Example sentences of "it be well [vb pp] that [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | I have a reputation for honesty and fair trading — and it 's well known that I do n't have any truck with shady deals , ’ she informed him bluntly . |
2 | To continue with the example of India , it is well documented that there was a massive economic ‘ drain' which transferred substantial export surpluses of goods and bullion to Britain . |
3 | It is well documented that there are geographical variations in both health status and health care expenditure within Britain . |
4 | For those who love labels , then , modern British literature in that aspect might conveniently be called Aristophanic — provided , that is , it is well understood that its novelists and playwrights can not be assumed to have taken any attentive interest in ancient Greek comedy , and that coincidence is all it is . |
5 | This comes as a great shock to me because it is well understood that anyone who does not like Erich Kleiber 's conducting must be a Nazi ! ’ |
6 | It is well established that we are in fact in a state of muscular flaccid paralysis during REM sleep , with the exception of the muscles controlling respiration , and the eyes . |
7 | It is well established that there are voters whose preferences are influenced by the alphabetical sequence in which candidates ' surnames appear on the ballot paper . |
8 | An undertaking is defined in reg 3 of the Transfer Regulations as including any trade or business , and as a result of a series of cases ( Kenmir Ltd v Frizzell [ 1968 ] 1 All ER 414 ; Batchelor v Premier Motors ( Romford ) Ltd COIT 1359/181 19.11.82 ; Premier Motors ( Medway ) Ltd v Total Oil ( GB ) Ltd [ 1984 ] ICR 58 ; Spijkers v Gebr Benedik Abattoir CV [ 1986 ] 2 CMLR 296 ) it is well established that there will be a transfer of an undertaking for the purpose of the Transfer Regulations only if " the business concerned is transferred as a going concern " . |
9 | It is well known that we remember best what comes first and what comes last in any period of study or reading . |
10 | It is well known that they always develop their more satisfying choreographic ideas when working with a group of dancers whose abilities they know . |
11 | ‘ Lady Isabella , ’ Cranston said smoothly , ‘ it is well known that your husband had strange tastes and foibles . |
12 | Rolls-Royce spokesman David Preston said : ‘ It is well known that our sales have been 50 per cent down on what they were in 1990 so any reduction is welcome . ’ |
13 | ‘ It is well known that you do not reason as other men . |
14 | It is well known that he organized the transportation of Dürer 's Rosenkranzfest ( a painting full of Habsburg symbolism , including the portraits of Maximilian I and Pope Julius II ) across the Alps from Venice , with four bearers to hold it upright . |
15 | It is well known that it is difficult to grow plantation rubber ( Hevea brasiliensis , originally from Brazil ) successfully in the forest lands where that species grows wild , and it grows best in Malaysia ; cocoa , which is also native to the New World , grows best in West Africa , cloves from Indonesia , in Zanzibar , and so on . |
16 | My friend says I should not have been taking this drug during my pregnancy and that it is well known that it can cause these problems . |
17 | My friend says I should not have been taking this drug during my pregnancy and that it is well known that it can cause these problems . |
18 | It is well known that I am a prize fighter by profession … |
19 | It is well known that I disliked what was in the first three-year letter of intent , but I wholly approved of the principle . |
20 | But it is well known that there is a prejudice against awarding the bigger gongs to those who have fled England : especially for Switzerland . |
21 | It is well known that there has been widespread acceptance of restrictive trade measures falling outside the formal GATT rules , e.g. voluntary export restraints and anti-dumping legislation . |
22 | There were two objections to this : firstly it was a British tune and secondly ( though less important ) it was well known that its full version included a line about crushing rebellious Scots ; and while the English national anthem may have pleased aggressively Anglophile spectators , it gave immense offence to thousands of ordinary Scots who quite understandably punctuated it with boos and whistles . |
23 | It was well known that there were two principal contenders for the Foreign Office : both good friends of mine and friends of each other , although , it was believed , long-time rivals — Tony Crosland and Roy Jenkins . |
24 | She had been adopted as a small child by the counsellor 's wife , now dead — so said my companion , adding that it was well known that she would marry Victor , and so come into a deal of money . |