Example sentences of "is [adv] know [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Sub-littoral is mostly known as the submerged seas over the Continental Shelf ( see diagram ) . |
2 | One thing , however , that is widely known about my snooker is that I am never more dangerous than when being profoundly humiliated . |
3 | Most people , indeed , are unwilling to talk of ‘ crime ’ when they discuss breach of pollution regulations : this sort of language is considered appropriate only where clearly blameworthy conduct exists — where there is a calculated breach of regulation , or where the polluting substance concerned is widely known to be dangerous and there was carelessness or recklessness in handling it . |
4 | Pople is widely known for his contributions to bonding theory and the development of computer programs in quantum mechanics . |
5 | Our present minister for finance , Mr Klaus , is widely known as The Playboy . |
6 | The rabbit is widely known as an inoffensive creature . |
7 | The Cobra , normally a non-aggressive animal , is widely known as ‘ the good snake ’ . |
8 | THE purging of dissidents from any organisation is widely known as a ‘ night of the long knives ’ — and not without good reason . |
9 | Her identity is widely known in the village , but her wishes are respected and her name will not be revealed here She is the last of a long line of illustrious cheesemakers and her regular clients can only hope that she will pass on her expertise to the next generation . |
10 | The Crusade successfully united all women to the right of the Christian Democrats , while the Front is unofficially known to be controlled by the ultra-right ARENA Party . |
11 | Because of the limited recruitment and early retirements in recent years , most of their teachers will come from what is loosely known as the ‘ Sixties generation ’ . |
12 | ‘ As Scotland is little known to the greater part of those who may read these observations , it is not superfluous to relate that under the name Aberdeen are comprised two towns standing about a mile distant from each other , but governed , I think , by the same magistrates . ’ |
13 | John Ferguson , the Canberra Raiders wing who lines up against Widnes tonight in the Foster 's World Club Challenge , is little known outside rugby league circles , but within the game he commands a whispered respect his more famous namesakes might envy . |
14 | Despite his wide range of achievements , Dall 's name is little known outside of a few groups of specialists . |
15 | Although Bain is little known outside a small circle of science historians , his inventions were myriad . |
16 | As a result of our involvement , however , it would appear that the NCT is little known at either a national or local level . |
17 | He is little known as a teacher , or as a local preacher , but in fact his first choice of occupation upon leaving school , in Holland , was — to use his own words — ‘ School-mastering and the Church ’ , which occupations he thought were the only professions worthy of consideration . |
18 | Although he is little known in Britain , Mr Ryder appears to be developing into an influential international figure in the regulation of nuclear safety . |
19 | It is of flamboyant design , and is locally known as Wainhouse Tower . |
20 | 30 years on , Hay is justifiably known as ’ The Town of Books , ’ with 25 bookshops competing for business from one million visitors a year . |
21 | What you have made is one of the very simplest double bed slip patterns , which is confusingly known as ‘ Pin-Tuck ’ . |
22 | Trustee Bradford Eastman Phillips , retired president of Totes rain gear company and a member of the $1 million-plus club , took title to the Great Hall , which is henceforth known as the Phillips Hall . |
23 | The cause is only known to mathematicians and philosophers constantly engaged in the study of infinity . |
24 | But one chromosome may be missing ( this is only known in humans in the form XO ( = Y chromosome missing ) which produces a specific syndrome of sexual and other effects known as the Turner syndrome ) . |
25 | One of these , the Blacksmith s Arms , is familiarly known as the Bombers , from its wartime associations with Melbourne airfield , built partly on Seaton Ross Common . |
26 | Spiers was trained in the Gothic school , but Bolton , who knew him well , insists that he never referred to any buildings of his own and little is apparently known about his work as an architect . |
27 | Andrew Morton became a millionaire , thanks to the runaway success of ‘ that book ’ as his Diana : Her True Story is apparently known in royal circles . |
28 | Rudbeckia fulgida deamii is better known as black-eyed Susan |
29 | The lowest price submitted for the work , £232,024 , was from John Kelk of No. 13 South Street , Grosvenor Square , who had already carried out some work for the Government , but is better known as a railway contractor . |
30 | The last Viscount Stansgate is better known as what ? |