Example sentences of "[pers pn] be known in [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One agent I met with admitted that I was known in the business as a ‘ bit of a cheap turn ’ . |
| 2 | Carol 's dancing and her sister Suzette 's acting provided the inspiration for the Minogue sisters — Danielle or Dannii as she was known in the clan was also showing signs of talent — and the pair loved nothing better than play acting at home . |
| 3 | Erm as I say we are known in the village and this is , er this is what it 's all about . |
| 4 | They are known in the Toraja language as " Most Holy Penis " and " Most Sacred Vagina " — though they would more accurately translate into a lighter vernacular . |
| 5 | IBM Corp 's Digital Domain Inc special effects — FX as they are known in the trade — company , which brings the company together with writer , director and producer James Cameron , Academy Award winning character creator Stan Winston and special visual effects studio executive Scott Ross ( CI No 2,116 ) will locate its facilities in the Los Angeles area and plans to combine the latest digital technology with a unique ‘ creator interactive ’ philosophy , IBM says , offering a full range of special visual effects services for feature films , television , commercials and simulator attractions ; high resolution moving images will fundamentally change applications and their development as we know them today , IBM reckons . |
| 6 | The feature cars , as they are known in the Department , are one of the tramway 's brightest assets . |
| 7 | Cloudberries , or knoutberries as they 're known in the Dales , studded the moor , set amongst the dark fleshy green leaves like clusters of red beads . |
| 8 | " Take Tristram along as a younker , and let it be known in the village you 're doing so . |
| 9 | In the words of one politician , ‘ given that the major public utilities are under constant political attack , it is in the interests of the chairmen to have the minister broadly defending the industry and not letting it be known in the ways the minister has at his disposal that he basically agrees with the critics ’ ( fieldnotes ) . |
| 10 | Sir Alan has in the past written about his deep misgivings over intervention and has recently let it be known in the City that he believes the economy is at last showing signs of pronounced slowdown , a view not fully shared by the Treasury . |
| 11 | PortKnox , or LapSecure , as it 's known in the States , gives you a very high level of protection . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | VHAF , as it is known in the trade , is being given a rigorous fitness test by the Football League Playing Surfaces Committee . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | It was known in the village as the Island Area . |
| 20 | Thus practice and theory were often far apart , in this and in other ways , even in the classical feudalism , feudalism as it was known in the north of France between the ninth and the twelfth century . |
| 21 | It was known in the phrase of black journalistic humour as the " dead man shift " . |
| 22 | He was known in every bar and diner in town , and tolerated in most . |
| 23 | He was known in the West , he said , he was supported in his agony by many thousands , he was comforted by their distant communion . |