Example sentences of "[noun] be known to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Additionally , drugs widely used for the treatment of ulcerative colitis such as sulfasalazine and 5-ASA are known to be potent anti-reactive oxygen species agents . |
| 2 | Other cases are known to Amnesty International , where asylum seekers travelling without valid travel documents have been prevented by airline personnel , sometimes with the knowledge of Immigration Officers , from applying for political asylum in this country . |
| 3 | Erm , in Shropshire the M F U are known to be in favour of compulsory dips , there 's no difference between us , but if we are going down , you are going to send a re erm , er , a joint representation , then I think before you agree to send a joint representation then you need to have a meeting with M F U and C L A , to make certain that we 're all saying the same thing . |
| 4 | Abbreviations should only be used if their meanings are known to users . |
| 5 | ‘ Your kind are known to us , Doctor , and have been for longer than you can imagine . ’ |
| 6 | When one or more water molecules are known to be coordinated to a central atom in a complex ion , the system for naming complex ions described above can be used . |
| 7 | After primary dispersal by a range of vertebrates in a dry-seasonal forest in Costa Rica , the fruits of F. hondurensis are known to be re-arranged by several ant species . |
| 8 | Once this has occurred , risks are known to be very high , in some cases one in four for further births . |
| 9 | Waiting lists are known to be an inaccurate indicator of need , as many doctors do not refer patients if they know the wait will be long ( this is as true for instance for hearing aids as it is for hip replacements ) . |
| 10 | Some fragments are known to nearly everyone , but not always who said them and in which play . |
| 11 | Reserves are known to be low in Sudan , and thought to be low in Ethiopia . |
| 12 | Exactly what the sea anemone gains from this relationship is not known , but crabs with anemones on their shells are known to be much less vulnerable to attack by octopuses . |
| 13 | Those characteristics were known to that keeper or were at any time known to a person who at that time had charge of the animal as that keeper 's servant or , where that keeper is the head of a household , were known to another keeper of the animal who is a member of that household and under the age of sixteen . ’ |
| 14 | The sandstone rocks along its western side were known to be porous , but the engineers predicted that the pores would be blocked by silt . |
| 15 | ( It is interesting to note that freshwater pearls were known to the Chinese by the beginning of the first millennium B.C. ) |
| 16 | As Clarke and Morrison discuss , their data are comparable with other studies in Fiji : such losses were known to be occurring more than 20 years ago but went unheeded in the wake of development . |
| 17 | By late July about 20 dissidents were known to be in detention , several ( including Matiba and Rubia ) under security legislation which allowed for detention without charge for up to 14 days or longer . |
| 18 | Michel Roux is known to millions of TV viewers . |
| 19 | Like Alum Pot and Gaping Gill , Malham is known to generations of " O " level , " A " level and C 5 E geography students as a superb example of limestone scenery . |
| 20 | If you are addressing an organisation or a person known only to you by their title — the Head of Business Studies , The Metal Consortium PLC the Department of Health and Social Security — then the salutation will be Dear Madam if the recipient is known to be a woman and , traditionally , Dear Sir if the sex is unknown . |
| 21 | The US motor industry is known to be sceptical over whether the timescale proposed for the new emission levels can be met . |
| 22 | Surely they only take place when the data 's known to be applicable to people . ’ |
| 23 | The Ceasg is known to be dangerous and will swallow a man whole , possibly in memory of a fish-tailed god to whom human sacrifices were made . |
| 24 | Long before the sulphonamides were used as medicines , quinine was known to be a specific drug against malaria . |
| 25 | Mr Akashi insists on looking on the bright side : Khmer Rouge artillery was known to be inaccurate and their shells often failed to explode , he said . |
| 26 | The aircraft was known to the German Air Force , or Reichsluftfahrtminsterium for short , as HE 100 D , since the appellation ‘ 113 ’ was considered unlucky . |
| 27 | It was 17th October and Balliol was known to be on the move . |
| 28 | The information about the use of control groups and the healthy worker effect was known to your reporter before he spoke to me — it is common knowledge . |
| 29 | This instrument was known to Ptolemy in the second century AD , and — the underlying mathematical theory of stereographic projection can be traced back at least to Ptolemy 's great predecessor Hipparchus ( second century BC ) . |
| 30 | For his final years in office , Warwick was known to be out of favour with the king , something which must have reduced his authority within the duchy . |