Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] were know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No suitable drugs for this purpose were known before 1950 , and the exact identity of the transmitter itself presented difficulties . |
| 2 | Holes in the ground for preserving ice were known in Italy in 1580 , and Sir Francis Bacon died from a chill in 1626 after testing his theory that stuffing a chicken with ice would preserve it . |
| 3 | This highlights another paradox of Soviet experience — the fact that the main elements of the growing economic crisis were known to Soviet officials and Western specialists long before they became part of the public political agenda on either side of the iron curtain . |
| 4 | The enclosed fields of the manorial lord were known as the demesne . |
| 5 | Young ladies being presented for the first time were known as debutantes . |
| 6 | The learned men of that school were known as doctors plus epithets : the Angelic Doctor , the Sublime Doctor and so forth . |
| 7 | The sandstone rocks along its western side were known to be porous , but the engineers predicted that the pores would be blocked by silt . |
| 8 | He says that the message from those giving evidence was that they should have been told what the situation was — that terreorist were known to be active in the region . |