Example sentences of "known as [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Shepherd Gallery has discovered a terracotta self-portrait bust by the great turn-of-the century actress Sarah Bernhardt , who is less well known as a talented sculptress .
2 At temperatures above 374° C and pressures above 218 atmospheres , water becomes what is known as a supercritical fluid , with some of the characteristics of both a liquid and gas , and is able to dissolve almost anything .
3 The Shah was not known as a great listener — not as least to Iranians .
4 This series of moves forward along the hole is what is known as a multiple dig , but some people prefer to dig a trench all the way along the burrow until the ferret is reached .
5 Yet , on April 28 , one of Lord Arran 's senior advisers published an article which started by saying that ‘ Northern Ireland ’ is well known as a successful food producing region with innovative manufacturers and efficient farmers . ’
6 Erm within the limits of his repertoire he 'll shift his accent down towards that that of the workers erm shows them cooperation and that 's known as a downward convergence .
7 The Cotswolds MP was known as a political firebrand , and often got himself into trouble by speaking his mind .
8 A solicitors ' incorporated practice allowed under the Rules will be known as a recognised body .
9 Michael is what used to be known as a righteous dope fiend .
10 The training process is supported by a work tool known as a Personal Development Manager .
11 Thereafter he became better known as a forensic scientist achieving such professional distinctions as presidency of the Medico-Legal Society and of the Forensic Science Society ( of which Grant was a founder member and secretary ) .
12 The Dowsons ' place was known as a good meat shop .
13 He had been married to my mother for fifteen years and had been called a bad husband , whereas she had been what is known as a good wife .
14 Er , if you get known as a good supply teacher you 'll get the work to begin with , you might only get an odd day .
15 it was er now it was , now at the start of the new town er present East Kilbride a new town , it was known as a new town and it was just starting to build up .
16 The set-up with the smaller hook is completely free of lead , which is known as a free-line rig .
17 The prescribed notification form A/B ( other than in the air and maritime transport sectors ) requests the Commission either to declare that the agreement does not fall within Article 85(1) , which is known as a negative clearance , or to grant an exemption pursuant to Article 85(3) .
18 We became known at that time as a labour school and still later , we were known as a farmer-labour school .
19 A provides a context for B but B serves to provide context for A. These are known as local features , and that 's known as a global feature .
20 The suggested settlement , known as a multi-function polis ( MFP ) , was sponsored by Japan and involved more than 100 Japanese companies .
21 Most of the land is low and flat — that 's why Luxembourg is known as a Low Country , along with the other two Benelux countries .
22 An author of over 1,200 published opinions , Brennan was known as a strong opponent of the death penalty , a proponent of minority and women 's rights , and a believer in a broad interpretation of the Constitution .
23 This is one of the group of ‘ grey geese ’ which is well known as a wintering bird on the mainland of Britain , and almost the whole of the European population breeds in Iceland .
24 But those who could speak English spoke no Welsh aloud in Shrewsbury in those days , for feeling was running all the higher because the two races bred and mingled so closely here , and it was well to be known as a loyal king 's man , and indulge other sympathies only in low voices round the hearth , or better still , in silence within the heart .
25 Scalfaro had succeeded was Interior Minister in 1983-87 , and was known as a committed Catholic and anti-communist .
26 She reminded him of someone he had known as a young man .
27 He had been brought up in Weatherbury , and was well known as a young soldier with a great interest in girls .
28 This structure is known as a binary tree , and neatly encodes the mid-point information needed for searching .
29 A relation with two attributes is known as a binary relation .
30 You can protect yourself against future rises in interest rates by means of a hedging instrument known as a forward rate agreement , or FRA .
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