Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [be] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But despite these problems the method receives powerful support from the practical comparison of the representation of coin issues in hoards and the size of those issues where they are known from mint records . |
| 2 | This phenomenon also arises in the field of insurance where it is known as adverse selection . |
| 3 | In southern France , where it is known as pistou , it is often an accompaniment to roast lamb . |
| 4 | This is a game played by most children in West Africa , where it is known as warri or by other local names . |
| 5 | The new product was tested in 1988 and launched in the UK in 1989 and has since been launched in Ireland , Australia and in Canada and the USA , where it is known as Pub Draught Guinness . |
| 6 | She 'd come across one like it in a house of ill-repute where it was known as a squirt . |
| 7 | One agent I met with admitted that I was known in the business as a ‘ bit of a cheap turn ’ . |
| 8 | She was later informed by Annabel that she was known as Body Smell because she had to empty the slops into the cesspit . |
| 9 | The fact that she was known to be on a special complex carbohydrate diet designed to help her regain weight did n't help matters . |
| 10 | Detectives in Colchester expressed concern for Lisa 's safety following her disappearance and revealed that she was known to be upset over personal problems . |
| 11 | Obviously the maid was disguised in view of the fact that we were known to be looking for two women travelling together . |
| 12 | Little wonder , then , that they are known as Pele 's hair . |
| 13 | The fact that he does not explain anything about them probably means that they were known to his audience . |
| 14 | I mean what we 've heard that in fact erm they had met in prison , but was that known to you at that time or simply that they were known to each other and that had a record ? |
| 15 | It is significant that they were known as Tarianas , a title closely resembling that given to the tribes of Turania in Turkistan who were associated with the Serpent , the Taryans . |
| 16 | Andesites come halfway between basalts and granites in almost every property : silica content , density , colour and so on , so they are known as intermediate rocks . |
| 17 | This chapter will be concerned with the most straightforward kinds of pyroclastic deposits : those which are made up of fragments which have simply been shot up into the air and fallen back down again , so they are known as pyroclastic fall deposits . |
| 18 | When cool , these splodges look like the brown steaming splodges observed near cows on pastureland , so they are known as cow-pats . |
| 19 | The Tate Gallery 's exhibition continues this process of reassessment through a selection of those earlier works dating before 1960 and including a rare coloured canvas , ‘ Untitled ( Orange Painting ) ’ , which was created in 1955–59 and has never been shown , although it is known from illustrations in catalogues . |
| 20 | I understand that another television programme , dealing directly with what the Home Secretary chose not to reveal although it was known to him , is to be broadcast on Thursday . |
| 21 | I had previously caught two individuals of H. tricolor in the Malaise trap but until then it had not been recorded in Britain although it was known from Germany and Japan . |
| 22 | This is the figure mentioned as so resembling the copies of the Tyrannicides that it is known as the Kritian boy . |
| 23 | Bigger brother Waterstones ( although only marginally so — 8,400 sq ft , 25 full time , 16 full time equivalents ) also opens on seven days a week , and occupies the ground floor and basement of one of Glasgow 's most attractive buildings , so Venetian in character that it is known as the Ca' d'Oro . |
| 24 | GSR as a measure can , of course , be criticised for the fact that it is known to be closely related to the subject 's expectancies and preparations for action . |
| 25 | Husameddin , however , writes that it was in Amasya , not Aksaray , that Molla Fenari studied with Cemaleddin Aksarayi , saying that it is known from several documents that Cemaleddin Aksarayi was , between 751 and 782 [ sic ] ( 1350–1 to 1380–1 ) , muderris in Amasya and kazasker under the emir of Amasya , Hajji Shadgeldi . |
| 26 | They had their work cut out in simply trying to provide defences against the incursions of cattle raiders from the North Tyne valley , over Bewcastle Waste , or through that tract of the western fringe so unsure of its ownership that it was known as the Debatable Land ; and their own people were themselves frequently as unruly as their enemies . |
| 27 | Such was the style of the Service at the time that it was known as " The Best Flying Club in the World " , but measured against today 's standards , utterly amateurish and grossly incompetent . |
| 28 | And before that it was known as . |
| 29 | The major decisions and judgements he makes in regard to his life are so strongly influenced by his foreign language background , interests and values , that he is known as a linguist , a language teacher , or a diplomat . |
| 30 | So in fact he knew that he was known as the last resort |