Example sentences of "[am/are] know by " in BNC.

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1 I , I think we 'd have more effect if , if we 'd erm gave them in at the shop where we 're known by sight .
2 They are known by archaeologists for their distinctive ceramic work .
3 Most are known by name and some are greeted as if they stood before us .
4 Such products are known by the general term ultramarinos , ‘ from across the ocean ’ , and to emphasise that Mariana herself is also an ultramarina , she is often accompanied in Gironella 's tableaux by tins of sardines .
5 There is no extra entity , for the term ‘ university ’ assembles collectively all those visible objects that are known by the term .
6 These groups are known by a variety of names , but the central idea is to bring together a small number of people who have certain interests or characteristics in common and to interview them as a group .
7 Relationships become secure only when we know our partner and we are known by them .
8 Dinosaurs , too , walked on tip-toe ( i.e. they are known by paleontologists as being digitigrade ) whereas sprawlers pad along on their soles .
9 These new arrangements of the non jury courts and the Detention Appeal Tribunal were based on the recommendations of an inquiry chaired by Lord Diplock and are known by his name .
10 These language varieties are known by various names , such as West Indian Creole , Black British English and Patois .
11 These territories are known by the generic term Ends and each ground has a distinctive name for its End .
12 In addition , many Ends are known by the name of the road which runs past the turnstile entrance to them — eg. the ‘ Stretford End ’ at Manchester United and the ‘ London Road End ’ at Oxford .
13 Well dey are known by dere fruits
14 If the meanings of these latter concepts are themselves established by definition , it is clear that an infinite regress will result unless the meanings of some terms are known by some other means .
15 Until the mid-730s he is described only as king of the Mercians but in an important charter of 736 concerning the granting of land in the territory of the Hwicce , the oldest Mercian original text to survive , Aethelbald is variously ‘ king not only of the Mercians but also of all the provinces which are known by the general name South Angles ’ , ‘ king of the South Angles ’ and ‘ king of Britain' ( CS 154 : S 89 ) .
16 In some countries Brownies are known by different names and have different Promise Badges .
17 They are known by letters for which we have provided suitable mnemonics : ‘ A ’ ( the Accounting Committee ) deals with Budget and Finance as well as Trade and External Relations ; ‘ B ’ ( the Blazing Committee ) deals with energy and technology as well as transport ; ‘ C ’ ( the Caring Committee ) scrutinizes consumer and social affairs ; ‘ D ’ ( the Digging Committee ) is responsible for agriculture ; ‘ F ’ , the Environmental Committee is named the ‘ Friends of the Earth ’ ; Sub-Committee E ( Law and Institutions ) is traditionally chaired by a Law Lord — formerly by Lord Oliver of Aylmerton and now by Lord Slynn of Hadley — and is known as the Legal Eagles Committee .
18 Not only are different names used for the same thing , different things are known by the same name .
19 Not all of these additives are known by an E number categorisation .
20 THREE BRISTOL FREIGHTERS ( or Frighteners , as they are known by their crews ) continue to be gainfully employed by Trans-Provincial at Terrace , some 500 miles north of Vancouver , British Columbia .
21 IT systems that can solve problems as effectively as experts , can learn by analogy or by pattern recognition and those that can understand natural languages , such as English , are known by the collective name of artificial intelligence systems , or AI systems .
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