Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Controversy further surrounded Cossiga over his possible involvement , as Deputy Defence Minister in the 1960s , in the organization of a secret anti-communist defence force known as " Gladio " [ see p. 37875 ] . |
| 2 | It seems that Mr Tsurumaki has used ‘ Les Noces de Pierette ’ as security on bank loans to finance an building complex known as Autopolis comprising a museum , hotel and race track . |
| 3 | Inquiries by The Independent have confirmed that while West Midlands Police were publicly acknowledging the existence of four or five complaints against the squad , its internal investigations department knew of three more in which serious allegations had been made against detectives . |
| 4 | You can protect yourself against future rises in interest rates by means of a hedging instrument known as a forward rate agreement , or FRA . |
| 5 | The St Louis Globe-Democrat wrote , ‘ Now we have a young swoon actor , the idol of teenagers , caught in a marijuana party — a reefer smoking fest known to the trade as ‘ kicking the gong around ’ . ’ |
| 6 | Robin Spencer , prosecuting , said the case centred on the use of textured vegetable protein known as TVP in meat products , and the way in which it was declared . |
| 7 | Towards the eastern end of the Republic of Panama , a few hundred yards away from a tiny Darién settlement known as Santa Fé , is a small somewhat dilapidated hut , roofed against the rains with sheets of rusting corrugated iron . |
| 8 | As we shall discuss later , this is detectable through a screening technique known as amniocentesis , but this is only after the child has been conceived . |
| 9 | In particular , HIV attacks a type of white blood cell known as the T-helper ( or CD4 ) cell . |
| 10 | LaBudde documented for the first time , on video and in his diaries , the suffering and death of thousands of dolphins in a tuna fishing practice known as ‘ fishing on porpoise' ’ , which has over the last 30 years killed between 6 and 12 million dolphins in the eastern Pacific . |
| 11 | Under a provision of US fishing law known as the Pelly Amendment , the President can now impose trade sanctions against Norway for its defiance of the IWC moratorium on whaling . |
| 12 | You do n't think he means Ellen , do you , Isabel ? ’ she amended hurriedly , remembering that no one at Ashby Chase knew of Isabel 's sojourn in the alehouse . |
| 13 | ( These two minerals form a rock type known as an amphibolite . ) |
| 14 | On the same day Mohsin Siddiqi , an opposition senator known to be close to the MQM , was one of 15 people killed in Karachi by unidentified snipers . |
| 15 | Prisoner of conscience Yndamiro Restano , president of an unofficial opposition group known as the Harmony Movement , was convicted of rebellion and sentenced to ten years ' imprisonment in May ( see Worldwide Appeal , pages 20–21 ) . |
| 16 | The modern social anthropologist relies heavily on the research procedure known as ‘ participant observation ’ . |
| 17 | Among the early candidate adhesives for sticking fillings to teeth was an adduct of N -phenylglycine and glycidyl methacrylate known as NPG-GMA . |
| 18 | The high ground continues eastwards , the twin Sgurr Choinnichs being next in line ; this is followed by an upland area known as the Grey Corries , so called because of the pallid appearance of the scree-covered upper slopes and summits of the peaks above . |
| 19 | Firstly , we have had the introduction in 1981 ( DHSS , 1981 ) of a more formal and comprehensive Investment Appraisal Mechanism known as the Appraisal of Options Procedure . |
| 20 | In Denmark a variety of projects have been set up to deal specifically with the introduction of electronic data processing known as DUE ( an acronym for the Danish translation of Democracy Development and EDP ) . |
| 21 | Under pressure from Congress and the media , he said , the agency had reviewed its files and questioned its agents overseas to see if there was any basis in fact for the NBC and ABC newscasts and other media reports asserting that Khalid Nazir Jafaar had been involved in a DEA operation known as Corea or Courier . |
| 22 | Yoshihisa Tabuchi , the president of Nomura ( the world 's largest stockbroker ) , and Takuya Iwasaki , the head of Nikko , resigned their posts on June 24 after their companies had also been accused of lending money to the head of a major gangster syndicate known as Inagawa-Kai , and of taking illegal actions to boost the values of shares which he held . |
| 23 | In particular an urban aid project known as HEAT ( Home Energy Action Team ) is active in Lothian . |
| 24 | But , in the contemporary study of an institution such as a factory or a college , it may be necessary to analyse hundreds of questionnaires or interview schedules , and this will only be done successfully and without trouble if the research worker knew in advance what was wanted and how the data could be analysed before it was collected . |
| 25 | The northern tip of the Grey Mountains gradually declines into a hilly upland region known as the Gisoreux Gap — the principal route between Bretonnia and the Empire . |
| 26 | One example of this is a black inlay material known as niello , which is found on gold . |
| 27 | The man who gives a boat party knows in his heart that his friends like his yacht more than they like him : he is lonely and restless in their company . |
| 28 | After lunch , chemical survival skills were taught , each section spending time in turn in the tiny brick hut known as the ‘ gas chamber ’ . |
| 29 | The typical leisure wear at the ryokan is a blue and white cotton robe known as a yukata provided by the management . |
| 30 | When the Annual Report and Accounts were issued last month , the Chief Executive referred to consideration by Scottish Nuclear of an improved decommissioning technique known as ‘ deferred safestore ’ , which if adopted , will result in considerable benefits for the company . |