Example sentences of "also known [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also known as the Thumb Knot and can be used to stop the ends of rope from unravelling or as a stopper knot , for example , between beads on the necklace . |
| 2 | The pinder , whose job it was to round up stray animals and keep them in the pinfold , to be released on payment of a fine , was also known as the axeman . |
| 3 | ( Also known as the skeg . ) |
| 4 | Picasso 's Jeune Fille à la Mandoline ( also known as the Portrait of Fanny Tellier ) is not only one of the most beautiful , lyrical and accessible of all Cubist paintings , but is also a valuable document of the period . |
| 5 | Also known as the Enterprise Allowance Scam or , in some circles , Enquiring Artists ' Support . |
| 6 | The CVR , also known as the Rettig Commission after its chairman Raúl Rettig , a former Supreme Court judge , had been set up in April 1990 and had taken over 4,000 testimonies during its research . |
| 7 | This chapel , also known as the Chapel of Miracles ( Capela dos Milagres ) , is situated on the eastern side of the river which divides the city of Machico . |
| 8 | It was extended in 1885–9 to the island of Nossa Senhora da Conceição ( also known as the Loo Rock ) which has the fort on top . |
| 9 | The tour will include a look at the air force 's newest operational bomber , the B-1B , but not the radar-evading B-2 , also known as the Stealth bomber . |
| 10 | VOR provides navigational guidance — with the help of the left/right pointer ( also known as the Course Direction Indicator ) along 360° tracks TO the VOR beacon and along 360° tracks from the beacon . |
| 11 | Left : the Life L190/1 , also known as the Life DNPQ . |
| 12 | This is the rate of interest expressed in money terms and is also known as the money rate of interest . |
| 13 | On a good night you 'd have Ron Ackroyd ; Terry and Bobby ( and Bobby 's Mother ) ; Sandy and Eddie ; Big Janet ( she was always in ) ; That Awful Hugh Hapsley ; Teddy , Tiny , Leaf , Minty , Winter ; Madge , also known as The Troll ; Miss Public House ; and , of course , Mr Mortimer . |
| 14 | One way of doing this is to use the purchasing power parity ( PPP ) theory , also known as the law of one price . |
| 15 | In all of this — in matters appertaining to ‘ taste ’ , that is — there is a new kind of predatory cruelty in the air , which is now as much a part of the successful survivor ( also known as the yuppie ) as Paul Smith togs , a Betty Jackson outfit and extruded plastic or brushed aluminium accessories . |
| 16 | The only break in his time at the store , also known as the Man 's Shop , came during the Second World War when he joined the RAF and served in the Middle East . |
| 17 | By 1888 , when his biography of Max Stirner appeared , Mackay was also known as the rediscoverer of that philosopher of egoism . |
| 18 | Also known as the Alsatian , this is a progressive breed which has expanded into Switzerland . |
| 19 | Hand-polished , the range includes wardrobes , drawer chests , a dressing table and distinctive Sleigh bed — also known as the Lit Bateau . |
| 20 | The Host of the Unforgiven Dead , also known as the Sluagh , is the term used by people from the Scottish Highlands to describe the spirit world . |
| 21 | This report , also known as the Lawther Report after its chairman Professor Patrick Lawther , played down dust and airborne lead as sources of contamination . |
| 22 | The part of the cortex whose working we understand best is the primary visual cortex ( also known as the striate cortex , or area 17 ) . |
| 23 | According to Jewish calculation , the year of Leonard 's birth was 5694 , in the month of Tishri ( the biblical name is Ethanim ) , which is the first month of the religious year with several of the most important religious festivals in it : New Year 's Day itself ; the 10 Days of Penitence prior to Yom Kippur ( the Day of Atonement ) ; and the pilgrimage festival known as Succoth , also known as the Feast of Booths ( or Tabernacles or Ingathering ) which is a harvest festival , an especially colourful and joyous one traditionally , in which the priestly activities in the Temple climaxed . |
| 24 | It is the parasitic toothpick fish , a catfish of the genus Vandelia , also known as the candiru . |
| 25 | Sphagnum sub-community , also known as the Juncus squarrosus bog . |
| 26 | The FPP ( also known as the Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei ) had been formed in March 1990 not 1991 as given on p. 38646 ] by the Council of Chiefs — a 100-strong body to which ethnic-Fijian members of parliament and government nominees were now also admitted , outnumbering the traditional chiefs . |
| 27 | Also known as the Camel Leopardel , or the lybbarde , this beast was believed to be the offspring of a panther or leopard and a camel . |
| 28 | The NGC is a coalition of the three rebel factions , namely : ( i ) the Khmers Rouges ( also known as the Party of Democratic Kampuchea , Khieu Samphan pres. , Son Sen vice-pres. , considerable influence wielded by Pol Pot , Ieng Sary , Ta Mok and Nuon Chea ) ; ( ii ) the Khmer People 's National Liberation Front ( KPNLF , Son Sann pres. ) ; and ( iii ) the Sihanoukists ( also known as the United National Front for an Independent , Neutral , Peaceful and Co-operative Cambodia — Funcinpec , Norodom Ranaridh l . ) . |
| 29 | Also known as the COCKATRICE it has a cock 's comb on its head and it is born from an egg laid by a rooster and hatched by a snake . |
| 30 | Expert Dr Rick Vetter said : ‘ The Brown Recluse — also known as the Violin Spider because of its shape — is more dangerous than the notorious Black Widow . |