Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those Communist regimes which tried to ban religion were known for their cruelty . |
| 2 | The sandstone rocks along its western side were known to be porous , but the engineers predicted that the pores would be blocked by silt . |
| 3 | The supporters of Barbarossa became known as Ghibellines from the name of the Hohenstaufen castle , Waiblingen ; and the opposition were known as Guelphs , from the Welfs , traditional enemies of the house of Hohenstaufen . |
| 4 | The main constituents of chromatin were known as ‘ nucleins ’ . |
| 5 | In certain quarters the members of the club were known as ‘ the Black Shorts ’ on account of their surfing costumes . |
| 6 | Long before the sulphonamides were used as medicines , quinine was known to be a specific drug against malaria . |
| 7 | Mr Akashi insists on looking on the bright side : Khmer Rouge artillery was known to be inaccurate and their shells often failed to explode , he said . |
| 8 | In the Ministry of Defence , the programme was known as the functional costing system and was closely modelled on the programme structure then in use by the Pentagon . |
| 9 | The programme was known as the European Nutrition and Health Initiative and heralded the European Year of Nutrition , planned for 1994 . |
| 10 | This second ceremony was known as ‘ All Debts Paid ’ . |
| 11 | Curiously enough , an unidentified author ( William Nesbit ? ) in the second ( 1818 ) edition of Authentic Memoirs , biographical , critical and literary , of the most eminent physicians and surgeons in Great Britain , included Coleman as ‘ Royal Veterinary Professor ’ and refers to the College as ‘ the Royal Veterinary College , Pancras ’ ( for many years of its life , the College was known as the St Pancras School , the term ‘ Camden Town ’ coming into use much later ) . |
| 12 | The information about the use of control groups and the healthy worker effect was known to your reporter before he spoke to me — it is common knowledge . |
| 13 | Every evening I had tea with the friend or two with whom I had arranged to mess for the " half " , as a term was known at Eton . |
| 14 | This instrument was known to Ptolemy in the second century AD , and — the underlying mathematical theory of stereographic projection can be traced back at least to Ptolemy 's great predecessor Hipparchus ( second century BC ) . |
| 15 | Among my more experienced colleagues , the north-east was known as ‘ Calvary ’ as most acts were crucified there . |
| 16 | In 307 cases the method used at conception was known to be less effective than one previously used by the same patient . |
| 17 | Russian opposition to the concession even as it stood was defused by presenting the Persian text to the Russian delegation when the Russian 's translator was known to be out of town . |
| 18 | Holes in the ground for preserving ice were known in Italy in 1580 , and Sir Francis Bacon died from a chill in 1626 after testing his theory that stuffing a chicken with ice would preserve it . |
| 19 | At one time the village was known as Ticketone , said to be called after a bishop of that time . |
| 20 | Before workrooms were deemed no-smoking zones , the small admin room where the two work was known as ‘ the gas chamber ’ because of the fug generated by five smokers . |
| 21 | It is fairly clear that they had rediscovered at least some of Mendel 's laws before his work was known to them . |
| 22 | In the small nursery class , contact was frequent and speaking face-to-face was preferred , so they held a special coffee morning for parents and families ( with a creche provided , since baby-minding was known to be a problem ) . |
| 23 | This may explain why Držić was known as ‘ the Croatian Molière ’ . |
| 24 | In some parts of the world , Anna had discovered , this mystical form of intercourse was known as carezza . |
| 25 | The development of clones from the rosettes present at the beginning of the study was also recorded in detail so that the clonal parent was known for almost every rosette present in the quadrats at the end of the study . |
| 26 | The Birmingham Railway Museum was known to be losing some £20,000 per year before it started the innovative programme , but have now used the windfall to wipe out a £90,000 overdraft . |
| 27 | The face make-up was known as ‘ fleshing ’ ; it was then a natural colour , not the tan that became popular later on . |
| 28 | Before they left , they heard the Regent declaring that if Edward Plantagenet sat tight and did not attempt any attack across Tweed , then he might lead the Scots force raiding deep into Northumberland , even as far as Bamborough where Edward 's young Queen was known to be installed . |
| 29 | If , however , the bronze age Cretan king and trader-in-chief was known by the title ‘ minos ’ , it is possible that the king 's colonies were named ‘ Minoa ’ after him . |
| 30 | Wollmuth was known to be a member of an anarchist group . |