Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [been] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oliver North to Iran , travelling on Irish passports , to organize the sale of TOW missiles and launchers to the Iranian government in exchange for the release of American hostages ; details of money transfers and bank accounts , with dates and places — most of it based on incidents and conversations that could only have been known to the Iranian or American negotiators . |
| 2 | The defect in any case may not have been known at the time of the sale . |
| 3 | ( 3 ) The estate of a partner who dies , or who becomes bankrupt , or of a partner who , not having been known to the person dealing with the firm to be a partner , retires from the firm , is not liable for partnership debts contracted after the date of the death , bankruptcy , or retirement respectively . |
| 4 | I have already discussed the improbability of the entire aircraft , its crew and its troops disappearing totally over land ; though , of course , had it come down in enemy-occupied territory , nothing might ever have been known of the matter if all the occupants had perished , and certainly not if any survivors had been disposed of ( which , given the purpose of their mission , would have been highly probable ) . |
| 5 | It was identified as such only a short while after Delta Cephei itself , and if it had been found a few months earlier the short-period stars would probably have been known as Aquilids rather than Cepheids . |
| 6 | Many of the children will have experienced poverty and insecurity , if not actual neglect , and may well have been known to the health or education authorities as children at special risk before they come into the care of the social services department . |
| 7 | The fact that the US was canvassing support from other Asian states would very likely have been known to the Russians and Chinese ; and it is at least conceivable that this fact influenced their own decision . |