Example sentences of "[adv] known of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fishermen have long known of the association , and have traditionally used the presence of dolphins as a cue to finding schools of tuna . |
| 2 | The windows of the van were wide open and they had the radio on , not playing rock , which they both hated , but Mozart , one of the better known of the piano concertos . |
| 3 | Karpov is the best known of the contestants . |
| 4 | Cottage , cream and curd cheeses are probably the best known of the fresh cheeses of Britain . |
| 5 | Crowdie is the best known of the Scottish fresh cheeses . |
| 6 | Pecorino , Feta and Manchego are the best known of the remaining ewes ' milk cheeses . |
| 7 | Danish Blue is one of the best known of the blue cheeses , but it is very sharp and unrefined . |
| 8 | The best known of the Power surveys is the Customer Satisfaction Index , which asks 30,000 drivers to rate the quality of their vehicles and the standard of service provided by dealers a year after their purchase . |
| 9 | Blake and Mouton 's analysis is effectively complemented by the best known of the contingency models — Adair 's ( 1983 ) model of action-centred leadership . |
| 10 | The first ocean-going ship with a steam engine — Henry Bell 's Comet — was launched from Port Glasgow in 1812 , and the best known of the Clyde 's ships were always the ocean liners , though the yards built merchant ships , warships for the Royal Navy and many other types of vessel . |
| 11 | Heroin and cocaine These are the best known of the hard drugs . |
| 12 | One of the best known of the departing faces , the State Department 's Margaret Tutweiller , is more fortunate , with a new life already lined up . |
| 13 | The Harlequin Rasbora heteromorpha is probably the best known of the group to the hobbyist . |
| 14 | Best known of the rich kids on the list published in American magazine People Weekly are our own Princes William , 10 and Harry eight . |
| 15 | Bracken is probably the best known of the ferns . |
| 16 | Best known of the eastern glens , with a deserved reputation for the variety and beauty of its landscapes , is Glen Affric , a long straight cutting through the mountains that provides a connecting link between east and west for travellers on foot . |
| 17 | How much more appealing , intriguing , and clear of hopeful mysticism , is the Burtons ' account of the doings of honey bees , the best known of the social insects and a sub-species frequently favoured for human comparison : |
| 18 | Probably the best known of the quartets in Britain is No. 8 , composed in Dresden in 1960 and dedicated to the victims of Fascism and of the War , and in view of the constant use of the DSCH motif and the quotations from several of his own pieces , there can be little doubt that Shostakovich considered himself among their number . |
| 19 | Best known of the new sources were the revenues of the Church . |
| 20 | The authority of the Earl of Derby in the North-west , celebrated in the soubriquet " King of Lancashire " , was only the best known of the independent fiefs where the writ of the party leader did not run . |
| 21 | The best known of the cup-marked stones in Islay is outside the chapel at Kilchiaran ; it has a couple of dozen cups , two of which pierce through the slab . |
| 22 | The best known of the earlier endeavours is probably Project Sappho , which was carried out by the Science Policy Review Unit ( SPRU ) based at the University of Sussex . |
| 23 | The best known of the three bore the official name , dating from the 16th century , of Joueurs de violons , hautbois , saqueboutes et cornets , but was informally known as the 12 Grands hautbois du roi ; also attached to the Ecurie ( the king 's stables ) were the six Hautbois et musettes de Poitou , the ensemble that seems to have provided the winds for Les nopces de village . |
| 24 | Smart cards are perhaps the best known of the devices in the fight against school-dodging and they also contribute to security and safety . |
| 25 | A FATAL accident inquiry at Ayr into the deaths of two schoolboy friends who drowned in a flooded quarry yesterday heard that the boys ’ parents had not known of the dangers . |
| 26 | Allan McKay 's father , a gas engineer , Ian McKay , 40 , told Mrs Paton that at the time his son disappeared he had not known of the existence of the quarry . |
| 27 | But excavations in 1969 in the East Gate area failed to add much to what was already known of the gate structure . |
| 28 | Little is still known of the designers and speculators of this part of the town 's growth , save that they were often little more than smallholders or jobbing builders who saw the possibility of some quick profits on their small capital . |
| 29 | The idea will have been elaborated through contact with what was still known of the Trojan legend . |
| 30 | So much is now known of the Alpine fold belts , the times and forms of their movements , and so much is now being deduced about the relationship of all this to the theories of plate tectonics , that I marvel at my audacity in saying anything at all at this stage . |