Example sentences of "known from a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flood story in Babylonia is also known from a Sumerian text telling virtually the same tale , though more briefly , and many Sumerian compositions refer to the distant days of the flood or before . |
| 2 | Portraits of the famous Roman emperors are known from a large number of other sources , principally sculpture , but for many of the Hellenistic kings or Roman emperors of the third century AD , coins provide the only portrait evidence . |
| 3 | Or possibly it was of Norman origin , for it is known from a twelfth-century description of London that bull-baiting was practised by them . |
| 4 | He had known from an early age that Jamel , as the older brother , would take over as leader of Zimbala once their father died . |
| 5 | In setting a precedent , the BWG created the opportunity for others to make their demands and needs widely known from an organized base . |