Example sentences of "[was/were] known to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were known to be four coastal guns , mounted with anti-aircraft batteries , on Maaloy to defend the Ulvesund anchorage where convoys sheltered in bad weather or gathered before crossing more open waters not protected by outer islands . |
| 2 | Yet it was undeniable that the Conservative political pressure to extend rural electrification had led to a diversion of scarce capital resources into investments which were known to be unremunerative and in fact turned out to be so . |
| 3 | But , there again , actresses were known to be broad-minded . |
| 4 | They were known to be present in all good mines — indeed their absence was not a good omen . |
| 5 | Darby was convicted , along with his assistant Leslie Thomas , 26 , also of the Isle of Dogs , at an earlier hearing on two counts of conspiracy to manage premises where drugs were known to be available . |
| 6 | Hu Yaobang , General Secretary of the Communist Party , and Premier Zhao Ziyang were known to be enthusiastic about pressing ahead with further restructuring of the economy and initiating change in other areas of Chinese society . |
| 7 | Parts of Lyppard Grange at Warndon in Worcester were known to be derelict , semi-ruinous and dangerous 2 years ago . |
| 8 | Former headmen were known to be important organizers of the illicit trade in stolen cattle . |
| 9 | It would have been more usual to have asked her with careful casualness to wait behind after the meeting but what he had to say was private and he had been trying for some weeks now to cut down the number of times when they were known to be alone together . |
| 10 | The reason for their exclusion , despite the government 's professed desire for parent power , was that parents and governing bodies were known to be likely to reject opting out of the ILEA . |
| 11 | Much effort would be saved if these were more uniform or if , at least , there were core hours when all CABx were known to be open . |
| 12 | He and his wife , Edna , were known to be distraught by the National furore . |
| 13 | He and his wife , Edna , were known to be distraught by the National furore . |
| 14 | The sandstone rocks along its western side were known to be porous , but the engineers predicted that the pores would be blocked by silt . |
| 15 | War weariness was increasing the unpopularity of the Whigs , and although the Tories were happy with Queen Anne , the prospect of the succession of the House of Hanover , foreign Lutherans who were known to be sympathetic to the Whigs , was not particularly appealing to them . |
| 16 | By 1914 there were known to be 114 of them . |
| 17 | Suspect food was masked in a meal in which all other constituents were known to be safe . |
| 18 | It would only be possible to say this if assertion ( b ) were known to be true , and that all those who never consulted analysts and therapists were ‘ normal ’ . |
| 19 | Certainly the Abbey were known to be large landowners in the area . |
| 20 | Two hundred and forty one adults were known to be active smokers and 261 children passive smokers . |
| 21 | Nurse Sharon Hill died when the party of tourists she was with came under fire in an area where terrorists were known to be active . |
| 22 | He says that the message from those giving evidence was that they should have been told what the situation was — that terreorist were known to be active in the region . |
| 23 | We had assumed that their affair would in some way be a violent one , because O was known to be violent , and because Boy made you feel strange when he gave himself away to you , a strangeness , and a feeling that you always wanted more , that often came out as violence . |
| 24 | Bonnet was known to be opposed to the government 's plans to restructure the army . |
| 25 | Manchuria was known to be rich in raw materials , notably coal and iron ore , and capable of supporting a far larger population than dwelt there at the time . |
| 26 | Elizabeth was known to be alive in 1851 , aged about eighty . |
| 27 | He schemed to be proclaimed Emperor , but as long as Menelik was known to be alive this was impossible . |
| 28 | Detectives said she was known to be upset over personal problems and ex-pressed serious concern for her safety . |
| 29 | Detectives in Colchester expressed concern for Lisa 's safety following her disappearance and revealed that she was known to be upset over personal problems . |
| 30 | Patients with ARF were subdivided according to whether their duration of renal failure was known to be greater than or less than 10 days . |