Example sentences of "are know [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if you 're going to try and look inside one of these things then you 're going to have to use very high energy particles , which in quantum physics means something that is very short wavelength that you can actually look inside , and when you look inside these things by , say , scattering electrons from them , very high energy electrons , it appears that inside a proton and inside a neutron is mainly again just free space , and there are other point like objects inside these particles , and these objects are know as quarks . |
| 2 | That their duvet cover is made of the Russian flag and the Union Jack can be passed by ; better are such details as the fact that Russians call spam ‘ Roosevelt smile ’ ; the question of whether Down 's syndrome chidren are known as Mongols in the USSR , and a dispute over private medicine : ‘ You think I 've fled 1,000 miles from scientific communism just to live with Mrs Engels ? ’ asks Slava . |
| 3 | They are known as ramblers . |
| 4 | The mammals are known as Marsupials , or pouched animals . |
| 5 | Such patterns are known as gratings . |
| 6 | The 7000 and 10000 series ‘ Lasers ’ are known as Neons for the present — they use the NVAX microprocessor — but become Rubys when configured with Alpha RISC Alpha processors clocked at 150MHz to 200MHz . |
| 7 | Bonds issued and/or traded in the UK in a currency other than sterling are known as eurobonds . |
| 8 | When cool , these splodges look like the brown steaming splodges observed near cows on pastureland , so they are known as cow-pats . |
| 9 | A whole group of South American birds related to tanagers are known as flower-piercers , for they do exactly that . |
| 10 | The attendant females are known as aunties , though nannies might be a better term , for although these birds are successful breeders , they may be quite unrelated to the majority of their charges . |
| 11 | Arrestments can be lodged after Decree with employers and these are known as earnings arrestments . |
| 12 | These caves are known as pit-caves ; and the pits themselves form courtyards . |
| 13 | Such overgrowths are known as blooms ( see p. 117 ) . |
| 14 | At the Marquis , where non-management staff are known as associates , all 1800 employees were given half day seminars on TQM1 : Empowerment . |
| 15 | These are known as emollients and restore natural fats to the skin . |
| 16 | The objects or concepts referred to are known as signs or the signified , while the words ( written or spoken ) are called signifiers . |
| 17 | Most bonds in the UK are issued by the British government in order to finance and manage the National Debt ( such bonds are known as gilts ) . |
| 18 | The utterances which do this are known as pre-sequences . |
| 19 | The points where the leaves grow on the stems are known as nodes . |
| 20 | In the north-east Pacific , they are known as hurricanes ; in the south-west , as cyclones . |
| 21 | These small crystals are known as phenocrysts and are one of the most characteristic features of andesites . |
| 22 | Such bodies are known as corporations , or ( to distinguish them from the corporations sole , to be mentioned later ) corporations aggregate . |
| 23 | The additional expenses of investigating your claim are known as disbursements . |
| 24 | The materials are known as composites and contain organic resin , urethane dimethacrylate , and powdered glass . |
| 25 | Well , there are millions of people who are missing from electoral registers , who are people who are entitled to be registered and the problem is probably the greatest among those who are known as attainers and are qualifying for registration at eighteen for the first time in their lives , the numbers of attainers er qualifying has reduced percentage wise , year by year , especially since the introduction of the poll tax and has not been rectified by the measures that remove the poll tax . |
| 26 | Plants that can tolerate parched conditions are known as xerophytes . |
| 27 | Besides the interests in land which are known as estates , and which , when they are present estates , give a right to possession of the land , English law , like other systems , recognizes rights of a more restricted kind . |
| 28 | Such cheques are known as bankers ' drafts . |
| 29 | To form the hemispherical shape of the traditional cupped parachute , the surface is divided into what are known as gores . |
| 30 | In most places of the world New Zealanders are known as Kiwis , yet very few New Zealanders have actually seen a kiwi , especially in its natural habitat of the forest floor . ’ |