Example sentences of "know [prep] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Professor Davis noted that the industries which expanded before 1780 did not transform themselves in the dramatic way we have come to know as an industrial revolution . |
| 2 | It sounds as if your engine may have glazed bores and too much crank case pressure if the cap is blowing off I suggest you have a compression check I do not know of an auxiliary tank for a Ninety Indeed , I have the same problem as yourself I 'm a newcomer to Land Rover and recently bought a 1975 Series III88 inch . |
| 3 | Do you know of an auxiliary fuel tank kit for the Ninety ? |
| 4 | You fully know as an old pressman the difficulty of dealing with a big speech late at night … |
| 5 | Imaginative writers know as an important item in their craft , that the way to convey emotion with most lucidity and particularity is to choose the apt words , not for the emotion itself , but for the image or scene which activates it . |
| 6 | And probably to a you know to an untutored ear it would sound reasonably similar . |
| 7 | I felt guilty — I seem to do that a lot , like when I could n't be with my parents when my father was dying , even when I know at an intellectual level that I do n't need to . |
| 8 | It has even been known for an esteemed binder 's ticket to be transferred from a battered volume to a more handsome specimen with which he had no demonstrable connection . |
| 9 | His attention was also caught by a woman dressed in midnight-blue satin and diamonds ; the sister of a Middle-Eastern ruler , she was known as an audacious gambler . |
| 10 | Nettled , I explained that I have what is known as an angular form , and this apparently makes me an entertaining subject . |
| 11 | In the course of getting to know the right conditions for plants to survive well , in addition to looking their best in the overall scheme of the garden , Tricia — internationally known as an interior designer — has naturally become something of a plantswoman . |
| 12 | This is known as an external audit . |
| 13 | Chickweed ( Stellaria media ) is known as an ephemeral weed , meaning it grows and sets seed rapidly , producing several generations in one season . |
| 14 | Such a value is known as an immediate operand or literal . |
| 15 | This is known as an internal audit . |
| 16 | Another development is the creation of what is known as an internal market for the production and delivery of certain collectively provided services such as health , education and community care . |
| 17 | Quarter and core the quinces but do not peel them ; put them in a vegetable steamer — the kind known as an adaptable steamer , which looks a bit like a colander , and fits on the top of the saucepan , not a bain marie or double boiler — over a pan of water , and cover them . |
| 18 | The rabbit is widely known as an inoffensive creature . |
| 19 | The police force at that time were in possession of what is known as an automatic door opener . |
| 20 | Not so in the case of Edith MacArthur , until recently best known as an elegant presence in repertory theatre drawing-rooms , or as Mrs Cunningham , doyenne of Glendarroch in Take The High Road . |
| 21 | Finally , using the third kind of pager , known as an alphanumeric pager , a message can be spelled out in words on the screen . |
| 22 | Under such an arrangement ( known as an open offer and clawback ) underwriters agree to purchase the requisite number of consideration shares from accepting shareholders at the agreed price , to the extent that the latter elect to receive cash , subject to the right of the bidder 's shareholders to buy such shares at the same price in priority to the underwriters . |
| 23 | A much better way of achieving a composite filter with strong rejection outside the pass band is to combine what is known as an m-derived section with a constant-k section . |
| 24 | He is also known as an amateur painter . |
| 25 | This is sometimes known as an asymmetrical display . |
| 26 | Andre Previn is now better known as an orchestral conductor . |
| 27 | Multiple passes in each arm are used to increase the effective optical path length ; the scheme shown in Fig. 10.5 with the beam walking across the mirror at successive reflections is known as an optical delay line . |
| 28 | Muge was known as an outspoken critic of corruption and of the erosion of democratic freedoms [ see also p. 37603 for role of churchmen in criticism of government ] , and had accused unnamed government members of involvement in the death in February of Foreign Minister Robert Ouko [ see p. 37239 ] . |
| 29 | She was known as an excellent microscopist . |
| 30 | Party Politics , known as an equine giant in racing circles because of his massive size , was cruising when he took it up four fences from home , and winning jockey Carl Llewellyn later admitted that his chief concern at that stage had been striking the front too early . |