Example sentences of "[pers pn] be known in [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 But the Pussy Posse both agree that the Femidom — or the ‘ Femy ’ as it 's known in Italy and Spain — gives women the freedom to put it in beforehand , leave it in afterwards .
3 Soon after I went to Cambridge , I was diagnosed as having ALS , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , or motor neurone disease , as it is known in England .
4 The M2 , or Alligator as it is known in West German service , is a vehicle the size of an average forty-five-seater passenger coach , and is essentially a self-propelled bridging pontoon .
5 It is known in India as the ‘ Good Snake ’ .
6 His brief at the new Ministry for National Heritage — of Fun and Tourism ( Fat ) , as it is known in Whitehall — embraces the BBC .
7 How can the Secretary of State for the Environment be environmentally benign when he is introducing the Heseltax , as it is known in Wolverhampton , and disastrous standard spending assessment being inflicted on Wolverhampton ?
8 The tahki , as it is known in Mongolia , is thought to have become extinct in the wild .
9 It is known in Texas by the increasingly common term of NIMBYism — ‘ Not In My Back Yard ’ .
10 Winemark and other Independents have the Bellingham range which includes Culemborg Chenin Blanc ( or Steen as it is known in SA ) Crisp , fresh slightly off dry with a definite style of its own , £3.99 .
11 It is known in Australia as the Australian White and was first exported there in 1958 ( heifers in calf to a White Galloway ) ; it is one of the basic breeds within the Mandalong Special .
12 An order for payment of money or for the transfer of assets can not be an order intended to restore parties to transactions to their former positions unless it is known in relation to each transaction in question ( a ) who were the parties ( b ) what the nature of the transaction was and ( c ) what assets or money each party to the transaction had paid or transferred to the others .
13 Tong , as he is known in Thailand , graduated from the classic Jimmy White academy of excellence and , in taking time off from the classroom and money off mugs , he , like White , enjoyed some memorable moments .
14 It was known in advance that the companies sampled planned for at least three years in the future , frequently for longer , and that the time between making a strategic decision and the final outcome was long .
15 ‘ I bet this would go down like a lead balloon if it was known in Grantley police station .
16 He was known in Italy as the ‘ King of the Joke ’ and had his greatest critical success in Ettore Scola 's film La Famiglia .
17 The surname by which he was known in England may reflect his connection with the building of Count Philip 's castle at St Georges in the Viennois , which was nearing completion when Philip did homage there to his great-nephew , the as yet uncrowned King Edward I , during Edward 's return from crusade in 1273 .
18 His origins remain obscure : he was known in Coventry and Wiltshire , and later in Kent .
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