Sentence examples for had previously known from inspiring English sources

"This appears another encouraging discovery that natural processes are more capable of producing materials of real value to mankind than we had previously known.

And it was among the latter that there sprang up an urban priesthood that was more socially active and committed than any the Anglican Church had previously known.

U.S. officials hoped the project could sow good relations in a conservative Muslim area that had previously known little tourism or other foreign involvement because of travel restrictions during the civil war.

He seemed to know everything and everyone, and to be more than willing to initiate us into this glamorous literary world filled with people we had previously known only as famous names on a page.

His reign was brief, circa 1336-1327 B.C. Historians had previously known so little about him that they were not sure if he had died young or come to the throne as an old man.

In turn, O'Reilly denied that was the case, said he had voted to retain Buckley and accused the O'Brien camp of creating the tensions in the first place by complaining that one of the board directors couldn't be considered independent under corporate governance rules, because he had previously known O'Reilly from World Association of Newspapers and Newspaper Publishers (WAN-IFRA).

Those who remain face hardship beyond anything the camp has previously known.

Having previously known little about impressionism, he had arrived in Paris in time to see the eighth (and last) impressionist exhibition.

Meeting in real life someone whom you've previously known only through the Internet is a tricky and awkward affair, even under the best of circumstances.

Yes, I may have previously known him as the most annoying man in rock'n'roll but there's no denying the lad can play.

Some clubs, some situations, offer no realistic prospect of immediate improvement and perceived public failure can be hard to deal with for players who have previously known only respect for their achievements.