Example sentences of "they [am/are] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because there are no constraints placed upon the timing of the volunteer 's activities in such a time-free environment , these are called free-running experiments and the rhythms measured during them are known as free-running rhythms . |
| 2 | Over the past few years , many companies have set up contracted-out money purchase schemes — or COMPS , as they are known for short — which operate on a different principle from final salary schemes . |
| 3 | Although they always look so tempting on the garden centre shelf , they are known to be very hard to please . |
| 4 | They too are raucous , and they are known to the police . |
| 5 | As we have seen , acts of violence may be considered necessary in situations of moral dilemma even though they are known to be wrong . |
| 6 | Nonetheless , her gift is to write about her characters as if they are known to her : her stories unfold through their eyes , with no apparent authorial manipulation . |
| 7 | The magazine Private Eye was more scathing , having already denounced the Thatcher and Bush governments for agreeing ‘ that they will not pursue any further the terrorists who bombed the plane over Lockerbie since they are known to be close to the Syrian government ’ ( 28 September 1991 ) . |
| 8 | This Fact Sheet will be followed by a series of Briefing Papers for MPs , which will go beyond the facts to a description of the types of arguments that have been employed by researchers to study the causes of unemployment , including the possible effects so far as they are known of various remedies that have been proposed . |
| 9 | Estates tail , which formerly could only be created out of freeholds , can now , as equitable interests , be created out of any kind of property ; they are known as ‘ entailed interests ’ , and can be barred not only inter vivos by a deed , but also by a will , provided that the tenant in tail 's interest is in possession , and provided that he specifically refers in his will to the entailed property or the instrument creating it . |
| 10 | These are also seen in Scotland , where they are known as ‘ peat hags ’ . |
| 11 | They are known as ramblers . |
| 12 | Andesites come halfway between basalts and granites in almost every property : silica content , density , colour and so on , so they are known as intermediate rocks . |
| 13 | This chapter will be concerned with the most straightforward kinds of pyroclastic deposits : those which are made up of fragments which have simply been shot up into the air and fallen back down again , so they are known as pyroclastic fall deposits . |
| 14 | Little wonder , then , that they are known as Pele 's hair . |
| 15 | When cool , these splodges look like the brown steaming splodges observed near cows on pastureland , so they are known as cow-pats . |
| 16 | These were all set up to administer one particular function and because of this , they are known as ad hoc bodies . |
| 17 | Such enzymes do exist — they are known as reverse transcriptases — but they are generally believed to be exclusive to RNA viruses , which need them to transcribe their RNA genes into DNA for replication inside cells . |
| 18 | Try to avoid creating a group of youngsters that is hostile to the library : they are known as ‘ vandals ’ . |
| 19 | , c ( They are known as Maximum Elevation Figures ( MEF ) and are not safety heights ) . |
| 20 | They are known as the Super Mario Brothers . |
| 21 | The extra revenue , extra cost , lost revenue and saved cost are relevant to the decision to be made ; they are known as relevant costs . |
| 22 | In the north-east Pacific , they are known as hurricanes ; in the south-west , as cyclones . |
| 23 | Officially , in the neutral world of the meteorologists , they are known as tropical revolving storms — the most energetic and destructive of all the planet 's natural surface phenomena . |
| 24 | These are very important Orcs and they are known as the Big'uns . |
| 25 | They are known as pencil lengtheners and are made in Germany . |
| 26 | This is supported by the large range of so-called ‘ Motto beakers ’ produced in the Rhineland , and especially at Trier where they are known as Spruchbecher . |
| 27 | In South America they are known as army ants , in Africa as drivers . |
| 28 | They are known as the " listed women " as they are also registered with the police . |
| 29 | These materials are highly complicated and important fluids which play a great part in the direction of the ways in which our bodies and minds function ; they are known as hormones , and are carried around in the bloodstream exercising effect on each other and on a variety of bodily processes . |
| 30 | In the Near East they are known as tells , such as this one being excavated at Tell Akko ( Acre ) in Israel . |