Example sentences of "it is [adv] known [conj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It is well known that marital breakdown between parents can have a dire effect upon the child in terms of immediate misery , and subsequent disruption of personality and relationships .
2 It is well known that Homoeopathic remedies are very dilute in their preparation though their effects can not be explained so simply .
3 It is well known that Roman remains are found at considerable depth in the lower Thames Valley and that the " Roman snail " they introduced to Britain is found far down in hill wash and similar deposits .
4 It is well known that other groups of hypochlorhydric patients — for example , after partial gastrectomy or vagotomy ; in chronic atrophic gastritis ; in pernicious anaemia — have an increased incidence of gastric cancer .
5 It is well known that many children in Romanian hospitals have been infected with HIV through reused needles , syringes and infected blood transfusions .
6 He or she may — and probably will — possess a more subtle view of ‘ professionalism ’ than the capacity to deliver examination results , but at the same time it is well known that many parents and politicians see those results as the crucial way by which schools account for their success or failure .
7 I suggest that the general public also regard statements about animal tested products with caution , as it is well known that many of these products have had extremely adverse effects on human beings .
8 It is well known that many members of Parliament are among those who are deeply dissatisfied with Parliament 's ability to control the executive , or even to find out what it is doing .
9 It is well known that many of the professional singers of early music in Britain were trained in cathedral choir and in Oxbridge chapels .
10 It is well known that one of the best ways of learning is to teach others .
11 It is well known that female Prosobranch gastropods have the capacity to store sperm for short periods ( Fretter and Graham , 1962 ) .
12 It is well known that each vessel contributes to movement of the lymph by contracting once every 6–10 seconds in response to being gorged with fluid from the vessel upstream .
13 It is well known that all students do not learn in the same way .
14 It is well known that deprived children tend to do less well at school than their ‘ ordinary ’ peers .
15 It is somewhat paradoxical that structural shift does not appear to have been a major factor in productivity growth after the war , because it is well known that structural imbalances contributed substantially to unemployment between the wars .
16 It is well known that local reversals of movement occur and may possibly go on for a number of years .
17 It is well known that any such sheet of water will attract birds , and these reservoirs ' main importance is for the wintering wildfowl Table VI ( p. 33 ) gives an indication of the ornithological importance of the four major reservoirs which attract about 30 per cent .
18 Now it is well known that any linear differential equation of order n has n independent solutions , the most general solution being a linear combination of these .
19 It is well known that this canal always had water shortages , even before modern water extraction diverted part of its natural supply at Greywell , and thousands of thirsty trees grew up on its banks on what had been open country in 1790 .
20 For example , I wonder why there are no English-speaking contributors to the Panofsky centenary conference , even though it is well known that this approach was most fully developed in the English-speaking world .
21 It is also known that two of the four panel members who complained about Mrs Kemp were employees of Orkney Islands Council .
22 It is also known that such conditions can be cured by a reduction in anxiety
23 For example , there is growing evidence showing the relationship between poor housing conditions and poor health , both physical and mental , ’ and it is also known that poor housing adversely affects educational attainment , and that overcrowded conditions can lead to domestic tension and perhaps violence .
24 The National Trust is currently undertaking a structural survey which will reveal the full scale of the damage , but it is already known that extensive harm has been done to the brickwork , windows and terrace .
25 They could obtain compass information from the sun and stars , and it is indeed known that some seasonal migrators follow stellar patterns ; stellar orientation has been particularly well studied in the indigo bunting , a bird that inhabits North America .
26 Until quite recently it was considered that it was the crust that attained equilibrium with respect to the mantle , but it is now known that isostatic adjustments also involve the rigid mantle forming the lower part of the lithosphere .
27 It is now known that many plants grow at temperatures as low as 0°C , albeit slowly , and it is thought that higher temperatures are more important in the earlier half of the year .
28 It is now known that most children who are sensitive to cow 's milk are actually reacting to the proteins it contains .
29 — If you can , avoid alcohol and smoking ( even passive smoking ) as it is now known that excessive alcohol consumption , combined with heavy smoking , lowers the number and activity of sperm and may be linked to higher rates of miscarriage. — If you have a condition that requires medical treatment , consult your doctor .
30 However , it is now known that some corals can survive settling sediment and that even reefs may develop in muddy surroundings .
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