Example sentences of "[adj] be know of the " in BNC.

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1 Little is known of the relative efficacy and toxicity of different strains .
2 Less is known of the Dani 's fate , but let us suppose that Whitley 's worst fears are justified ( 1989 : 18 ) .
3 He 's one of the most famous names in fashion but little is known of the man himself .
4 Little is known of the general effects of oil on the distribution of small cetaceans .
5 Little is known of the activities at Pitts Mill ; presumably it was run in conjunction with its neighbour .
6 Little is known of the visit other than that Mozart appeared before the Bavarian Elector Maximilian III Joseph .
7 Little is known of the history of the tower , which is part of a late 13th-century fortified manor house , but the remarkable paintings — ranging from biblical subjects to scenes of everyday rural life — tell a fascinating story of their own .
8 Little is known of the inhabitants of the old manor house with its interesting architecture in the centre of the village , but the oddly named Hanging Grimston is within the parish , and here the Bouchier family lived in what must have been a grand castle with cottages nearby , and owned much land .
9 Little is known of the ‘ cottage countess ’ but there is no evidence of her surprise at seeing Burghley House , or her supposed decline under the aristocratic social pressures which Tennyson alludes to .
10 Relatively little is known of the first great temples , which were built between 2000 and 1900 BC and destroyed by earthquakes in 1700 BC , except that they stood on the same sites as the later temples .
11 LITTLE is known of the interdecadal variability in the thermohaline circulation of the world 's oceans , yet such knowledge is essential as a background to studies of the effects of natural and anthropogenic climate change .
12 These molecules are involved in low-affinity homophilic and/or heterophilic recognition , but little is known of the physical basis for these interactions .
13 Instead , they reflect how little is known of the demographic processes ( such as root mortality ) that control below-ground carbon and nutrient cycling , and the relationship between root demography and the soil environment .
14 Little is known of the ecological context of the afropithecin fossils , but while the best record is again from Maboko Island , there is some doubt about the ecological interpretation of this site .
15 Unfortunately , little is known of the south wing , but it has a very similar appearance to that of the north side and suffers from the disadvantage of facing north , which precludes any possibility of the best accommodation being situated there .
16 There is still much debate as to the necessity of using toxic doses of interleukin-2 : little is known of the precise mechanism by which it causes tumour regression , and many healthcare professionals seem reluctant to change from protocols that have shown some benefit in terms of survival and tumour response .
17 This reading of events gains some support from what little is known of the council 's role during April , before Gloucester and the prince reached London .
18 Unfortunately , after the Romans left in the 4th century , very little is known of the inhabitants of the area until the arrival of the Normans in the 11th century .
19 Of those families with documented familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , however , only about half have identifiable mutations related to the β-myosin heavy chain gene , and little is known of the incidence of genetic abnormalities in non-familial cases .
20 Very little is known of the ecology or adaptations of periantarctic beetles , grass aphids or thrips .
21 Although reasonable surmises may be made concerning the effect of various properties of the coast on erosion , little is known of the precise effects which they have .
22 Little is known of the Palace during the first hundred years .
23 Even in a small economy like Scotland , little is known of the scale , structure and composition of the business community .
24 Relatively little is known of the systematic knowledge which local peoples have of forest species and dynamics , and of the various patterns of traditional extraction and their consequences , yet it may provide vital information for those concerned with effective forestry , medicine , nutrition and plant product development .
25 Little is known of the fundamental aspects of the immunology of chronic infection versus acute infection in giardiasis .
26 This reading of events gains some support from what little is known of the council 's role during April , before Gloucester and the prince reached London .
27 Little is known of the life cycle or effects of members of this genus , but they are not considered serious pathogens .
28 Little is known of the epidemiology .
29 Of the three Strongylus species , least is known of the larval migration of S. equinus .
30 Much is known about the metal artefacts produced in the British Bronze Age , but until recently very little was known of the copper sources exploited ( see Chapter 4 ) .
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