Example sentences of "group of [noun] known [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cock-of-the-rock belongs to a group of birds known as the cotingas , closely related to the manakins . |
| 2 | There were strict controls over the export of capital and the City 's ability to invest abroad ( outside the group of countries known as the Overseas Sterling Area and consisting to a large extent of former members of the Empire ) was restricted . |
| 3 | Each is a member of the group of companies known as the Gomba Group . |
| 4 | At the posterior margin of the chick limb bud there is a small group of cells known as the polarizing region . |
| 5 | The group of congregations known as the Sheffield circuit ( which embraced north Derbyshire and most of South Yorkshire , including Doncaster ) had only 910 members in 1773 and only 1,070 members nine years later . |