Example sentences of "be know only from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three-legged Coptic forms are known only from seventh-century contexts , often rich barrow burials such as Sutton Hoo , Taplow ( Berkshire ) , Asthall and Cuddesdon . |
| 2 | There is no reference in the report to Offa 's undertaking to Theophylact and George to send money every year to Rome for the support of the poor and provision of lights , the details of which are known only from Pope Leo 's letter to Coenwulf in 798 . |
| 3 | For many years they were known only from fossil representatives and were believed to be extinct . |
| 4 | This fossil is known only from Baltic amber , the source of many famous fossil arthropods . |
| 5 | These early , marine forms included the hitherto enigmatic Hallucigenia , as well as Microdictyon , which before its discovery in the Chengjiang fauna ( Fig. 1 ) was known only from dispersed phosphatic sclerites . |
| 6 | We expected to get a variety of other interesting specimens in the highlands of Arussi , where Ivor Buxton had discovered the mountain nyala in 1910 ; this large buck , resembling a greater kudu , was known only from the highlands of Arussi and Bale . |
| 7 | Sighvat 's poem is known to be incomplete , but surviving verses do not mention the battle , and Ottar the Black 's Knútsdrápa says that Cnut opposed or threw back ( hnekDir ) the Swedes there , and describes him as their withstander ( prengvir ) , neither of which is resonant of overwhelming victory , Indeed , if Holy River was known only from the Chronicle entry one would think it a defeat , but Ottar is unlikely to have included a famous reverse in a list of Cnut 's achievements , and the royal title used in the 1027 Letter ( see below ) suggests that he did eventually claim suzerainty over some Swedes . |