Example sentences of "known but [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The composition of the lower continental crust is less well known but probably consists mainly of granulite , an intermediate to basic rock formed in very high pressure and temperature environments and containing mostly calcium-rich feldspars and pyroxene . |
| 2 | Physical weathering encompasses a range of mechanisms , the relative effectiveness of which are not accurately known but clearly vary significantly as a function of environmental conditions . |
| 3 | Marry , so there have been diverse good plots devised and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm , but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land that no purposes whatsoever are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect , which whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil , or the influence of the stars , or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation , or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still , for some secret scourge which shall by her come unto England , it is hard to be known but yet much to be feared . |
| 4 | The medical consequences of high alcohol consumption are well known but even doctors are reluctant to use the term " alcoholism " because it may be seen as a personal insult rather than as a justifiable clinical diagnosis . |
| 5 | This in-depth tour gives you the chance to visit Burma , one of the least known but most exciting destinations in Asia . |
| 6 | Anagrams and crosswords are well known but generally do n't teach spelling . |
| 7 | Just as the events themselves can be known but not the experiences which they provoked , so we can not hope to understand Eliot as he knelt in that chapel or in the presence of his God . |
| 8 | And at once they had to acknowledge what probably they had known but not wished to push before the other — that physical flutter had been their bond , certainly at first , though by now there were other more convenient linkages ; for they found each other very beautiful , very desirable . |
| 9 | Secrecy hides not only what is known but how much is unknown . |
| 10 | In the meantime , however , the Cubans sought to gain at least a breathing space by making a little known but highly significant approach to the United States . |
| 11 | Now there is more to this passage than either the story that it heralds , poignant and memorable though that is , or the condescending tone of the last sentence , for the innocence Davin embodies brings to Stephen as a brute fact from the real world the missing half of a truth which Stephen has known but so far been unable to admit even to himself , and which will go on mattering to Joyce for many years . |
| 12 | And it should be deployed : it would be his tribute to his father ; his memorial to the reticent man he had scarcely known but deeply loved , and who had died so courageously . |