Example sentences of "which [be] know " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the ‘ underground spring , so to speak ’ of the properties of a thing which are known to us by our senses . |
| 2 | Besides the interests in land which are known as estates , and which , when they are present estates , give a right to possession of the land , English law , like other systems , recognizes rights of a more restricted kind . |
| 3 | Many of these references indicate that the process originated in Asia Minor , in particular the region of Phrygia , near zinc ore deposits which are known to have been worked in antiquity . |
| 4 | The replacement of one S+ centre by isoelectronic carbon leads to two possible rings , which are known as dithiadiazoles . |
| 5 | Thus the warming and the movement of water help to give rise to climate , which is immensely complex ; and the day-to-day fluctuations which are known as ‘ weather ’ are extraordinarily difficult to predict in detail , more than a few hours ahead . |
| 6 | They may be at risk because of identifiable genetic disorders which are known to be present , or because of the age of the mother . |
| 7 | It contains a number of impurities the sum of which are known as water hardness salts . |
| 8 | It was the first of a series of compounds which are known as the ‘ tricyclic antidepressants ’ , because their chemical structure contains three rings and distinguishes them from the monoamine oxidase inhibitors . |
| 9 | Those essences which are known to stimulate clarity of thought ( rosemary , basil , peppermint ) produced more beta brainwaves indicating a state of mental alertness . |
| 10 | The nature of the inhibitory factor or factors in the diabetic serum is not understood , but a likely contender would be lipid peroxides which are known to inhibit prostacyclin production and to be elevated in diabetic plasma . |
| 11 | A layer of gases , including those which are known as the greenhouse gases , surrounds the Earth . |
| 12 | They comprised two operatic arias sung by the tenor Jean de Reszke , which are known to have been recorded in Paris on 22nd April 1905 . |
| 13 | The Dragon Project Trust is currently undertaking ‘ operation Interface ’ on dreamwork at specific sites which are known to have , for example , magnetic or radiation anomalies . |
| 14 | Plastics , wood and chlorine are just some of the components of waste which , when burnt , generate compounds called dioxins , extremely toxic substances which are known to cause cancer in animals . |
| 15 | Although the benefits of dietary fibre are still in the process of scientific investigation , we want to make sure that you do n't miss out on any of the advantages , both those which are known and those still to be fully revealed . |
| 16 | In this connection it is interesting that high temperatures , strong sunlight and certain types of radiation destroy homoeopathic potencies , and that these are agents which are known to destroy long-chain polymers . |
| 17 | Of some books which are known from records and letters to have existed , no copies at all are known to have survived . |
| 18 | A typical example are musical instruments , in particular lyres , which are known from four burials , Bergh Apton ( Norfolk ) , Morningthorpe ( Norfolk ) the well-furnished barrow burials of Sutton Hoo mound 1 and Taplow ( Bruce-Mitford 1970 ; Lawson 1978 ) . |
| 19 | In other words , psychiatrists have used as their analogy disorders such as Huntington 's chorea or Alzheimer 's disease , which are known ( or can be assumed ) to have a discrete organic cause in the nervous system and which are like other infective or degenerative physical diseases , except that they happen to affect the brain . |
| 20 | Simple , amusing stories presented in various styles including cartoons , which are known and loved by all children . |
| 21 | As schools increase in their heterogeneity , those that serve areas where there is a concentration of disadvantage will watch helpless as the more motivated , more able , more ambitious children move to the favoured schools , leaving them to cope with the rest , and worse , suffer the ignominy of having their results on national tests published , protected only by a general statement from the local authority , indicating ‘ the nature of socio-economic and other influences which are known to affect schools ’ ( Task Group on Assessment and Testing , para 134 ) . |
| 22 | It was probably for this reason that we missed some of the more esoteric waders like broad-billed sandpiper and jack snipe which are known to nest in this area . |
| 23 | These are the cases which are known to everyone . |
| 24 | We thus establish Sylvester 's theorem for the expansion of P(A) , viz. unc where unc The unit rank matrices unc which are known as the constituent matrices of A , have interesting and important properties . |
| 25 | However , products which are known to be available on request may receive better ongoing coverage in the media simply because they are useful for photography . |
| 26 | The names and dates of birth of all parents of case and control children ( regardless of whether or not they were interviewed ) were cross checked against three databases of employees held by the nuclear industry , the completeness and accuracy of which are known to be high . |
| 27 | It has been well established that death rates are highly correlated with the incidence of chronic diseases which are known to justify health service intervention . |
| 28 | But following discussions with the DoH , the SSD is now planning to write direct to those authorities which are known to have recruited some of the former workers . |
| 29 | Until the mid-730s he is described only as king of the Mercians but in an important charter of 736 concerning the granting of land in the territory of the Hwicce , the oldest Mercian original text to survive , Aethelbald is variously ‘ king not only of the Mercians but also of all the provinces which are known by the general name South Angles ’ , ‘ king of the South Angles ’ and ‘ king of Britain' ( CS 154 : S 89 ) . |
| 30 | There is no reference in the report to Offa 's undertaking to Theophylact and George to send money every year to Rome for the support of the poor and provision of lights , the details of which are known only from Pope Leo 's letter to Coenwulf in 798 . |