Example sentences of "were [adv] know [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so Harrison of Caldbeck and Robinson of Buttermere — wrestlers were always known by name and village both — were circling about each other 's conversation trying for a grip . |
| 2 | These were of the continuous burning vertical " type which were also known as Shaft Kilns . |
| 3 | The next three moves were also known to theory , but Speelman fell into a trap with his 17th move . |
| 4 | Lists of the so-called Anti-Reformers or Boroughmongers were set out in the radical press , and as the electors were so few and were persons of standing , their views were really known in advance and the outcome could be predicted accurately — contrary to the modern opinion polls which so often are at variance with the result . |
| 5 | Her reservations about the senior civil service as a whole were well known in advance . |
| 6 | Key figures in the early evolution of the corporations included Nigel Broackes , Chairman of the London Docklands Development Corporation ( LDDC ) , and Basil Bean , Chief Executive of the Merseyside Development Corporation ( MDC ) , who were well known within City and market institutions . |
| 7 | Other highly critical reports were subsequently published following inquiries into conditions at what were then known as subnormality hospitals . |
| 8 | The campus buildings are based around five squares raised up on concrete stilts which were officially known as podia . |
| 9 | Its purpose was to provide art historians with examples of antique sculpture that were definitely known to Renaissance artists such as Donatello and Ghiberti and influenced their work . |