Example sentences of "be [adv] know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it happens , the supreme masters of ‘ golden age ’ polyphony toward the latter part of the century , when Italian innovators were making even bolder experiments with word-carrying music , were an Italian , Palestrina , an Italianized Spaniard , and — more affected by humanism — an Italianized Fleming , who are widely known by Italianized forms of their names , ‘ Vittoria ’ and ‘ Orlando di Lasso ’ . |
| 2 | These classes are widely known by the label ‘ comprador ’ though this term has attracted a great deal of criticism . |
| 3 | Michael Portillo has been little known outside Westminster , but that is now changing , for he is the minister with the welfare state in his sights , says Joy Copley |
| 4 | Events among the Danes are little known in these years . |
| 5 | The effects of rabies are little known in Britain , that 's because we 've been virtually free of the disease since quarantine regulations were introduced in nineteen twenty two . |
| 6 | True crinoids are doubtfully known before the Ordovician , but once established they diversified rapidly in the manner we have seen repeatedly with other groups . |
| 7 | The nature of Burne-Jones 's aims and predilections in art are well-enough known by this time , and have been defined by himself absolutely fitted to this thought : ‘ I mean by a picture a beautiful romantic dream of something that never was , never will be — in a light better than any light that ever shone — in a land no one can define or remember , only desire . ’ |
| 8 | less reliable supporters give away one or more of these to candidates of other parties who are better known to them . |
| 9 | For longer-distance migration the destinations are likely to be places that are better known to tourists or are considered to be scenically more attractive . |
| 10 | Francesco Primaticcio and Niccolo del'Abbate are better known for their work outside their native city , and an outsider , Dionys Calvaert , adopted Bologna to exert great influence on the next generation of painters . |
| 11 | Microprose are better known for their comprehensive Simulations such as F-15 II Strike Eagle , and Gunship 2000 , their latest release is a strategy type Role Playing Game called Darklands . |
| 12 | These lie internal to the longitudinals on both ventral and dorsal sides and are better known as the muscles of the dorsal and ventral diaphragms ( see p.234 ) . |
| 13 | The first two are better known as Times and Helvetica … |
| 14 | The Brennans , who currently boast millions of album sales around the world , are better known as the Irish folk band , Clannad — while Maire 's younger sister Enya is also enjoying great success with a new solo album in both the UK and American charts . |
| 15 | Many are fast-moving and able to avoid trawl nets , but less adept at avoiding penguins and seals ; most of the smaller species are better known from the stomach contents of predators than as independent catches . |
| 16 | The rights and duties of individuals towards each other are together known as private law which in Anglo-Saxon countries , such as Britain and the United States , tends to derive from custom as incorporated by judges through time in what is known in Britain as the common law . |
| 17 | Daumier is famous for his satirical lithographs ; his equally good drawings and watercolours are less known as so many of them are in private collections . |
| 18 | Networks that exhibit the same terminal behaviour as some device , system or more complicated network are naturally known as equivalent circuits . |
| 19 | Once again , if you want to rename files whose names are only known at run-time , you must use the OSCLI command . |
| 20 | If z describes market conditions which are only known to the incumbent , then the results above tell us that the entrants gradually get to learn the incumbent 's private information . |
| 21 | The postcrania are only known for ‘ Kenyapithecus ’ from Maboko Island , and they indicate little change from the generalized arboreal quadrupedalism present in the early Miocene hominoids like Proconsul . |
| 22 | Many archaeological sites are only known from old aerial photographs taken during military operations in the 1940s and 1950s : the sites themselves have since been destroyed . |
| 23 | The textiles themselves are normally known as a result of being preserved by corrosion , where they have been in contact with metal objects in graves ; wood and leather are often preserved in the same manner . |
| 24 | They are best known for their pantomimes and comedy and felt the need for a change . |
| 25 | The next ten years of international arguments about whaling are best known as the period in which many more countries joined or rejoined the IWC , when the Indian Ocean was designated as a whale sanctuary and when the sperm whale was effectively protected after 200 years of exploitation . |
| 26 | These are best known as eye pigments and comprise two groups of substances , the sulphur.free ommatins of low molecular weight and , the sulphur-containing ommins of high molecular weight . |
| 27 | You have declined to give police details of your account for reasons that are best known to yourself and in my view the only inference I can draw from that is that you have the money at least to pay a fine . ’ |
| 28 | These are called " optimising models " and are best known from their application to queuing , scheduling and routing problems . |
| 29 | These developments are best known from the chalkland valleys of Wessex , but they certainly exist elsewhere , although they are poorly recorded , if at all . |
| 30 | The following definitions are best known from his Dictionnaire de musique ( 1768 ) , but date essentially from the early 1750s . |