Example sentences of "known as a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | A set of chemical identical entities is known as a chemical skies . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Shah was not known as a great listener — not as least to Iranians . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The Cotswolds MP was known as a political firebrand , and often got himself into trouble by speaking his mind . |
| 9 | A solicitors ' incorporated practice allowed under the Rules will be known as a recognised body . |
| 10 | Michael is what used to be known as a righteous dope fiend . |
| 11 | The training process is supported by a work tool known as a Personal Development Manager . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | The Dowsons ' place was known as a good meat shop . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The set-up with the smaller hook is completely free of lead , which is known as a free-line rig . |
| 18 | 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) . |
| 19 | We became known at that time as a labour school and still later , we were known as a farmer-labour school . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The suggested settlement , known as a multi-function polis ( MFP ) , was sponsored by Japan and involved more than 100 Japanese companies . |
| 22 | They included the pop singer Lyn Paul , best known as a former member of the New Seekers , dancer Jane Summerhayes , who appeared on the London stage in A Chorus Line , his secretary Jo-Anne Robinson , another dancer , who was in the musical Billy with him , and dancer Jane Watts , who appeared in Barnum . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Scalfaro had succeeded was Interior Minister in 1983-87 , and was known as a committed Catholic and anti-communist . |
| 28 | She reminded him of someone he had known as a young man . |
| 29 | He had been brought up in Weatherbury , and was well known as a young soldier with a great interest in girls . |
| 30 | This structure is known as a binary tree , and neatly encodes the mid-point information needed for searching . |