Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [adv] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the inland wonders of the North American continent were well known to hunters and fishermen , it was the railroad which brought areas of the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada within reach of people of more moderate means . |
| 2 | Neck and cheek guards were also known on helmets , though these were less widespread . |
| 3 | Polanski was also known to some of the Hollywood crowd through its inter-connection with the swingers of London and the skiing crowd who populated Gstaad and Aspen , notably his friendship of one of the men at the hub of the English scene , Victor Lownes , the cool , urbane and towering figure whom Hugh Hefner had appointed vice president of Playboy International and despatched to London to oversee the new playboy Club in Park Lane . |
| 4 | The club was formerly known as the Grey Green Knitting Club of Bewdley , Worcs , run by Mrs Marjorie Dickens and now has a new organiser , Mrs Elsie Bispham , who can be contacted on 0746 861545 . |
| 5 | Zeus Velchanos was also known on Crete as ‘ Kouros ’ , ‘ The Boy ’ . |
| 6 | Somes was well known on the Stock Exchange and at Lloyd 's , and was one of the originators of the new Lloyd 's Register of Shipping in 1834 . |
| 7 | My ‘ old ’ boat was well known to the local seals , and they would allow a really close approach , but I have only had my present boat a couple of years and they are still suspicious . |
| 8 | The coarse , heavy fabric was originally known as tweel . |
| 9 | Sir Geraint was best known for his portrayal of Falstaff . |
| 10 | This opposition became more acute when , in 1813 , the liberated areas , where a modern administration was only known as a French imposition , came within the new constitution . |
| 11 | BELOW : Dyehouse was formerly known as Philpots Mill . |
| 12 | Napoleon III 's objections to Montpensier were well known in European diplomatic circles and so the candidature was unlikely to find favour with the other governments , as was indeed the case — with one exception . |
| 13 | Kim was also known to be holding talks with other opposition groups . |
| 14 | Mrs. Dolman was well known to Mum through the Mothers ' Union , the only son Roger was a Standard Seven boy and he had four younger sisters including one who was about a year old . |
| 15 | The fact that Cavtat was later known as Ragusavecchia ( Old Ragusa ) supports the view that some of the town 's early inhabitants originated in Cavtat . |
| 16 | John , husband of the Wear Valley Council chairman , also recalls that the area round the pub was once known as Brickyard . |
| 17 | ‘ Sting ’ , as Sumner was better known to the record-buying public , had been signed to Virgin music publishing as a complete unknown in 1976 . |
| 18 | Opium was probably known in Roman if not in Greek times , and was used to promote sleep as well as to relieve pain . |
| 19 | The child was clearly known to be a trouble-maker and , as he was about to enter the library , he was ‘ told to leave ’ — a quite inadequate description of the drill-sergeant bellow produced by the woman librarian on counter duty . |
| 20 | Their needs were well known to her . |
| 21 | A number of other young men in the Town Boys group were well known for their ability to drink impossible-sounding quantities of beer . |
| 22 | Because of the prevailing financial circumstances , the DES did not officially publish the Report until the end of 1977 , though inevitably its contents were widely known to interested parties by then . |
| 23 | Earlier , in a small , strongly aristocratic society , where all those likely to resort to legal process were well known to their fellows , reliance on verbal contract before witnesses had proved a sound policy , allowing for future elasticity of interpretation within clearly-defined limits . |
| 24 | An account of anaphoric processing based on the idea that there are two broad classes of anaphoric expression was suggested by Sag and Hankamer ( 1984 ) , whose ideas were already known to , and tentatively endorsed by , Johnson-Laird ( 1983 ) in his most complete account of the mental models framework . |
| 25 | It seems that what we now know as Red Dell was earlier known as Thurdle . |
| 26 | That place was afterwards known as Lady Dudley 's Pond . |
| 27 | Hades was later known as Pluto or Orcus to the Romans . |
| 28 | The fear of the effects of war had been diminished by the quick struggles of the mid-century decades , but warfare was still known to be expensive and the Paris Commune had revived old fears that war might bring revolution . |
| 29 | The Bridgewater family that dominated the town was later known for huge commercial successes such as the Worsley coal mines and the construction of canals in Lancashire . |
| 30 | At different times , the town was well known for its stocking frame knitters , the substantial brick works at the Mythe , as well as , during the 19th century , its large brewery , originally founded by David Jones , and later taken over by Blizard and Colman . |