Example sentences of "[pron] [be] know [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because there are no constraints placed upon the timing of the volunteer 's activities in such a time-free environment , these are called free-running experiments and the rhythms measured during them are known as free-running rhythms . |
| 2 | He saw this as a possible origin of the nymphs of the elements which were known in ancient times — the naiads in waterfalls , springs and streams , dryads in trees and woods , oreads in mountains and deserts , and nereids in the sea . |
| 3 | It works in a totally different way from conventional medicine , which is known to Homoeopathic practitioners as Allopathy . |
| 4 | Comprehensive evaluation of company performance over these broader activities is not available , but the little which is known about individual companies suggests that financial objectives were more important than they might appear on the surface . |
| 5 | In particular the branch of geometry which studies any smooth curved surface , which is known as differential geometry , has been applied with great success and has produced both new insights into correct statistical theory and has also produced many important new results . |
| 6 | In some cases metals are actually strengthened by this process , which is known as cold working . |
| 7 | Another witness of the charter to St Wandrille dated 1033 is King Henry I of France , who is known from other sources to have been briefly in exile with Robert at Fécamp , and according Edward the title " king of the English " would presumably have done Robert 's prestige no harm at all , as he would thus have been entertaining two exiled monarchs at the same time . |
| 8 | We 're , we 're known as upper class teenagers . |
| 9 | Over the past few years , many companies have set up contracted-out money purchase schemes — or COMPS , as they are known for short — which operate on a different principle from final salary schemes . |
| 10 | This Fact Sheet will be followed by a series of Briefing Papers for MPs , which will go beyond the facts to a description of the types of arguments that have been employed by researchers to study the causes of unemployment , including the possible effects so far as they are known of various remedies that have been proposed . |
| 11 | The extra revenue , extra cost , lost revenue and saved cost are relevant to the decision to be made ; they are known as relevant costs . |
| 12 | This chapter will be concerned with the most straightforward kinds of pyroclastic deposits : those which are made up of fragments which have simply been shot up into the air and fallen back down again , so they are known as pyroclastic fall deposits . |
| 13 | Such enzymes do exist — they are known as reverse transcriptases — but they are generally believed to be exclusive to RNA viruses , which need them to transcribe their RNA genes into DNA for replication inside cells . |
| 14 | Officially , in the neutral world of the meteorologists , they are known as tropical revolving storms — the most energetic and destructive of all the planet 's natural surface phenomena . |
| 15 | Finally there will be a careful check on the ability of fishermen applying for day tickets , and unless they are known as serious carp anglers they will not get the slightest chance of a day on the lake . |
| 16 | Some backward tribes inhabited the remoter mountains and jungles but the main population was of the same race ; today they are known as Vietnamese but then the outside world knew them as Annamites or Annamese . |
| 17 | Andesites come halfway between basalts and granites in almost every property : silica content , density , colour and so on , so they are known as intermediate rocks . |
| 18 | , c ( They are known as Maximum Elevation Figures ( MEF ) and are not safety heights ) . |
| 19 | Whether from shame or fear of the all-pervasive Mukhabarat security police , people are reluctant to talk of the four civilians in Maan who were killed - they do not use the word ‘ martyred ’ as would Palestinians on the West Bank of the river — during the ‘ sorrowful events ’ as they are known in official parlance . |
| 20 | The quality and quantity of ornament is very similar , and , although the cantharus in the angle and the aquatic scenes adjacent to the design are absent , they are known in other mosaics at Lydney , e.g. a cantharus in the mosaic of room XLI ( Wheeler 1932 , pI . |
| 21 | But despite these problems the method receives powerful support from the practical comparison of the representation of coin issues in hoards and the size of those issues where they are known from mint records . |
| 22 | The government let it be known in late May that it was planning to close the three Saharan detention camps of Reggane , Ain Salah and Ain M'guel , releasing many of those detained for their radical Islamic sympathies , and moving the others further north . |
| 23 | It 's known as Fat Albert after a comic strip character . |
| 24 | Fundamental analysis is also known as investment analysis in the UK , while in the USA it is known as financial analysis or securities analysis . |
| 25 | This phenomenon also arises in the field of insurance where it is known as adverse selection . |
| 26 | More commonly , however , it is known as Absolute Idealism . |
| 27 | This treatment may be given by mouth ( when it is known as oral rehydration therapy or ORT ) or directly into the bloodstream in more serious cases . |
| 28 | This pattern of acquired dyslexia is also seen : it is known as phonological dyslexia . |
| 29 | A full survey of the Braer will be needed before it is known for certain no oil remains , but a survey can not be carried out until the weather is suitable , which could take up to three months . |
| 30 | ‘ I DID N'T think that Chester would have a homeless problem ’ , is a comment we hear quite often , says Father Tim Dowling , Father Guardian of St Francis 's Church and Honorary Secretary of Chester Aid to the Homeless , CATH , as it is known for short , is a registered charity , which this year notches up 20 years of working with homeless people . |