Example sentences of "[noun] are known to be " in BNC.
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| 31 | Thames Valley Police are known to be furious about the case . |
| 32 | My gardening activities are , perhaps , slightly unorthodox , in that I make a point of growing plants whose flowers are known to be attractive to insects , plant flowers and vegetables together , tidy and prune only as much as is absolutely necessary , encourage plants , even ‘ weeds ’ , that give continuous ground cover , and rigorously exclude poisonous chemicals . |
| 33 | Now the poor economies are known to be not so poor as had generally been supposed , more of them should be invited to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( whose membership is currently confined to the 24 ‘ industrial ’ countries ) or to attend the annual economic summit of the leaders of the G7 . |
| 34 | Ministers are known to be bracing themselves for a series of defeats . |
| 35 | Ten ministers are known to be members of the Apprentice Boys of Derry . |
| 36 | This covers all types of mental handicap , including mild cases where social and environmental factors are known to be important but the exact nature of the problem is less well known . |
| 37 | The windows in the NIR are known to be predominantly controlled by water absorption bands , but oxygen and carbon dioxide also have some influence . |
| 38 | The luxurious rooms at London 's Hyde Park hotel are known to be a favourite among superstars from around the world . |
| 39 | Few have been sectioned , though the central pair are known to be contemporary with the main phase of the east-west road . |
| 40 | This could in turn explain why a higher proportion of experimental eggs were rejected at Santa Fe than at Guadix , because hosts are known to be more likely to reject alien eggs when they are alerted by encounters with the adult parasite in the vicinity of their nest . |
| 41 | As yet , no definitive decision has been made as to the microkernel that will be used for new versions of OS/2 , though developers are known to be working with the Carnegie-Mellon University 's Mach 3 microkernel ; in addition , there is the possibility that IBM might use the NT kernel — ‘ we could use the NT microkernel if we wanted to ’ , it said . |
| 42 | The distribution of porosity is controlled partly by depositional facies and partly by diagenesis , and potential reservoir rocks are known to be developed in each of the carbonate units . |
| 43 | Selective adhesion mechanisms are known to be involved in nerve-muscle recognition and control of synaptic development in several vertebrate systems . |
| 44 | Madonna and Harrison Ford are known to be devotees of the sandal . |
| 45 | Baird et al have demonstrated cytokine expression in tissue from Dupuytren patients , and certain inflammatory cells are known to be potential sources of these intercellular signalling molecules . |