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

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1 These days much is known about the socio-economic composition of the population thanks largely to the national census .
2 Once the Proving picture is obtained then enough is known about the remedy to start using it in practice .
3 Only general conclusions can be drawn at present because not enough is known about the parameters involved in this model ; whether the Universe will expand forever or whether it will finally contract is not yet clear .
4 Although warming has been detected over the last few decades , scientists claim that not enough is known about the natural temperature variations of the region to be able to come to any conclusions .
5 The survey , carried out by Dr Helen McEwan and Dr Mary Campbell-Brown of Glasgow Royal Infirmary , reported that many women fear not enough is known about the long-term consequences .
6 In the years when this inexplicable phenomenon occurs — and it usually happens around Christmas , and so is known by the local fishermen as El Niño — the plankton suddenly vanish , the fish die and the birds fly away or are left to starve and rot .
7 Nothing further is known of the episode from contemporary sources .
8 In the Seventies it became Tiffany 's , The Studio in the late Eighties , and now is known as The Ritzy .
9 About this time the Club was given its second trophy and which today is known as the Lovell Bowl .
10 The calendar in use today is known as the Gregorian or New Style , to distinguish it from the Julian or Old Style , and was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 .
11 In multimedia systems , the most successful type of interface today is known as the Graphical User Interface ( GUI ) .
12 Here is known as the retardation time and is a measure of the time delay in the strain after imposition of the stress .
13 A little is known about the way the duns and the chapels with their carved slabs were used in medieval times but hardly anything about how they regarded the earlier standing stones .
14 A little is known about the way the duns and the chapels with their carved slabs were used in medieval times but hardly anything about how they regarded the earlier standing stones .
15 For the period before the Industrial Revolution little is known about the operation of local labour markets , especially for the north of England .
16 While short term evaluation after fundoplication , as a rule , shows normal values of 24 hour oesophageal pH measurements , rise of lower oesophageal sphincter pressure and probably correction of reflux induced disturbances of motility. little is known of the longterm effects of fundoplication on oesophageal function .
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