Example sentences of "what [is] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She said the heroin comes in by what 's known as the Balkans route . |
| 2 | But his parents soon realised that Ashley would need more specialized help , so they turned to the Peto Institute in Hungary , which has pioneered the treatment of children like Ashley with what 's known as conductive education . |
| 3 | These people are from the Gloucester Centre for Harmony , and they 're indulging in what 's known as tree healing . |
| 4 | The whole of what 's known as the Corbet block was completely destroyed . |
| 5 | We proceeded in the manner of what 's known in film terms as a romp , though I was feeling far from rompish . |
| 6 | Ol' Turry 's back and this time there 'll be trouble , 'coz he 's what 's known in the trade as a fruit-and-nut case ( he needs a check-up from the neck up ) . |
| 7 | What is know of Gordon Thomas — all to little — makes this unlikely since he was an ambitious man with a strong personality who would certainly have been aware of the advantages of publicity both for himself and the lift . |
| 8 | , that we adopt what is known for the present ; and |
| 9 | For this is the poetry of statement , of clear prose exposition of what is known to be true — ‘ This , which I know , I speak with mind serene ’ ( line 40 ) . |
| 10 | At best , his work is defined by what is known to be available as source material . |
| 11 | To repeat what is known to be shared knowledge , ‘ things as they were before ’ , flouts Grice 's maxim of quantity . |
| 12 | The conceptualizations of police work that are found in Easton not only fit what is known of police forces elsewhere , they parallel the portrayal of policing in the wider culture . |
| 13 | What is known of them suggests two strong influences : Poland 's ‘ Big Bang ’ and Mr Gorbachev 's new personal economic adviser , Mr Nikolai Petrakov . |
| 14 | What this amounts to , in Corder 's words , is ‘ the accommodation of the structure of our linguistic syllabuses and teaching materials to fit what is known of the sequence of progressive complication of the approximative systems of the free learner . ’ |
| 15 | They seem to be inconsistent with what is known of the laws of nature . |
| 16 | What is known of his life comes mainly from a memorial sermon preached by his friend and successor as bishop , George Rust , and from his own books . |
| 17 | On the other hand , while it is true that it is rarely useful to explain behaviour in terms of neural events , our description of psychological processes must at least be compatible with what is known of their neural substrate . |
| 18 | The reconciliation of this idea with what is known of subsequent evolutionary events remains problematic ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 19 | The civil zone still poses many difficult problems of chronology in the framework of what is known of the historical narrative . |
| 20 | But he had the backing of what the chronicler calls the ‘ more foresighted ’ part of the council , and this tacit approval suggests that the argument was not simply that of an ‘ anti-Woodville ’ faction , but represented a genuine attempt to avoid rocking the political boat — an attitude in line with what is known of council policy . |
| 21 | Archaeological records do not even mention Abraham , though is story fits well into what is known of his times ; but Omri was known far and wide to later generations . |
| 22 | In any case , the Marko of the epic poems bears little resemblance to what is known of the historical character whose name he bears . |
| 23 | But he had the backing of what the chronicler calls the ‘ more foresighted ’ part of the council , and this tacit approval suggests that the argument was not simply that of an ‘ anti-Woodville ’ faction , but represented a genuine attempt to avoid rocking the political boat — an attitude in line with what is known of council policy . |
| 24 | In many ways this seems to contradict what is known of the culture of the senatorial aristocracy and the Merovingian court in the sixth century . |
| 25 | This information is based on what is known at the present time , which is August 1989 . |
| 26 | Though many polar invertebrate species appear to be endemic , very little is known of their biology : the liveliest , most prominent and most numerous elements are the arthropods , and these have provided most of what is known on adaptations and ways of life in terrestrial and freshwater environments . |
| 27 | Little scientific data has ever been released to assess the effect of the killing on the dolphin population , and much of what is known about the hunt has been gathered at great personal risk by non-government organisations . |
| 28 | Most of what is known about acute aluminium poisoning comes from studying patients treated for kidney failure by dialysis . |
| 29 | The problems encountered when making a 17 keV neutrino fit with what is known about the universe are the second reason for scepticism . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , it is worthwhile attempting to relate the NVC to what is known about the vegetation . |