Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those characteristics were known to that keeper or were at any time known to a person who at that time had charge of the animal as that keeper 's servant or , where that keeper is the head of a household , were known to another keeper of the animal who is a member of that household and under the age of sixteen . ’ |
| 2 | At the time the analysts and the client were somewhat concerned that it was not practicable to implement fully either of the FAOR technical solutions , as expectations had been raised about the final outcome before the implications of these solutions were known in any detail . |
| 3 | Clients were known by their first names only . |
| 4 | These traps were known as putchers , a small basket with a large weave designed specifically for salmon , as opposed to the Kipes at Purton , huge baskets with a five foot diameter mouth and a small weave , designed to catch anything . |
| 5 | In 1950 the Alfa Romeo team drivers were known as ‘ The Three Fs ’ — Fangio , Farina and who was the third ? |
| 6 | ( It is interesting to note that freshwater pearls were known to the Chinese by the beginning of the first millennium B.C. ) |
| 7 | ‘ Fighting ships that were disguised as merchant vessels were known as Q-ships and we 've just done a straight lift from there , ’ she said . |
| 8 | ‘ Fighting ships disguised as merchant vessels were known as Q ships and we 've just done a straight lift from there , ’ she said . |
| 9 | Anatolian rugs were first brought into Europe by Italian merchants during the late Middle Ages , and although they generally lacked the intricacy and sophistication of their Persian counterparts , they nevertheless had a profound effect on Western decorative tastes , and for centuries all oriental rugs were known as Turkey rugs . |
| 10 | As Clarke and Morrison discuss , their data are comparable with other studies in Fiji : such losses were known to be occurring more than 20 years ago but went unheeded in the wake of development . |
| 11 | When I was a student , the alkanes were known as methane , ethane , propane , butane , pentane etc , and it was generally accepted that not until pentane did the name indicate the number of carbon atoms involved . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | By late July about 20 dissidents were known to be in detention , several ( including Matiba and Rubia ) under security legislation which allowed for detention without charge for up to 14 days or longer . |
| 14 | In Manchester , the gangs were known as ‘ Scuttlers ’ — a word which went back to the 1880s — and their gang fights and rowdyism as ‘ Scuttling ’ or ‘ Scuttles ’ . |
| 15 | In Birmingham , corner boys and street gangs were known as ‘ Peaky Blinders ’ , or less commonly as ‘ Sloggers ’ , and they too had adopted the standard uniform of bell-bottom trousers , neck scarf , heavy belt , peaked cap and short cropped hair with a ‘ donkey fringe ’ . |
| 16 | Those who accepted Communion from Methodist preachers were known as Primitive Methodists . |
| 17 | Samuel , Dorothy Perkins and C and J Clark Shoes were known to be among the stores which signed up . |
| 18 | In the trade these angle brackets were known as ‘ hinges ’ . |
| 19 | These prince-bishops were known as Vladikas . |
| 20 | Eight thousand miners were known to be in Yanomami territory in 1989 , when they constructed a hundred airstrips to ferry in fuel , food and mining equipment . |
| 21 | Former headmen were known to be important organizers of the illicit trade in stolen cattle . |
| 22 | Many of these housing companies were known as ‘ 5 per cent philanthropy ’ companies . |
| 23 | In the United States , the various railway companies were known by the products which supplied the freight profits which underpinned the passenger business and therefore the stations . |
| 24 | This system of mutual benefits and obligations was known as feudalism . |
| 25 | Beuno had told them that funerals were known as either private or public . |
| 26 | Nurse Sharon Hill died when the party of tourists she was with came under fire in an area where terrorists were known to be active . |
| 27 | Suspect food was masked in a meal in which all other constituents were known to be safe . |
| 28 | Ever since opposition to drainage in the seventeenth century , the men of the Cambridgeshire fens were known as ‘ fen tigers ’ . |
| 29 | These dogs were known as Mollosus dogs . |
| 30 | In their 41 years there , the Kitchings made more impact , as for decades the buildings were known as Kitching 's Corner . |