Example sentences of "[not/n't] know to be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Obviously your personal situation will affect the choices you make but a sound principle to follow was laid down by William Morris who wrote ‘ have nothing in your home which you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful ’ .
2 Physical abuse is not known to be extensive and it may be felt that it has been excessively discussed in the context of ‘ dependence and independence ’ .
3 Case 1 — A man aged 84 , not known to be diabetic , presented with confusion , cough , and anorexia .
4 After one year 26 per cent of patients had ceased contact with services and were not known to be resident in the area .
5 However , there are difficulties with latent defects , for example , characteristics not known to be harmful at the time of delivery , or immunities to harmful substances being subsequently discovered .
6 Saliva , tears and urine are not known to be infectious .
7 Well , thanks very much , I had n't realized it had gone , I do n't know to be honest , I bet it 's hiding behind there .
8 I do n't know to be honest .
9 I says well I do n't know to be honest , I says I do n't deal with them , but we were talking about Mercury these cross-routing got one of these systems here
10 I do , I do n't know to be honest .
11 Oh heck , well I do n't know to be honest with you , something you 'll be able to play games on
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