Example sentences of "known at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What I 'd like you to know is that when it was all over and Peter was back from America , the grave-diggers were down here on their bended knees begging him for forgiveness because they knew it was a nasty business and said had they known at the time they 'd have had nothing to do with it . ’ |
| 2 | Although the eugenic risk ( that the child of an incestuous relationship between father — daughter or brother — sister will have congenital defects ) was known at the time and was probably a factor , most of the arguments of the reformers were based on the protection of children from sexual exploitation . |
| 3 | Actual flight numbers are not known at the time of going to press . |
| 4 | He had not known at the time that they were officers of the law . |
| 5 | During his week in Cairo he managed to lay his hands on a number of newly arrived jeeps , known at the time as Willy 's Bantams , and some 3-ton Ford trucks . |
| 6 | It came from human tissues , and so could reasonably be expected to be harmless to them , unlike the synthetic antibacterial substances such as arsenicals and flavines which were the best known at the time . |
| 7 | The microbes known at the time did not pass through filters , so the nature of the material was obscure . |
| 8 | The descriptions are a mixture of quotations from texts which were already known at the time of writing , when Rahewin completed the work of Otto von Freising . |
| 9 | He was well known at the Maze Races where he took part in many heats with various friends , including Edward Wakefield , the Quaker from Moyallon . |
| 10 | As Eric Fawcett recalls , ‘ It was a polymer so unlike the polymers known at the time that no one could envisage a use for it . |
| 11 | For the general view of music-making in the Nineteenth Century is inaccurate : time has winnowed away the reputations of many of the figures best known at the time , and completely obscured the smaller fry that occupied nine-tenths of the publishers ' catalogues of those days . |
| 12 | The advantages put forward for the traditional system are that the project is fully designed before the tender and , therefore , the cost should in theory be known at the commencement of the contract . |
| 13 | They were well known at the Jade Cockatoo , for the seniors at Pinehurst were allowed to have tea in the town now and then . |
| 14 | There appeared to be no survivors and there were plenty of witnesses to swear both Greg Martin and Paula Varna were on board when the yacht sailed — Martin was well known at the marina where he kept her and Paula was a highly visible character . ’ |
| 15 | The system , known at the time as réduction François , was not accepted immediately in the Champagne community , despite being held in great esteem elsewhere and , ironically — which was most damaging of all to the Champagne industry — used to further the production of German sparkling sekt . |
| 16 | Gain attention before speaking , then make the subject known at the beginning of the conversation , not at the end when it is too late to contribute or to follow the train of thought . |
| 17 | Details of the materials in the chapel were not known at the time the official report into the £60 million blaze was put together . |
| 18 | SBC Securities Ltd , known at the time as SBCI Savory Milln Ltd agreed to underwrite the cash alternative and rights issue , a potential liability of £56m . |
| 19 | He was known at the Wayfarers ' Refuge in Cosway Street in St Marylebone , an excellent place , where he usually got a midday meal and medical attention for minor ailments when he needed it . |
| 20 | But little of this was clearly known at the time , and so some observers concluded that Paul VI secretly connived with the minority . |
| 21 | Apart from its own local trade in goods the Company covered some of its expenses by taking part in the carrying trade which flourished in the Indian Ocean , known at the time as the ‘ country trade ’ . |
| 22 | Not surprisingly , as successful communication involves the transfer of information , and that transfer presupposes a successful evaluation of what is known and not known at the outset , a number of general suggestions have been made by theorists and methodologists advocating a communicative approach . |
| 23 | ‘ every contract sufficient to make a lease for years ought to have certainty in three limitations , viz. in the commencement of the term , in the continuance of it , and in the end of it ; so that all these ought to be known at the commencement of the lease , and words in a lease , which do n't make this appear , are but babble … |
| 24 | This information is based on what is known at the present time , which is August 1989 . |
| 25 | His achievement was to draw on these two strains , and on the contemporary Elizabethan taste for the kind of ingenious conceits known at the time as ‘ devices ’ to produce a creative synthesis . |
| 26 | A major difficulty is that the inert gases account for only a small fraction of the volatiles known at the surfaces and in the atmospheres of the three planets , where the volatiles almost entirely consist of CO 2 , H 2 O , N 2 and O 2 , or of compounds derived from them such as carbonates , hydroxy-silicates and nitrates . |
| 27 | He reminded Riven a little of the Bicker he had known at the bothy . |
| 28 | It was thought that a similar equation would govern the proton , which was the only other particle known at the time , and that would be the end of theoretical physics . |
| 29 | But he was by no means alone in Britain , for a combined silversmith and jeweller 's stock is known at the extensive settlement of Snettisham in Norfolk . |
| 30 | Fourthly , since the return for holding a bill to redemption is known at the time of issue , bills are fixed-interest securities . |