Example sentences of "[noun] [is] [adv] known " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would-be delinquents in Saltash during most of the Nineteenth century had to face up to the threat of a short , sharp punishment ; a visit to the ‘ Black Hole ’ under the escort of one of the ancient borough 's best known characters , ‘ Nandie ’ Keast . |
| 2 | Some species have been almost exterminated , e.g. Per.sea theobromifolia ( Lauraceae ) , formerly the ‘ mahogany ’ of Ecuador is now known from only 12 trees . |
| 3 | Given that a good deal is also known about how people successfully adapt to bereavement ( Parkes and Weiss , 1983 ) , a possible format for intervention programmes is already available . |
| 4 | A great deal is now known about such signals in a wide range of animals , from crabs and spiders to monkeys and humans . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , the model does show that a good deal is now known about the illness , and this information provides both promising avenues for future research and implications for preventive intervention . |
| 6 | The environments are relatively constant , selective pressures are more or less identifiable , the amount of isolation is often known , and the entire set of interacting species is known . |
| 7 | The Cockerham trainer is well known for spreading his net far and wide in his search for success and tomorrow The Fernhill Flyer should keep the ball rolling in the Puma Claiming Stakes at Southwell . |
| 8 | The reader may think that the result is already known , but all too often different populations behave in different ways so that although there may be an expected result to an investigation it will not be a foregone conclusion . |
| 9 | The result is sometimes known as " half mens rea " . |
| 10 | Thus the metabolism of the vine is well known , and the interaction between it and the soil generally understood . |
| 11 | The minority still have a right to object to the court but that opposition is usually known and dealt with before the bidder becomes committed to acquire any shares in the target . |
| 12 | Serum gastrin concentration is also known to be raised in patients with H pylori infection , and this is seen in the non-uraemic patients in the present study . |
| 13 | The history of their service to the Plantagenets and Lancastrians is well known . |
| 14 | A firm of housebuilders has bucked the worst recession the industry 's ever known by increasing its profits by forty-five percent . |
| 15 | The principle of inverse irreversibility is often known by its more colloquial sobriquet as the ‘ Idiot child principle ’ , in deference to the long observed tendency of mothers to love best their least-promising offspring . |
| 16 | The example of the United States is well known : |
| 17 | The construction and development industry is best known for this and there were notable scandals in the 1970s which linked architects ( such as John Poulson ) , who were highly dependent on local authority orders , to key local politicians ( such as T. Dan Smith ) , who had some influence over their allocation . |
| 18 | The golist is sometimes known as a thesaurus and , indeed , is a form of natural language thesaurus . |
| 19 | Versace is best known for the razorsharp cut of his lightweight Cool Wool suits and for the baroque exuberance of his printed silk shirts , which combine cubist art with psychedelic putti and the goldwork of Cellini with Pop Art posters . |
| 20 | DEF is well known to us and would be a different sort of purchaser giving you the German influence . |
| 21 | The Hard Rock is well known for its extensive collection of rock memorabilia . |
| 22 | Mr Shrager is better known in the City . |
| 23 | Dr Kim is well known in ecumenical circles for his commitment to justice and peace issues . |
| 24 | The story of the Home Guard is well known thanks to ‘ Dad 's Army , ’ but it is nevertheless an amazing tale . |
| 25 | Kirchberg is well known locally for its band and throughout the season they stage many concerts ranging from the serene to good old thigh slapping and yodelling nights out . |
| 26 | The village is well known for its flowers , and has been rewarded several times with a place in the Britain in Bloom Competition . |
| 27 | The village is also known for the care it gives to its gardens and grass verges . |
| 28 | It 's still the general feeling by several of Scotland 's well known bands that the only place to record is London and if they record in Scotland it 's a bit parochial . ’ |
| 29 | Where the work is best known by its title , it is filed under that title . |
| 30 | So you are unlikely to be given an exhibition unless your work is already known by the gallery or you have an established reputation and proven success . |