Example sentences of "well know [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When told what the leaves were — for Poison Oak is well known across the Atlantic as a cause of severe contact dermatitis — she decided that she must wash vigorously ; and this she did about 1½ hours after touching the leaves . |
| 2 | Well yes , but let me say that I gave up going to auditions well before I became well known through The History Man , on television . |
| 3 | Nearly two-thirds of the works which they have selected did not feature in the major retrospective surveys organised by the Tate Gallery in 1985 and by the Hirshhorn Museum , Washington , and the Metropolitan Museum , New York , in 1989–90 , and will not , as a result , be particularly well known outside the circles of scholarship and Bacon 's dealers . |
| 4 | We settled on a classic rock climb from the Etançons valley — the West-South-West Ridge of the Pic Nord des Cavales : a mouthful of a name to be sure and not a route well known outside the area , but Collomb assures of its worth : |
| 5 | Do they happen only on routes which are well known to the driver ? |
| 6 | The six people at a corner table were well known to the proprietor , who saw them regularly in the winter months . |
| 7 | Most of the coastal details of these islands were fairly well known to the hydrographers of both the British and Dutch navies , but little was known about their inland geography . |
| 8 | North sea operators are given dispensations , not only when there are equivalent or higher alternative arrangements in place but in some cases when it is well known to the authorities that the platforms are operating at a level that would not be allowed if they were completely new platforms . |
| 9 | Of Manzoni 's work only Il Promessi Sposi — translated into English as The Betrothed — is well known to the English speaking world . |
| 10 | The propensity of these birds to fly off with any attractive object , is so well known to the natives , that they always search the runs for any small missing article that may have been accidentally dropped in the bush . |
| 11 | Proxy consent , decision making on another 's behalf , is well known to the law . |
| 12 | The salesperson should open with a smile , a handshake and , in situations where he or she is not well known to the buyer , introduce himself and the company he represents . |
| 13 | All of that would have been well known to the Ephesians , who had been converted from false gods who had no glory , to be followers of the one true God whose glory had been demonstrated in the splendour , the brightness and the beauty of the Saviour . |
| 14 | The factual and legal background to the two cases with which this opinion is concerned is well known to the court . |
| 15 | Most of them dealt with love and passion and violent death , and the subjects were already well known to the crowds from newspaper reports . |
| 16 | As he calls every week — and is likely to be well known to the neighbours too — he will get his money even if the local authority and fuel boards do n't get theirs . |
| 17 | Jesus , in reply , used a method of argument well known to the Jews . |
| 18 | Rogers was well known to the police and she believes it was this fact which led to a court appearance for a minor offence . |
| 19 | Susan 's activities must have been well known to the police . ’ |
| 20 | Whatever went into the flooded Comer here would fetch up at one of several spots , no doubt well known to the police , where curves and currents tended to land what they had carried down . |
| 21 | The usefulness of large and long credits by tradesmen to suppliers was well known to the businessman who was secretary to several railway companies and later the editor of the Leeds Times . |
| 22 | ‘ There was every reason for me to suspect that the present was just such a case : the medical cause of the death was perfectly well known to the family — indeed I had sent them a copy of the pathologist 's report . |
| 23 | The wide strip will contain a language pattern which is well known to the pupils , eg give him the large book . |
| 24 | This possibility needs consideration where the man was well known to the woman and where it is clear that she was not intimidated . ’ |
| 25 | Sir John has a finger in every pie and is well known to the harbour masters all along the south coast . ’ |
| 26 | Below the summit on the west side is Sand Tarn , well known to the millstone workers of old but rarely visited today . |
| 27 | He was well known to the band because he once shared a house with Solowka in Leeds . |
| 28 | To find an English ancestor it was necessary to go a long way back in Richard 's genealogy — to one of his great-grandmothers , Edith , the wife of King Henry I. This English link , slight as it was , was none the less well known to the men who frequented the princely courts of Europe , for in their world family connection was all-important . |
| 29 | Most dealers had already written in a premium for the premiership of Pierre Beregovoy , whose stint as finance minister made him well known to the business community . |
| 30 | The Association had become well known during the occupations , and its membership increased dramatically . |