Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] known " in BNC.
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| 1 | These risks are widely known , distinguished as much by the possibility of one or several deaths occurring as by the frequency with which the risk materializes . |
| 2 | In spheres of conduct such as these , where the risks are widely known , there are strong reasons for broadening the basis of criminal liability so as to encompass negligence . |
| 3 | The differences between mental illness and mental handicap are widely known , yet legislation on the subject has consistently failed to take these differences into account . |
| 4 | Their residential courses held throughout the year for both beginners and advanced students are widely known and popular ; students come from all over the world . |
| 5 | As it happens , the supreme masters of ‘ golden age ’ polyphony toward the latter part of the century , when Italian innovators were making even bolder experiments with word-carrying music , were an Italian , Palestrina , an Italianized Spaniard , and — more affected by humanism — an Italianized Fleming , who are widely known by Italianized forms of their names , ‘ Vittoria ’ and ‘ Orlando di Lasso ’ . |
| 6 | These classes are widely known by the label ‘ comprador ’ though this term has attracted a great deal of criticism . |
| 7 | The strains on families are also great , and their sacrifices are rarely known . |
| 8 | To the north of the area isolated tracts of limestone intrude among the peaty gritstones of the Pennines , adding a sparkle to the sombre landscapes by erupting on the surface in natural features and formations that demand attention : some are easily accessible and are popular objectives attracting many visitors , while others are little known and reached only by walking over rough ground . |
| 9 | Sir George 's paintings are little known today except by those specially interested in the genre . |
| 10 | Such tributes to Fulani are becoming more familiar , particularly in cities like Hartford , where she and the NAP are little known . |
| 11 | Sir Harold rarely bought at auction and never lent his treasures out for exhibition , so most of the pictures are little known , with the exception of Frans Hals 's ‘ Merry lute player ’ , which is in fact in danger of overexposure . |
| 12 | Although they are little known and infrequently seen , they are enormously abundant . |
| 13 | The progress , status and success of these tools and methodologies are little known , because there has been no independent comparative evaluation . |
| 14 | Events among the Danes are little known in these years . |
| 15 | The effects of rabies are little known in Britain , that 's because we 've been virtually free of the disease since quarantine regulations were introduced in nineteen twenty two . |
| 16 | True crinoids are doubtfully known before the Ordovician , but once established they diversified rapidly in the manner we have seen repeatedly with other groups . |
| 17 | The nature of Burne-Jones 's aims and predilections in art are well-enough known by this time , and have been defined by himself absolutely fitted to this thought : ‘ I mean by a picture a beautiful romantic dream of something that never was , never will be — in a light better than any light that ever shone — in a land no one can define or remember , only desire . ’ |
| 18 | Francesco Primaticcio and Niccolo del'Abbate are better known for their work outside their native city , and an outsider , Dionys Calvaert , adopted Bologna to exert great influence on the next generation of painters . |
| 19 | These lie internal to the longitudinals on both ventral and dorsal sides and are better known as the muscles of the dorsal and ventral diaphragms ( see p.234 ) . |
| 20 | less reliable supporters give away one or more of these to candidates of other parties who are better known to them . |
| 21 | For longer-distance migration the destinations are likely to be places that are better known to tourists or are considered to be scenically more attractive . |
| 22 | The first two are better known as Times and Helvetica … |
| 23 | Many are fast-moving and able to avoid trawl nets , but less adept at avoiding penguins and seals ; most of the smaller species are better known from the stomach contents of predators than as independent catches . |
| 24 | When things are better known . ’ |
| 25 | Microprose are better known for their comprehensive Simulations such as F-15 II Strike Eagle , and Gunship 2000 , their latest release is a strategy type Role Playing Game called Darklands . |
| 26 | The Brennans , who currently boast millions of album sales around the world , are better known as the Irish folk band , Clannad — while Maire 's younger sister Enya is also enjoying great success with a new solo album in both the UK and American charts . |
| 27 | The rights and duties of individuals towards each other are together known as private law which in Anglo-Saxon countries , such as Britain and the United States , tends to derive from custom as incorporated by judges through time in what is known in Britain as the common law . |
| 28 | Daumier is famous for his satirical lithographs ; his equally good drawings and watercolours are less known as so many of them are in private collections . |
| 29 | But there are other recurring fingerprints — melodic motifs , rhythmic patterns , harmonic progressions — the secrets of which are perhaps known only to a handful of Shostakovich 's oldest and closest friends . |
| 30 | Networks that exhibit the same terminal behaviour as some device , system or more complicated network are naturally known as equivalent circuits . |