Example sentences of "[is] [adv] know " in BNC.

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1 Sub-littoral is mostly known as the submerged seas over the Continental Shelf ( see diagram ) .
2 ‘ I would ask you to note further that , in this connection , describing oneself as a member of ‘ the minority party ’ is in itself an indication of one 's party allegiance , given that the political make-up of the council is widely known . ’
3 Our present minister for finance , Mr Klaus , is widely known as The Playboy .
4 Pople is widely known for his contributions to bonding theory and the development of computer programs in quantum mechanics .
5 As is widely known , results showed that those in the experimental group were more likely to remain at home than those in the control group , that the scheme held no cost disadvantages , that levels of subjective stress in carers were reduced , and that there were ‘ significant improvements in a range of indicators of subjective well-being and quality of care ’ for the clients in the experimental group compared with the control group .
6 It is widely known that there are harmful effects from inhalation of outfall from a lead works ; for children who ingest it by licking lead-painted toys ; and for families whose drinking water is supplied through lead pipes .
7 The rabbit is widely known as an inoffensive creature .
8 The Cobra , normally a non-aggressive animal , is widely known as ‘ the good snake ’ .
9 THE purging of dissidents from any organisation is widely known as a ‘ night of the long knives ’ — and not without good reason .
10 It is widely known that the new repository will run on AIX and OS/2 , but it may surprise many that the thing is also up under OS/400 as well as on Ultrix , HP-UX and Solaris and that IBM has funded development work internally for it to appear on these non-IBM versions .
11 As is widely known , the race never happened .
12 As is widely known , Jack Lang is a staunch supporter of President Mitterrand , an important factor in the current protective government formed by Pierre Bérégovoy around the head of State .
13 One thing , however , that is widely known about my snooker is that I am never more dangerous than when being profoundly humiliated .
14 Most people , indeed , are unwilling to talk of ‘ crime ’ when they discuss breach of pollution regulations : this sort of language is considered appropriate only where clearly blameworthy conduct exists — where there is a calculated breach of regulation , or where the polluting substance concerned is widely known to be dangerous and there was carelessness or recklessness in handling it .
15 However , it is widely known that only a small proportion of such qualifying mergers are referred , and further that vertical mergers are a small proportion of the total .
16 Based on research done at Xerox 's Palo Alto Research Centre or , PARC as it is widely known , the Apple Lisa was the first commercial micro to take these concepts to the mass market .
17 Her identity is widely known in the village , but her wishes are respected and her name will not be revealed here She is the last of a long line of illustrious cheesemakers and her regular clients can only hope that she will pass on her expertise to the next generation .
18 A trade usage will be imported if it is widely known and followed , and is sufficiently certain , binding and reasonable .
19 This hardly inspires confidence in the system , and emphasises the problem of actually proving that inside information was used , or showing when information stops being ‘ unpublished ’ and is widely known about .
20 ‘ I present some of the world 's little known devices , ’ says Wilf , sporting a huge handle bar moustache and a regulation white coat .
21 The Crusade successfully united all women to the right of the Christian Democrats , while the Front is unofficially known to be controlled by the ultra-right ARENA Party .
22 Because of the limited recruitment and early retirements in recent years , most of their teachers will come from what is loosely known as the ‘ Sixties generation ’ .
23 And yet this testimony is little known .
24 John Ferguson , the Canberra Raiders wing who lines up against Widnes tonight in the Foster 's World Club Challenge , is little known outside rugby league circles , but within the game he commands a whispered respect his more famous namesakes might envy .
25 Although he is little known in Britain , Mr Ryder appears to be developing into an influential international figure in the regulation of nuclear safety .
26 It is little known that poll tax collectors not only have the authority to arrest those they suspect of defaulting on poll tax and strip them naked for the purposes of search ( without any obligation to mend or replace clothing which is destroyed in the process ) , but they can also apply torture in cases where they have reason to believe poll tax is being withheld — at any rate until such time as the defaulters reveal where their money is hidden .
27 He is little known as a teacher , or as a local preacher , but in fact his first choice of occupation upon leaving school , in Holland , was — to use his own words — ‘ School-mastering and the Church ’ , which occupations he thought were the only professions worthy of consideration .
28 The cephalopods evolved from another ( gastropod-like ? ) mollusc at some time during the Cambrian , but their earliest history is little known .
29 As a result of our involvement , however , it would appear that the NCT is little known at either a national or local level .
30 Despite his wide range of achievements , Dall 's name is little known outside of a few groups of specialists .
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