populations , posed a dilemma for the Israeli authorities as it was not known in advance whether the missiles would carry conventional or chemical warheads . |
| 15 | If only he had pushed his advantage home the night the Dorking brothers gave their party ( ‘ The Night of the Hundred Cans ' , as it was still known in Wimbledon ) . |
| 16 | Since he was barely known in Britain at the time , the review of the recording in the March 1947 issue of Gramophone makes no mention of Karajan himself , let alone any gratuitous remarks of the crash of boots and jingle of spurs variety . |
| 17 | He was well known in Hochhauser and several times they were stopped and she was introduced to yet another friend , another business or civic colleague . |