Example sentences of "[conj] [is] known [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 It is hard to reconcile this interpretation with the apparent frugivorous adaptations of Kenyapithecus and the presence in the fauna of at least four other primates ( one other hominoid , one monkey and two small-bodied apes ) , but the interpretation of seasonal forest is consistent with the little that is known about the other afropithecin sites as well .
2 that particular organisation I presume is , is the one that is known as the most profitable investment bank partnership in the world or in history and presumably the reason why you 've been advised is because the advisor or the director to Robert Maxwell who was instrumental in dealing with Robert Maxwell business wherever he was in the world and I mean I 've seen er faxes and cables to France where er that particular director , I believe Mr Shineberg was , I 've seen faxes about Jersey business to Mr Shineberg er presumably er you 're being advised to take that action because in effect it was operating as one operation with transactions routed through New York , routed through London as seemed to suit the circumstances , but not necessarily with any rational basis other than er to avoid perhaps regulation .
3 If this field is left blank , LIFESPAN will start the list from the highest SPR identifier that is known to the system and for which details have been entered .
4 If this field is left blank , LIFESPAN will start the list from the highest SPR identifier that is known to the system and for which details have been entered .
5 If this field is left blank , LIFESPAN will start the list from the highest SPR identifier that is known to the system and for which details have been entered .
6 If this field is left blank , LIFESPAN will start the list from the highest SSR identifier that is known to the system and for which details have been entered .
7 If this field is left blank , LIFESPAN will start the list from the highest SSR identifier that is known to the system and for which details have been entered .
8 But even with everything that 's known about the risks from AIDS , James is convinced withdrawal of the pharmacy service will encourage some addicts to take risks .
9 The fact that lands were available for purchase presupposes that there were sellers as well as buyers , and much less is known about who these were , and why they were selling , than is known about the purchasers .
10 The majority will receive the ‘ Operation Enterprise ’ pack which has been used for a number of years and is known to the movement .
11 A Golders Green police spokesman said : ‘ He seemed to be obsessed with her and is known to the police as a pest who has been to court . ’
12 Since then he has toured and recorded extensively , and is known for the strong blues influence in his ballad and up tempo playing .
13 The other shrine , a mile out of town in Houghton St Giles , is the 14th-century national Roman Catholic shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham , and is known as the slipper chapel .
14 One of our favourite Assynt lochs lies a mile or so beyond the caves , and is known as the Gillaroo Loch , the name being derived from a species of Irish trout which inhabit limestone loughs such as Neigh and Mask .
15 The total energy which has to be used up in producing a real fracture surface is therefore greater than G and is known as the ‘ work of fracture ’ , W , such that , Although W is always considerably bigger than G , its actual magnitude varies very greatly between different materials .
16 The storms seem to be formed in the strangely disturbed band of atmosphere that lies athwart the equator between the two trade wind regions , and is known as the intertropical convergence zone .
17 Winchelsea , 3 miles away , was created by Edward I and is known as the smallest town in England .
18 It was he who wrote the famous book which has come down to us by its Arab translation , and is known as the Almagest .
19 In the latter case the intersegmental sclerite forms a narrow band at the front of the notum and is known as the acrotergite .
20 Among Apocritan Hymenoptera this segment becomes fused with the metathorax during the change from the larva to the pupa and is known as the propodeum , epinotum or median segment .
21 The former grain mill of the village , one of the finest in the region built in 1821 , serves nowadays as a community cultural centre and is known as the Kulturmuhle .
22 A club where kung fu is practised is called a kwoon , which means ‘ training place ’ , and is known as the kung fu home .
23 They are known by letters for which we have provided suitable mnemonics : ‘ A ’ ( the Accounting Committee ) deals with Budget and Finance as well as Trade and External Relations ; ‘ B ’ ( the Blazing Committee ) deals with energy and technology as well as transport ; ‘ C ’ ( the Caring Committee ) scrutinizes consumer and social affairs ; ‘ D ’ ( the Digging Committee ) is responsible for agriculture ; ‘ F ’ , the Environmental Committee is named the ‘ Friends of the Earth ’ ; Sub-Committee E ( Law and Institutions ) is traditionally chaired by a Law Lord — formerly by Lord Oliver of Aylmerton and now by Lord Slynn of Hadley — and is known as the Legal Eagles Committee .
24 This means that systems 5 and 6 exhibit an unusual decrease in solubility as the temperature rises , and the cloud-point curve is now inverted as in area B. The corresponding critical temperature is located at the minimum of the miscibility curve and is known as the lower critical solution temperature ( LCST ) .
25 But not so — 's reputation had gone before her and she has continued to be the professional lady who is respected by professional drivers and haulage contractors and is known as the lady who runs transport .
26 Combining equations ( 9.74 ) and ( 9.75 ) yields where the parameter γ is given by and is known as the propagation constant for reasons that will emerge in a moment .
27 On grant aid the Council will be able to give details of the budget for revenue grant aid for 1988/89 , and indicate the position as far as is known on the likely budgets for the following two years .
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