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

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1 He was known to be linked with a Serbian secret society known as the Black Hand .
2 Royal Highland Regiment ( the 42nd ) , known as the Black Watch , senior Highland regiment of the British army , raised in 1739 .
3 ‘ The disease was not actually known as the Black Death during the fourteenth century .
4 He died in 1349 , probably of the plague known as the Black Death .
5 The upland forests of the island are home to another unique species , generally known as the black ape .
6 In addition , the Prayer Book include a communion rubric , known as the Black Rubric , which contained an explicit denial of the real presence ; it stated that the bread and wine ‘ remain still in their very natural substances ’ , and that kneeling to receive communion did not signify that ‘ any adoration is done or meant to be done ’ .
7 In 1348 the bubonic plague , known as the Black Death , struck Europe for the first time and , in conditions of poor sanitation , famine and undernourishment , made rapid progress .
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