Example sentences of "be know [prep] [be] very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the specialists have had to stand on their heads , because previous transfusions are known to be very helpful in making a kidney ‘ take ’ ; the modern kidney doctor will not usually accept for transplant a patient who has not had a transfusion . |
| 2 | Through chauvinism or lack of thoroughness they omitted the many Scottish versions of the rhyme , even though some are known to be very old . |
| 3 | The perforations for BA-1 are known to be very short in penetration length . |
| 4 | Although they always look so tempting on the garden centre shelf , they are known to be very hard to please . |
| 5 | Once this has occurred , risks are known to be very high , in some cases one in four for further births . |
| 6 | Red Pandas are known for being very choosy but thanks to an international stud agency , the animal worlds equivalent of Blind Date , Mansolu abnd Tongfei were brought together at The Cotswold Wildlife Park at Burford in Oxfordshire . |
| 7 | Thus in one field the U- figure may be given a value of 90 per cent as take up is known to be very strong , while in another it is given a value of 25 per cent since only 1 in 4 of such applicants is thought likely to accept . |
| 8 | Speaking of the Warburg Institute : the relationship between your Department and the Warburg Library is known to be very close . |
| 9 | As a potential finesse on Mal , Mike also called Bob at Binary with a view to repossessing the option on ‘ Sonnet ’ plus development money at rolling compound — and redeveloping it somewhere else entirely , say at Red Giant , where Rodge was known to be very interested . |