Example sentences of "[noun pl] be known " in BNC.
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| 1 | It deserves a book to itself , and a fat volume it would be when all its innermost secrets are known . |
| 2 | But a few giants are known . |
| 3 | The subjective estimate could be based on pure hunch and guesswork at the end of period t - 1 , but in order to introduce a degree of empirical testability into the model it is normally assumed that is arrived at by some policy rule which includes on the right-hand side only those variables whose magnitudes are known at the end of the period t - 1 . |
| 4 | According to Catherine Johns , at least four parallels are known from Britain , and none from the Continent . |
| 5 | Hostile staff or fellow prisoners are known to use the technique of ‘ winding you up ’ to force a display of feeling , which is then punished or ridiculed . |
| 6 | If , as we have suggested , those closest to the person who has died have had the opportunity to discuss what should happen , maybe with the person himself , and their wishes are known , then the decision has already been made and it is a united one . |
| 7 | The environmental systems are effectively regarded as machines whose workings can all be discovered , described in differential equation form and whose future activities can thus be predicted in detail if their initial states are known . |
| 8 | The thinnest crusts are known as desert varnish . |
| 9 | ‘ This is a quite separate intelligence report on a new , lightweight air-to-air missile the Russians are known to have developed recently . |
| 10 | Currently available from the Society are copies of a limited edition of 1,000 copies of the famous 1903 Donegal Railways poster ‘ The Land of Tyrconnell ’ of which nine only original copies are known to exist . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Other electrical frequencies are known to have specific effects on the body . |
| 13 | Two identical strategies using no wealth and involving no risk ( such strategies are known as arbitrage strategies ) should , in equilibrium , generate the same profit , and that profit should be zero . |
| 14 | Other cases are known to Amnesty International , where asylum seekers travelling without valid travel documents have been prevented by airline personnel , sometimes with the knowledge of Immigration Officers , from applying for political asylum in this country . |
| 15 | Such cases are known as fluent restorations . |
| 16 | An area where some phenomena are known to have been faked , where the will to believe among participants may be very strong , and where observation happens under poor conditions , is hardly a promising one for scientists . |
| 17 | In Wales these third-tier authorities are known as community councils . |
| 18 | Cockroaches and dragonflies appeared in the Upper Carboniferous ( 300 m years ago ) , at the same time as the giant clubmosses , ferns and seed ferns ; beetles are known from the Permian , and flies and wasps from the end of the Jurassic and Early Cretaceous when the angiosperms were diverging from their seed-fern ancestors . |
| 19 | Of forty-four ministers whose affiliations are known , twenty-one have never been members of any fraternal organization . |
| 20 | A die for impressing sheet metal with Style II ornament was found at Barton-on-Humber ( Lincolnshire ) with a set of weights and a balance ( Capelle and Vierck 1971 ) and other dies are known from Salmonby ( Lincolnshire ) , two from Suffolk and there is an example from Salisbury ( Wiltshire ) ( ibid. ) , all of seventh-century date . |
| 21 | In most places of the world New Zealanders are known as Kiwis , yet very few New Zealanders have actually seen a kiwi , especially in its natural habitat of the forest floor . ’ |
| 22 | Shearwaters and petrels are known to use smell to find their way back to their nests . |
| 23 | Bonds issued in the UK in sterling by domestic issuers or foreign issuers are known as domestic and foreign ( or bulldog ) bonds , respectively . |
| 24 | Three-legged Coptic forms are known only from seventh-century contexts , often rich barrow burials such as Sutton Hoo , Taplow ( Berkshire ) , Asthall and Cuddesdon . |
| 25 | These forms are known as a Deportation Order . |
| 26 | The top quality items on woollen foundations are known as Postavaro , and have 150 knots per in 2 , these are followed by Harmon ( 130 ) , Brasov ( 105 ) and Transylvania ( 80 ) . |
| 27 | The set of operators are known together as the Relational Algebra . |
| 28 | The Namurian is composed of sandstones and shales , and thin coals are known at several localities . |
| 29 | Abbreviations should only be used if their meanings are known to users . |
| 30 | Where several wealthy houses are known to exist , they are usually later developments behind the main frontages and their buildings . |