Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [is] [adv] known [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one suppresses the name , one does not suppress the rest of what is reported , so it is reported that someone , or perhaps more than one person who has been defamed , has done something in the course of the case and it may be that he or she is not known to the public and is of no interest to the public . |
| 2 | Although it is not known for certain whether Yazid was present at Karbala , he is cast by the Shiites as the author of the incident , and the name is to this day a favourite Shiite epithet for a Sunni adversary — it was used in this sense during the 1980s war by the Tehran leadership when referring to that in Baghdad . |
| 3 | Although he is little known in Britain , Mr Ryder appears to be developing into an influential international figure in the regulation of nuclear safety . |
| 4 | We owe a lot to Tom who still has a fondness for his kites , although he is better known in the 1990s as the creator of the GeoSphere Project , a spectacular image of the Earth produced from over 2000 satellite images . |
| 5 | It will continue to fall this year and next year and I think that it is well known to everybody that this Government 's policy is to lower taxes , in contrast with the plans of the hon. Gentleman 's party . |
| 6 | The ancient Dwarf hold of Karak Ungor has become so infested with Night Goblins that it is now known as Red Eye Mountain . |
| 7 | So , after lunching at one of the excellent local inns , we contented ourselves with making a wide sweep South to the River Dove and back up to the Derwent , — stopping at Castleton which , with its show caves and fluorspar ( Blue John stone ) mines should n't be missed and at Eyam which was so badly ravaged by the pestilence of 1665/6 that it is still known as The Plague Village . |
| 8 | So , after lunching at one of the excellent local inns , we contented ourselves with making a wide sweep South to the River Dove and back up to the Derwent , — stopping at Castleton which , with its show caves and fluorspar ( Blue John stone ) mines should n't be missed and at Eyam which was so badly ravaged by the pestilence of 1665/6 that it is still known as The Plague Village . |
| 9 | The scarlet pimpernel is so sensitive that it is often known as the Poor Man 's Weather Glass . |
| 10 | Mr Barre 's writ is so limited that he is disparagingly known as the mayor of Mogadishu . |
| 11 | A milkman who serves the same customers every day and who is usually known to them personally will clearly have sufficient contact . |
| 12 | His field work has been in the Cycladic and Orkney Islands , and he is best known to the public through appearances on BBC TV 's ‘ Chronicle ’ programme , and for his book Before civilisation ( 1973 ) , which transformed prehistoric chronology by applying the results of Carbon 14 dating . |
| 13 | Erm Colonel has supported very actively the current Three-Ninetieth Missile Wing like he supported us and he is respectfully known to them as Uncle Joe . |
| 14 | Damage was also very great in the mustelid samples , but in the one good sample from the pine marten the bones were less modified than in the canid samples , and it is not known at present which pattern is more typical of mustelids . |
| 15 | " Many property groups have recently been in difficulties , and it is generally known in the City that the Ingard group has not been doing well . |
| 16 | It then reverted to the church , not without some controversy , and it is now known as the church rooms . |
| 17 | In the language of sociobiology , " kinship " , outside the immediate bond of mother/infant and , perhaps , sibling/sibling , is a biological relationship which may be discovered by the research worker but which is not known to the actors in the scenario under observation . |
| 18 | His first known job was of advising on the course alterations at Pyecombe in Sussex in 1902 , but he is better known for designing from scratch some of the country 's most stunning courses — Carnoustie , Dalmahoy , Blairgowrie and Royal Blackheath , plus many , many more . |
| 19 | Edmund Becke 's 1549 revision of the so-called ‘ Matthew ’ version ( Thomas Matthew being a fictitious name adopted to cover the true identity of the translator ) was also a Bug Bible ; but it is also known as the ‘ Wife-beater Bible ’ because of Becke 's annotation at I St. Peter iii.7 . |
| 20 | This gives what Lord Wright calls the " datum figure " , but it is also known as the annual dependency or the multiplicand . |
| 21 | Its hillside position is exceptional and its views of the surrounding countryside entrancing , but it is best known among Italians as the place gentle Saint Francis is said to have tamed a mean , ferocious wolf which had been terrorising locals . |
| 22 | You probably already know what a larva is because it is also known as a caterpillar . |
| 23 | Mrs Tansley says it is over 58 years since she made her debut in opera and she never did any more , though she is well known in villages in the Guisborough area where her talent has been in demand at concerts . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've carved Maeve from hazel , as she 's sometimes known as the Hazel Queen , ’ Quirke continued . |
| 25 | North sea operators are given dispensations , not only when there are equivalent or higher alternative arrangements in place but in some cases when it is well known to the authorities that the platforms are operating at a level that would not be allowed if they were completely new platforms . |
| 26 | I have consulted the most celebrated authors on comparative anatomy , but do not find any such structures of those parts described ; and as it is not known to you , I may presume that it has not been before taken notice of . |
| 27 | By this time , Edinburgh had emerged as the recognized centre of " the Female Question " ( as it is always known in the union literature ) . |
| 28 | It may have had a more sinister purpose later , as it is now known as The Whipping Stone . |
| 29 | Ira ( as he is universally known in Washington ) inspires limitless loyalty among his subordinates . |
| 30 | Jed 's puzzling ploy of playing wing-forward Kevin Liddle in the three-quarters was vindicated as ‘ Lids ’ , as he is affectionately known at Riverside Park , contributed greatly to an entertaining and enthralling 80 minutes of open rugby from both sides . |