Example sentences of "be [adv] know as [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 These are best known as eye pigments and comprise two groups of substances , the sulphur.free ommatins of low molecular weight and , the sulphur-containing ommins of high molecular weight .
2 Wine produced by this method is generally accepted as superior to sparklers produced by other less expensive means which are usually known as vin Mousseaux .
3 The fields are still known as South Field , West Field and Mill Field , and are registered as an Ancient Monument .
4 Since words in the closed class have a syntactic rather than a semantic role in utterances they are also known as function words .
5 These tiny , black , dried leaves are also known as cloud ears ; when soaked , they puff up to look like clouds .
6 They are also known as tax havens , a term that the centres themselves do not readily answer to for fear of exciting too much emotive attention .
7 Bacteria and blue-green algae are chemically very similar , both being of the procaryotic kind , and are often known as cyanobacteria .
8 Over the centuries these became distinct in type and are now known as Night Goblins .
9 The vocal lines of these early cantatas consist mostly of that kind of declamatory melody or nearly melodious recitative that was to be later known as arioso .
10 Non-investment grade bonds are sometimes known as junk bonds ( or high-yielding bonds ) .
11 This combination was tried among others on four prototype three-car DMUs on BR , two from BREL being Class 150 and two from Metro-Cammell being eventually known as Class 152 .
12 These were of the continuous burning vertical " type which were also known as Shaft Kilns .
13 Other highly critical reports were subsequently published following inquiries into conditions at what were then known as subnormality hospitals .
14 The campus buildings are based around five squares raised up on concrete stilts which were officially known as podia .
15 Among those present either lunching , or braving the elements to watch the match , or both , were the new Argentine Ambassador Señor Mario Campora , , she is better known as TV sports presenter Sally Jones ; Mr and Mrs Brian Jenks , whom I had enjoyed meeting at Royal Ascot earlier in the week ; , Mr Brian Morrison , he owns the Royal Berkshire Polo ground ; Major Ronald Ferguson , who runs the polo here very efficiently ; .
16 This type of afforestation is generally known as agroforestry .
17 The problem concerns what is usually known as book work — the arguments laying the basis of some subject in logical terms , and developing it to a proved law or relationship .
18 He is probably known as Champagne Tom in the office , always breaking open a bottle of bubbly to celebrate handing over a fortune to another punter .
19 It is also known as bergamot , lemon or orange mint , but to the writer , the aroma is definitely that of the famous toilet water .
20 This technique is also known as word association or the association of ideas .
21 B17 is also known as amygdalin .
22 This is also known as soil banking and involves the addition of microorganisms , nutrients , bulking agents , and/or contaminants to soil , with subsequent biodegradation occurring in the surface soil .
23 Caulophyllum is also known as squaw root because it was used by the Red Indian squaws to achieve easy childbirth .
24 Fundamental analysis is also known as investment analysis in the UK , while in the USA it is known as financial analysis or securities analysis .
25 But Famlio did n't take long to see other possibilities , in the established traditional of what is ironically known as protection .
26 With the RG1 Ribber Carriage , you can knit what is often known as bird 's eye Fair Isle .
27 This is usually called an occupational or company pension if the employer is private ; and in the public sector it is often known as superannuation .
28 In this system , which is sometimes known as absorption costing , a budget is produced in which all overheads are allocated to the activities associated with them .
29 In this system , which is sometimes known as absorption costing , a budget is produced in which all overheads are allocated to the activities associated with them .
30 This view is commonly known as Positivism and , in its heyday , was so widely diffused among social scientists that to spell it out would have seemed a mere statement of the obvious .
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