Example sentences of "was [adv] know that " in BNC.

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1 Interior Minister Carlos Hurtado , had resigned on April 2 citing personal health problems , although it was widely known that he was hostile to Chamorro 's and Lacayo 's policy of co-operating with the Sandinistas .
2 He said the prison was close to anarchy and it was widely known that there was a strong risk of violence .
3 It was widely known that this promised to be a vintage year for books , thanks to an amazingly generous benefaction from a special friend of St.A 's & St.G 's .
4 A second reason for doubting that genes were made of DNA was that proteins are chemically much more interesting , and it was already known that at least some genetic abnormalities are caused by the absence of specific proteins .
5 It was already known that there are lower and upper cut-off points , which we have called the blackout and whiteout points .
6 [ Around 1800 ] persons … were enabled by their skill and industry to maintain themselves and families in a state of comfort and respectability ; and to keep their own houses and pay taxes , scot and lot , and contribute towards the maintenance of other persons in their profession , who were either sick or in distress , so that it was scarcely known that any person in this trade ever applied for parochial relief .
7 With regard to access to Art as a subject in the school curriculum , the Head of Department pointed out that he and his colleagues made special provision for some pupils , asking it if was generally known that pupils who opted not to do Art ( i.e. whose option choices precluded Art ) could still do it after school as an additional subject and that we do get some of them through ( verified note of meeting ) .
8 IT was always known that the decision to close 31 pits was economic , industrial and social madness .
9 Alix 's mother , broad-minded though she was , did not approve of Catholicism , and was hardly to know that Esther was Jewish .
10 It was also known that Mrs Thatcher 's closest advisers , Charles Powell and Bernard Ingham , were implicated in the leak , and it seemed improbable that the Prime Minister should have been totally ignorant .
11 It was also known that two of them had a day off together every week , besides Sunday .
12 It was also known that he was a hobo in his final years , and that he had always had a keen eye for women .
13 It was also known that the Kharg-5 had twice been damaged by Iraqi missiles in the Gulf during the Iran-Iraq war .
14 It was also known that Douglas Wilder , the first black Governor of Virginia , was considering mounting a challenge which , with the probable absence of the Rev. Jesse Jackson from the contest , was likely to attract support from minority groups .
15 It was now known that the allegations had come from statements made from three children already in care in mainland Scotland .
16 It was now known that the body of the Professor who specialised in nuclear physics had been claimed by the Iraqi Embassy in Rome .
17 It was well known that the foreman and the shop steward in question were always in dispute , and it appeared to the majority that the foreman had , in fact , set him up to get rid of him and to settle an old account .
18 According to Brian Sewell , art critic of the Evening Standard , it was well known that the Royal Collection had once contained a number of pornographic drawings by Leonardo .
19 But then Mrs Lawler came from a ‘ good ’ background , while it was well known that Lawler was an entirely self-made man .
20 However , it was well known that Beveridge , together with Churchill and other important officials such as Llewellyn Smith and George Askwith , were intent on setting up a scheme for juveniles .
21 It was well known that Selene never had any opinion about anything .
22 The clinching argument that Mr Dixon made about informing his father of his literary success was that probably Hank would need help in investing discreetly the earnings of the book , and it was well known that Mr Stych was an astute businessman .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 Cook also referred to Diplock 's ‘ evident distaste for trade unions ’ and said it was well known that ‘ taps ’ were frequently placed on trade unionists involved in trade disputes .
26 It was well known that the younger Beaumont twin was a marked man .
27 Although the detailed composition of the party was not made public , it was well known that prominent members of the PSP , including Anibal Escalante and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez , had significant influence in the new organisation .
28 At the time of privatisation it was well known that the city bus station was subject to a compulsory purchase order by the council and would be taken over for whatever sum .
29 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 .
30 It was well known that Sir Dennis Rooke made it clear to the right hon. Member for Worcester ( Mr. Walker ) that the privatisation of gas should be on his terms , and those were the terms on which gas was privatised .
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