Example sentences of "known to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | There is less style , of the kind known to Villiers de l'Isle Adam . |
| 3 | As for the different ‘ sort ’ of girl known to the loser : |
| 4 | It 's true that extracts such as Phoebe 's ‘ Think not that I love him … ’ from As You Like It ( Act 3 , Scene 5 ) or Viola 's ‘ 1 left no ring with her … ’ from Twelfth Night ( Act 2 , Scene 2 ) may be all too well known to a panel , but I can not agree with an adjudication policy that would ban these pieces from the audition . |
| 5 | Those who still seek compromise with catholic nationalists today are still known to the erudite leadership of the DUP as Lundies . |
| 6 | But religious education has been known to be fundamentalist and in some cases anti-catholic , depending on the teacher . |
| 7 | In York , one of the country 's major historic and tourist centres and the city best known to this writer , the visitor 's search for some genuine experience of a better , bygone England will find little reward inside most of the old city 's public houses . |
| 8 | In addition , there are 15,000 people known to be HIV-positive and twice as many believed to be carrying the virus without requesting medical help . |
| 9 | Just as Sgt Wilson 's thesis was channelled to me because I was known to be interested in research , so many police research departments now get allocated the task of reading the essays submitted by sergeants and inspectors for NEBS or DMS qualifications . |
| 10 | As John Stalker ( 1988 ) pointed out when he retired from the service , he had made the transition and had joined that group of persons pejoratively known to the police as ‘ civilians ’ . |
| 11 | You know he is known to everybody — ‘ As a rogue . ’ |
| 12 | We first met him at an elegant hotel in the ‘ uptown ’ district of Manhattan , New York , overlooking Central park , a watering place well known to artists ( Joe Cocker also happened to be in residence at the time ) . |
| 13 | Only the doctor who attended the last illness is required to certify when someone dies in the hospital and a post mortem has been carried out and the results known to the doctor . |
| 14 | The social services department should also tell you about services provided by itself or other services known to it which could be of use to you . |
| 15 | The majority will receive the ‘ Operation Enterprise ’ pack which has been used for a number of years and is known to the movement . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | Unable to meet the huge cost of the highly specialised asbestos de-contamination work then demanded of the entire Pullman set , SLOA agreed to sell the Pullmans to industrialist Sir William McAlpine ( better known to railway enthusiasts as the owner of Flying Scotsman ) and to hire them back for steam-charter use once the asbestos stripping work was complete . |
| 18 | To portray specific characters , whether imagined or real ( some were known to members of the audience at the first performance of Enigma Variations and Isadora ) , the would-be choreographer can use classical dance as a firm base but must pay more attention to his characters as particular individuals . |
| 19 | This is , of course , the Caucasus , a landscape jewel in the crown of the USSR , until recently little known to Westerners other than a few privileged mountaineers lucky enough to be invited to climb there . |
| 20 | Certainly the aspiration is not limited in modern times to those who have read Emaux et Camées , the French book that Pound respectfully pillaged for Hugh Selwyn Mauberley ; it is to be found in all modern poetries known to me , Russian and Polish as well as French , and ( more faintly ) in British and American . |
| 21 | Cardinal Hume has not only the cross of being a fervent Newcastle United supporter to bear ; he is also known to irreverent members of Mayfair 's Jesuit Farm Street Church by his initials , George Basil Hume . |
| 22 | Reports in South Africa said a number of members of the Broederbond , the secret Afrikaner pressure group , were included in the talks , as well as individuals known to be close to Gerrit Viljoen , the Constitutional Planning Minister . |
| 23 | Dr de Klerk , who has acted as an adviser to the anti-apartheid Democratic Party , is known to be close to his brother , but politics is rarely on the agenda when they meet . |
| 24 | Another company to which Ferranti is known to be talking is Daimler Benz , the giant West German vehicles , aircraft and electricals group . |
| 25 | Jenni Murray will be interviewing the excellent American actor Ed Asner ( above ) who , although best known to Brits as Lou Grant , has been involved in numerous political movements . |
| 26 | It was also signed by two captains , Javier Licona and Jesus George Balma , known to be unhappy at recent promotions of majors loyal to the general , at the expense of officers considered of questionable loyalty . |
| 27 | The results of the survey , which will include a national poll , will be known to senior police officers in the next few weeks , but will not be made public until early in the new year . |
| 28 | DUTCH eggs known to be infected with salmonella were allowed to go on sale in Britain without a public health warning being issued , it was confirmed yesterday . |
| 29 | There was an almost equally dramatic sequel to the race when Carroll House , who is known to be a highly strung individual , lashed out several times as he was returning and almost caught well-wishers patting his quarters . |
| 30 | Earlier this week the Ministry of Agriculture confirmed that Dutch eggs known to be infected with salmonella had been allowed on sale in the UK . |