Example sentences of "known [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not known where the papingo was placed to be shot at but it was probably on top of the old steeple of the parish church ( demolished in 1721 ) or on the roof of the tolbooth which stood in High Street , between the Town 's House and the Cross . |
| 2 | Neither is it known where the accoutrements were kept . |
| 3 | It is not known where the Gospel was written but it must have been written for a Jewish Christian community . |
| 4 | He had known where the coal was kept , and the Calor gas poker , and he had had a key — which , now that I thought about it , I should certainly have asked him to hand over to me … |
| 5 | ’ He must have known where the phetam went in the first stage , ’ Mala said . |
| 6 | W.H. Chaloner writes that during eight years between '58 & '67 a total of 904 tons of ore were made ready for smelting ; Sir Michael le Fleming , the new Lord , receiving dues amounting to £376 : 15s. : 0d. it is not known where the main ore dressing floor was located but it was probably on the site of the 19th century floors — near the present youth hostel . |
| 7 | Had she known where the husband 's parish was , Theodora asked herself ? |
| 8 | For the next hour Fabia was alternately angry that he could take her to such heights only to call a halt when she responded too readily , and despair that he had made such a nonsense of her that she had n't known where the dickens she was . |
| 9 | This is much less well known than the standard image of Poland as a nation constantly overrun by hostile forces . |
| 10 | Over the Golden Gate bridge are the hills of northern Sonoma County and the town of Healdsburg , less well known than the Napa and Sonoma but the wine centre for three valleys — Dry Creek , Russian River and the Alexander , all major viticulture locations . |
| 11 | Curiously enough , the Locks at Foxton are much better known than the Inclined Plane . |
| 12 | Less well known than the cobra eye-spot display is a similar action by certain kinds of toads . |
| 13 | I remain convinced to this day that the Caplans of South Portland Street , were better known than the Barretts of Wimpole Street . |
| 14 | The fortifications of the town are no better known than the streets . |
| 15 | She was content to let it wash over her , occasionally noticing , like someone with a different first language , the way they laughed at things she did n't see the humour of , were made angry by perfectly innocent-sounding newspaper articles , discussed people she had never heard of as if they were better known than the Royal Family . |
| 16 | The series has become a bit of a cult in the UK , with Victor becoming much better known than the actor who plays him , Richard Wilson . |
| 17 | Had I known that the previous year , I could have made a good case to contest the abolition of my old job . |
| 18 | And last Monday Dr Harold Varmus let it be known that the thrill of winning the Nobel Prize for Medicine in the morning was as nothing compared with being at Candlestick Park in the evening to see the Giants take the National League pennant for the first time in 27 years . |
| 19 | It is well known that the personal characteristics of a participant observer affect their research practice ( see Hunt 1984 ; Warren 1988 ; Warren and Rasmussen 1977 ; Wax 1979 ) , and that being female brings its own problems in the field . |
| 20 | They have written that ‘ It is well known that the great Soviet pedagogue , A. S. Makarenko , succeeded in forming a genuine Soviet collective of charges only after a Komsomol organization was established in his colony . ’ |
| 21 | Phoebe , in fairness , could not have known that the maths teacher , shamed in public , should take to hating Maggie with a spiteful glee , though she would probably not have cared if she had . |
| 22 | And when Hampson brought the Leeds hooker , Colin Maskill , to the ground with just such a tackle he must have known that the rest of his season would be cut short . |
| 23 | But Mr Lawson must have known that the timing of his words meant he was going much further than that . |
| 24 | It was well known that the foreman and the shop steward in question were always in dispute , and it appeared to the majority that the foreman had , in fact , set him up to get rid of him and to settle an old account . |
| 25 | A doctor was out of the question , Isabel would never see doctors , had always been in rude health , had not , indeed , wanted to call the doctor to Faith , until her colour had changed and , by her breathing , they had known that the illness was grave . |
| 26 | This is not the only case in which it is known that the egg contains a special localized material which causes cells containing it to follow a particular path of differentiation . |
| 27 | It is known that the sea is cruel , but it is also humourless , so few laughs are prompted by this book and after some glum pages it is easy to crave even the schoolboy humour of Stephen Leacock 's skit , Soaked in Seaweed . |
| 28 | It is known that the Tory machine is particularly disappointed with the way that its messages on ‘ constitutional ’ issues such as Europe have failed to come across . |
| 29 | According to Brian Sewell , art critic of the Evening Standard , it was well known that the Royal Collection had once contained a number of pornographic drawings by Leonardo . |
| 30 | Had he known that the man should be allowed to father his children ? |