Example sentences of "are know [prep] [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sandra , a full-time barrister and a mother of three , says some judges are known to be partial to women in wigs and gowns . |
| 2 | The Italians , and indeed all foreigners , are known to be cruel to animals , thought Daisy , looking down to see if she could catch some peasant beating a horse or kicking a dog . |
| 3 | Well , note first of all that the various gases that are thought to have made up the early atmosphere contain most of the main elements that are known to be essential to life : carbon , nitrogen , sulphur , hydrogen , and oxygen — though the oxygen was not ‘ free ’ , but was combined for example with carbon in carbon monoxide . |
| 4 | The magazine Private Eye was more scathing , having already denounced the Thatcher and Bush governments for agreeing ‘ that they will not pursue any further the terrorists who bombed the plane over Lockerbie since they are known to be close to the Syrian government ’ ( 28 September 1991 ) . |
| 5 | My gardening activities are , perhaps , slightly unorthodox , in that I make a point of growing plants whose flowers are known to be attractive to insects , plant flowers and vegetables together , tidy and prune only as much as is absolutely necessary , encourage plants , even ‘ weeds ’ , that give continuous ground cover , and rigorously exclude poisonous chemicals . |
| 6 | On these features are imposed several other psychological symptoms , many of which are known to be common to semistarvation , irrespective of its cause . |