Example sentences of "[Wh pn] was known to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The man , who was known to the police , was one of the knockers they 'd been keeping an eye on . |
| 2 | The assault started at 9pm on Tuesday night when a man , who was known to the victim , called at her flat , raped her and carried out what police described as ‘ a serious sexual assault ’ . |
| 3 | And the real Jockey Club was there , I saw , in the person of Bill Baudelaire , who was known to one or two of the owners with whom he was chatting . |
| 4 | The airline said they feared one of the dead was a British woman named Rebecca Gunner , who was known to be travelling on the flight but who has not so far been traced among the injured and rescued . |
| 5 | There was Abdullah Ali , a businessman in exile , who was known to Rashid , and who had eaten in a restaurant in London with men he believed to be his friends , who had died in St Stephen 's Hospital of a rat poison that had been sprinkled on his food during a moment of inattention . |
| 6 | It is uncertain how Cameron obtained an introduction to her but it was possibly through Clérisseau , who was known to her , or through Cameron 's book on the Roman baths . |
| 7 | The military itself was subject to serious unrest in January 1991 following new appointments by Gen. Luis Alonso Discua , the new C.-in-C. of the armed forces , who was known to be more moderate than his predecessor Gen. Arnulfo Cantarero López , who resigned in December 1990 . |
| 8 | A meeting held on Sept. 4 in Santo Domingo , the capital of the Dominican Republic , between Bazin and President Joaquín Balaguer ( who was known to be eager to mediate a solution to the Haitian crisis ) , was also attended by the US ambassador to the Dominican Republic , Robert Pastorino . |
| 9 | Reportedly stung by media criticism that he had appointed a mediocre Cabinet , Franco personally contacted PMDB leader Orestes Quércia , the former governor of the state of Sao Paulo who was known to be wary of involvement in the interim government in case it affected his chances in the 1994 presidential elections . |
| 10 | On Oct. 29 , however , Kim declared that he would not enter the contest , leading to speculation that he had bowed to pressure from Roh , whose administration had worked closely with Daewoo and who was known to be concerned that Kim 's intervention could split the conservative vote and thereby allow Kim Dae Jung to win the election . |
| 11 | Ulf , the bishop whose capabilities had so little impressed Bishop Ealdred , had disappeared from view and been replaced at Dorchester by a Saxon , Wulfwig , who was known to be on good terms with Leofric of Mercia . |
| 12 | At Gary 's funeral , 500 people packed the church and 200 more were outside to pay their tributes to the well-loved lad who was known to his friends as ‘ The Main Man ’ because he organised holidays , football and much of their social lives . |