Example sentences of "[pron] be [adv] known " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of them are well known , such as Edinburgh Castle and Stirling Castle , but we have to ensure that people are aware that some of the lesser-known sites they visit are in the care of Historic Scotland , and that they realise many more are on offer , ’ says Bill . |
| 2 | I am well known here for the checkings I make of the movement of ships . ’ |
| 3 | I am well known in much of the country by various men of standing including the Duke of Marlborough . |
| 4 | ‘ Except the fictitious character by which I am best known ! ’ |
| 5 | Women wear saris and I 'm well known for my spicy food . |
| 6 | ‘ Like all Sards , I 'm well known for my gallantry . ’ |
| 7 | I had once given a few lessons to a nun at a convent not far from where I lived , so that I was slightly known there . |
| 8 | I knew the Mozarteum Orchestra because I had played with them as a pianist , and I was well known in Salzburg , so we had no difficulty in selling tickets . |
| 9 | I was well known as the chief editor of the Black Papers on Education ( 1969–77 ) , supposedly traditional and right wing in their views of education . |
| 10 | And er I was well known if I might say and proud of this Michael . |
| 11 | These hornitos , which are also known rather aptly as driblet cones , go on growing as long as there is both gas and lava to feed them , and they may reach a height of many metres . |
| 12 | The diverseness of their appearance gives no clue to the similarity in the origin and function of the male and female germ cells ( which are also known as gametes , or marrying cells ) . |
| 13 | The real problem is that such research reveals modes of thought and practice which are well known and constituted , but which are necessarily concealed . |
| 14 | Also , these studies did not take into account HDL levels , which are well known to be inversely related to serum triglyceride concentrations ( Hulley et al , 1980 ) . |
| 15 | For reasons which are well known , after the Section World War the International Military Tribunals at Nuremberg and Tokyo did not directly address the question of air warfare . |
| 16 | Do they happen only on routes which are well known to the driver ? |
| 17 | There are , too , very strong historical links between the city and the science ; links which are well known and well documented . |
| 18 | Phase two will be to build on the group 's strong brand names Union Locks , Lips Safes , and Pyrene fire detection all of which are well known . |
| 19 | He advises organisations to go for proven and well understood technologies to meet their basic requirements , wherever possible using architectures which are already known within the company — even if different technologies have been implemented on top . |
| 20 | The implication of this is that dividends do not carry significant new information , merely a confirmation of present conditions which are already known from other sources of information . |
| 21 | Finally , LIFESPAN ABLE will enter all modules which are already known to LIFESPAN and are on active DCs . |
| 22 | Hockett ( 1958 ) describes Hopi as having three main ‘ tenses ’ : the first is used to express timeless truths , as in ‘ The sun is round ’ ; the second is used in connection with events which are either known or presumed to be known , as in ‘ Paris is the capital of France ’ ; and the third is used for events which are in the realm of uncertainty , as in ‘ They will arrive tomorrow ’ . |
| 23 | In fact , petitions — which are scarcely known before 1272 — quickly became so numerous that by 1280 most were being redirected to the appropriate departments of royal government ( the exchequer and the chancery above all ) and only the remainder were dealt with by the king . |
| 24 | They provide a way in which the student can cover up his true self by finding a vocabulary acceptable to most people and a set of facts which are generally known among people generally considered to be generally educated . |
| 25 | The front of the thigh is composed of four muscles which are collectively known as the quadriceps . |
| 26 | But there are other recurring fingerprints — melodic motifs , rhythmic patterns , harmonic progressions — the secrets of which are perhaps known only to a handful of Shostakovich 's oldest and closest friends . |
| 27 | But they did n't confine their speculations to bacterial transposons — or even to plants and fruit-flies , which are now known to harbour similar transposable elements . |
| 28 | The diets of older people will often consist of foods favoured in their younger days , but which are now known to be deleterious to health . |
| 29 | Particularly interesting is the continuity into the Roman period of the characteristic Iron-Age circular house , several examples of which are now known in the small towns ( fig. 2 A–C ) . |
| 30 | If z describes market conditions which are only known to the incumbent , then the results above tell us that the entrants gradually get to learn the incumbent 's private information . |