Example sentences of "though [pron] be known " in BNC.
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| 1 | , Francis ( c. 1583–1658 ) , goldsmith , MP , and regicide , was probably born in London , though nothing is known of his early life . |
| 2 | As we have seen , acts of violence may be considered necessary in situations of moral dilemma even though they are known to be wrong . |
| 3 | A little bit of imaginative nettle-clearing and further excavation of domestic buildings which , though they are known to exist in the proximity , have never been uncovered , could make all the difference to the site . |
| 4 | Neutrophils did not express the lysozyme signal , though they are known to have large stores of the protein . |
| 5 | Manitous were rarely evil , though they were known to delight in practical jokes . |
| 6 | Even though it is known to exist , such discrimination is not easy to pin down and will always be denied when it is challenged . |
| 7 | For example , though it is known that some 80 per cent of pedestrian fatalities in Britain occur on built-up roads , statistics are not available separately for residential areas . |
| 8 | Such major physical impacts are fairly easy to assess , but not enough work has yet been done to assess the effect of visitors on wildlife itself , though it is known that shy species will decline , while common species will often increase , and that fauna both on land and in water will decline faster than flora ( Liddle and Scorgie , 1980 ) . |
| 9 | The history of the domestication of many of the fruit trees of the tropics may therefore never be disentangled , though it is known that some of them at least , like the duku and lanseh , forms of Lansium domesticum ( Meliaceae ) , are apomicts . |
| 10 | Some schemes were , moreover , undertaken , even though it was known that they would make a loss , because of the statutory duty to supply . |