Example sentences of "[not/n't] unknown for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Park had closed at 4.30 p.m. the previous day , the detectives learned , yet it was not unknown for nimble adolescents and desperate adults to gain access to the Parks from half-a-dozen possible places . |
| 2 | It was not unknown for one man to chair a dozen committees and even to attend more than thirty committee meetings in one week , though the average load was , of course , much less than these extremes . |
| 3 | ( b ) the likelihood of the bid being contested or rival offers being made — it is not unknown for one bid to precipitate another ; |
| 4 | It is not unknown for practical jokers — among both dabblers and serious occultists — to have fun at the expense of others . |
| 5 | Large medical expenses accounts should have been checked by Europ Assistance but these should still be examined as it is not unknown for such accounts to include TVs and even bar charges . |
| 6 | In the barony of Lewes it was not unknown for heritable copyholds to be entailed , to such an extent indeed that even though the common law harboured reservations as to its legality , the judges ‘ haue bene sparinge to deliuer their opinions because it concerned very many of the kinges subjectes ’ . |
| 7 | It is not unknown for senior partners or founding partners to be given an extended period but , whilst opinions may legitimately differ on this , in principle a common retirement age might seem to be less contentious and the lower the age the better . |
| 8 | We mention this because it is not unknown for some US authors to encash money orders and neglect to send the goods . |