Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] known [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Archaic Greek coins are found in hoards from Egypt and the Levant , as they were exchanged for goods , perhaps grain or slaves ; many hoards of Roman silver and gold coins are known from southern India because they were exchanged for luxury items such as exotic spices and perfumes , rich silks and precious gems .
2 Such cases are known as fluent restorations .
3 Bonds issued in the UK in sterling by domestic issuers or foreign issuers are known as domestic and foreign ( or bulldog ) bonds , respectively .
4 This certainly seems to be the case with the larger structures located in the south-eastern part of the walled area at Water Newton , and is more convincingly demonstrated at Kenchester , where at least three wealthy houses are known in similar locations , served by separate side-streets .
5 This is why futures contracts are known as derivative securities , because they are derivative on the underlying cash market good .
6 Such waves are known as swell , and they are often the main waves affecting coasts in the southern oceans , for example South Africa and Australia .
7 Three manuscripts containing genuinely French fabliaux are known in English collections : in the British Library , London ( Additional MS 10289 ) , the Bodleian Library , Oxford ( Douce 111 ) and the Middleton Library , University of Nottingham ( Middleton LM6 ) .
8 The knowledge structures used to represent the dictionary entries are known as integrated semantic units , or ISUs .
9 Those who accepted Communion from Methodist preachers were known as Primitive Methodists .
10 Such errors are known as cause-effect inversions .
11 These needs are known as functional prerequisites .
12 These days are known as waiting days .
13 Those deposits which the Bank of England considers important for these purposes are known as eligible liabilities .
14 These language varieties are known by various names , such as West Indian Creole , Black British English and Patois .
15 Some banks are known as eligible banks ( see later in the chapter ) and create eligible bank bills , or simply eligible bills .
16 To his surprise he discovered that it produced in him the symptoms and signs of the illness which it was used to treat , namely malaria , which in those days was known as intermittent fever .
17 One of these phases was known as paradoxical or rapid eye-movement ( REM ) sleep .
18 Such Quantities are known as latent variables and they include human abilities and attitudes as well as collective characteristics of society such as business confidence .
19 The redemption terms can also differ between bonds : some bonds have a range of possible redemption dates ( such bonds are known as double-dated bonds ) , and sometimes the actual date of redemption is chosen by the issuer ( callable bonds ) and sometimes by the holder ( puttable bonds ) ; some bonds have no redemption date at all , so that interest on them will be paid indefinitely , ( such bonds are known variously as irredeemables , perpetuals or consols ) .
20 Designs based on these principles are known as linear voltage regulators to distinguish them from the kind of regulator we are going to investigate in this article .
21 The threads are known as ‘ gas ’ or BSP ( British Standard Pipe ) threads : those on pipes are referred to as male while the internal threads on fittings are known as female .
22 In some countries Brownies are known by different names and have different Promise Badges .
23 ZSM-5 and related materials are known as shape-selective catalysts .
24 These streams are known as cosmic rays , and come from various parts of the Universe .
25 These estates were known as executory devises .
26 Examples are known at Great Chesterford , Camerton , Margidunum and Droitwich , among others.59 But these structures on the whole resemble the familiar winged-corridor villas of the countryside , a building style which was restricted neither to Britain nor entirely to the countryside.60 Care must therefore be observed in trying to identify them as the residences of minor provincial officials , for obviously they might be no more than the farmhouses of local landowners and in degree little different from a normal villa .
27 tickets are known from intermediate stations .
28 These markets are known as forward exchange markets .
29 The technique used for jumping in these numbers is known as static line parachuting .
30 Futures and options are known as derivative assets because they are based on other " underlying " assets which have volatile prices .
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