Example sentences of "known be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are confined to the Coccoidea , where the best known is carminic acid , the colouring principle of cochineal , found in the eggs and fat body of the female Dactylopius coccus and accounting for half its body weight . |
| 2 | The best known is Immediate , Not Gradual Abolition of Slavery ( 1824 ) , a pamphlet which broached the idea of speedy abolition while William Wilberforce [ q.v. ] and other male leaders were still gradualist . |
| 3 | Proving ignorance of facts that one might or might not have known is impossible , unless one has been in a well-documented coma . |
| 4 | That her novels are not better known is due largely to her extreme modesty about her literary abilities ; but there is no doubt that her concise , deceptively light prose style , reliance on dialogue to carry the plot , and delight in satirical exaggeration influenced both Firbank and Evelyn Waugh [ q.v. ] , and that she has thus left her mark on the development of the twentieth-century novel . |
| 5 | Knowing is seen as a subjective experience in which the content of that which is known is subject to manifold possible interpretations . |
| 6 | Paying public respect to eminent people is a good thing ; and using the names by which they were known is direct and refreshing . |
| 7 | Among the representatives of the paramilitary organisations , the best known was Lieut.-Colonel E. H. Brush , CB , DSO , OBE , the commander of the Down Orange Welfare Volunteers . |
| 8 | Best known was International Champion and Bundessieger and Worldsieger , Erno v Wellesweiler , an American champion . |
| 9 | Hauling her all the way from the Bishop 's castle at a pace he must have known was impossible for her to keep up with , until she 'd had no breath left with which to explain . |
| 10 | Perhaps some employee neglected an inspection , perhaps some officer approved a design he should have known was faulty . |