Example sentences of "little [be] know [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little is known of fetomaternal cell transfer at much earlier stages of pregnancy , though there is growing evidence that NFEs occur in proportionately greater numbers in the maternal circulation at earlier gestations . |
| 2 | Little is known of precise wage levels before the beginning of the nineteenth century , but retrospective evidence suggests that Manchester 's spinners were earning between 30 and 38s ( £1.50 — £1.90 ) in the 1790s , twice as much as the weaver exampled by Eden . |
| 3 | Some other marines are reputed to be mouthbrooders , including Grammas and Jawfish , although little is known for certain about the breeding of many marine fish . |
| 4 | Little is known for certain about his early upbringing or education although we do know that John Howard was criticized for both neglecting him ( because of his many absences ) and for imposing an unduly repressive regime when he was at home . |
| 5 | Despite this , and despite the current political interest in the age group , little is known about young people 's early careers and their effect on later achievement . |
| 6 | Little is known about early Micronesian Melanesian culture mainly because they developed no writing , passing down their knowledge through words and music instead . |
| 7 | Osophageal , anorectal , and antroduodenal manometry are diagnostic tools in many paediatric centres , but little is known about colonic manometry . |
| 8 | Little is known about chronic constipation in infants , toddlers , and preschool children and longterm outcome after treatment . |
| 9 | Constipation represents a common problem in children , accounting for 3% of visits to the Pediatric Outpatient Clinic at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics as well as to a large general paediatric clinic in Boston , but little is known about longterm outcome in young children . |
| 10 | Yet genes do not act in isolation , and very little is known about social and environmental factors contributing to many illnesses and disabilities , including those tagged ’ genetic ’ . |
| 11 | Little is known about neural correlates of this model of verbal short-term memory . |
| 12 | But very little is known about age-mixed groupings — churches , political associations , bingo clubs and the experience of ageing within them . |
| 13 | Little is known in molecular biology and many unsuspected medical applications may emerge from this endeavour . |
| 14 | Little was known in English-speaking countries about the new synthetic drugs ( see Chapter 8 ) discovered in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s . |