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

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1 In fact , Plato , who as far back as the fourth century BC had divided the sentence into what we now know as subject and predicate , used the terms ónoma and rhema ( which originally meant ‘ name ’ and ‘ saying ’ respectively ) .
2 These distinguishing devices developed in time into the system we now know as heraldry .
3 Over the centuries these became distinct in type and are now known as Night Goblins .
4 Auckland Park , he said , was now known as Sandshoe Alley because everyone up there was on his uppers .
5 Phlomis fruticosa , now known as fern sage , was another contribution from Smyrna .
6 It adjoins Scorpius , and the star now known as Sigma Libræ was formerly included in that constellation , as Gamma Scorpii .
7 When the mashing has absorbed the maximum amount of sugar , the liquid — now known as wort — is run off through the slotted base of the vessel .
8 It was also the realisation of the fundamental concept behind page description languages , in that they were originally intended to be used for creating displays rather than driving printers , and the beginning of Adobe 's attempt to create a standard for graphics systems , now known as Display PostScript .
9 Secondary education , mainly in schools now known as grammar schools , was available nationally for 20% of children over the age of eleven , with pronounced regional variations .
10 The National Old People 's Welfare Council , now known as Age Concern , coordinates and encourages the activities of a vast number of local groups concerned with old people 's welfare .
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