Example sentences of "[was/were] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And men who turned towards the light and were known of the light Invented the Higher Religions ; and the Higher Religions were good |
| 2 | Were known of old to Knights , and hungry Squires . |
| 3 | It did not include any formula for the future determination of pay , a principal element of the unions ' original claim , and ambulance workers on Merseyside declared an all-out stoppage from Feb. 26 until the results were known of a national membership ballot , in which , however , 81 per cent supported acceptance of the deal ( as announced on March 13 ) . |
| 4 | They were once so poverty-stricken they were known through the valley of the Tees as people who ‘ christened calves , hoppled lops and knee-banded spiders ’ That meant they could afford so few cattle that each one had a name ( a tradition perpetuated by Hannah. ) , and lops ( lice ) and spiders had their legs tied together to prevent them running away |
| 5 | Ironically , he was to be hanged for broadcasts most of which were known at once as comically improbable in their boasts of German victory . |
| 6 | No indeed , this is in fact er about the twelfth meeting in a series , the first meeting was in 1973 , where 75 scientists came together to deliberate about 50 genes which were known at that time . |
| 7 | He found that the greatest number of large-scale strikes broke out when the presidents were known for their populist and pro-worker policies . |
| 8 | The history of the wool trade and the association with Furness Abbey has been touched on ( see Notes on the Early Wool Trade ) and the Cistercian Monks and lay brothers were known for their sheep farms or Herdwyks and their Grange at Hawkshead . |
| 9 | Those Communist regimes which tried to ban religion were known for their cruelty . |
| 10 | The usefulness of this framework was limited , however , as the dates of occupation were known for very few sites ; and furthermore , the time interval between sites and finds was also unknown . |
| 11 | Working womens ' organisations you get co-opted on and the , we were known for the way , the business-like way we run our meeting you know . |
| 12 | And were there certain men or women that were known for their stories ? |
| 13 | It sounded so convincing — but then , according to Lisa , Leos were known for their acting abilities . |
| 14 | In a business where agents were known for their sharklike qualities , Bernie had an endless struggle to conceal a naturally generous heart . |
| 15 | Its seven years since the American band Dr Hook split up : now the lead singer from the group who were known for their naked encores is back on the road . |
| 16 | To portray specific characters , whether imagined or real ( some were known to members of the audience at the first performance of Enigma Variations and Isadora ) , the would-be choreographer can use classical dance as a firm base but must pay more attention to his characters as particular individuals . |
| 17 | They were known to our predecessors at the time and were expounded by them as clearly then as we can demonstrate them now ; for the reasons were implicit in the facts of the world in 1900 . |
| 18 | Darby was convicted , along with his assistant Leslie Thomas , 26 , also of the Isle of Dogs , at an earlier hearing on two counts of conspiracy to manage premises where drugs were known to be available . |
| 19 | The four men — Talb , aged 35 , Marten Imandi , and two brothers , Mustafa and Mahmoud Mougrabi — were known to the intelligence services , who linked them with a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — General Command ( PFLP-GC ) cell working in Frankfurt and Neuss . |
| 20 | But , there again , actresses were known to be broad-minded . |
| 21 | Only seventy people were known to the Inland Revenue to keep more than £6,000 net . |
| 22 | O'Neill 's suspect views were known to many unionists and the conservatives did not have to wait for the fruits of O'Neillism , however timid they may have been . |
| 23 | The bank gave consideration to all matters relating to the company in question 's affairs that were known to it and there was no onus on us to make inquiries outside . |
| 24 | Acidified lakes and rivers were known to British scientists from the 1970s . |
| 25 | The sandstone rocks along its western side were known to be porous , but the engineers predicted that the pores would be blocked by silt . |
| 26 | For many years it had been thought that high fever had certain curative properties , and some patients were deliberately exposed to mosquitoes which were known to be carrying the malarial parasite in the hope that the resulting infection and high temperature would have a beneficial effect on the disease process . |
| 27 | Firstly , the information about price and publication date often proves to be inaccurate when the books appear , because of their inclusion in a catalogue before the final details were known to the publishers themselves . |
| 28 | Much effort would be saved if these were more uniform or if , at least , there were core hours when all CABx were known to be open . |
| 29 | The sample used was of large companies that were known to be at the leading edge in terms of corporate planning practices . |
| 30 | As late as 26th June , Palmerston was assuring the Queen that the Mutiny was only a local affair , but by 11th July the full extent of the fighting and accompanying atrocities were known to the Government . |