Example sentences of "known to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time of the investigation , 300 cases were still in hospital and it is not known how many will later develop cirrhosis of the liver , to which veno-occlusive disease is known to be contributory factor . |
| 2 | The Ceasg is known to be dangerous and will swallow a man whole , possibly in memory of a fish-tailed god to whom human sacrifices were made . |
| 3 | Most people , indeed , are unwilling to talk of ‘ crime ’ when they discuss breach of pollution regulations : this sort of language is considered appropriate only where clearly blameworthy conduct exists — where there is a calculated breach of regulation , or where the polluting substance concerned is widely known to be dangerous and there was carelessness or recklessness in handling it . |
| 4 | In Part I women talk about so-called conventional therapies which include years of swallowing powerful hormonal and fertility drugs , like Perganol and Clomid , both of which are known to be dangerous . |
| 5 | Indeed , the E.coli rrnB and rrnD P 1 promoters for rRNAs are known to be salt-sensitive , being necessary not only the initiating NTPs but also low salt concentrations to obtain a stable complex in linear templates ( 8 ) . |
| 6 | Almost 80 per cent of the female seals in the Baltic are known to be sterile , primarily as a result of PCB poisoning , and by the year 2000 , grey seals in the Baltic may well have become extinct . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | To the extent that professional indemnity insurance is known to be available there is , in fact , an encouragement to litigate . |
| 9 | At best , his work is defined by what is known to be available as source material . |
| 10 | However , products which are known to be available on request may receive better ongoing coverage in the media simply because they are useful for photography . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It 's it 's on the basis that any employer has a duty of care to employees and what I mean by that is that er an employer has a responsibility to not work employers er er employees under conditions that that are known to be unsafe . |
| 13 | You should also be suspicious of foods that are known to be potent allergens . |
| 14 | Additionally , drugs widely used for the treatment of ulcerative colitis such as sulfasalazine and 5-ASA are known to be potent anti-reactive oxygen species agents . |
| 15 | Detectives said she was known to be upset over personal problems and ex-pressed serious concern for her safety . |
| 16 | Detectives in Colchester expressed concern for Lisa 's safety following her disappearance and revealed that she was known to be upset over personal problems . |
| 17 | But , there again , actresses were known to be broad-minded . |
| 18 | Well , note first of all that the various gases that are thought to have made up the early atmosphere contain most of the main elements that are known to be essential to life : carbon , nitrogen , sulphur , hydrogen , and oxygen — though the oxygen was not ‘ free ’ , but was combined for example with carbon in carbon monoxide . |
| 19 | In many societies this office confers status : though not necessarily ( if the doctor is known to be guilty of malpractices , for example ) . |
| 20 | HER contacts book was known to be extensive , but who would have thought Cynthia Payne 's network stretched to Austin , Texas . |
| 21 | 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 ’ . |
| 22 | Elizabeth was known to be alive in 1851 , aged about eighty . |
| 23 | He schemed to be proclaimed Emperor , but as long as Menelik was known to be alive this was impossible . |
| 24 | Yet if the example is modified a little , so that the overtaking is on a country road at night and the risk is known to be slight , it becomes questionable whether the causing of death in these circumstances should be labelled in the same way as intentional killings . |
| 25 | The efficacy of speed limits thus depends on drivers ' self-discipline , but this is known to be lax , particularly as modern cars are neither designed nor advertised to encourage low-speed driving . |
| 26 | The debate about lead pollution from vehicle exhaust emissions is well known ; less publicity has been given to PAHs ( polychlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons ) , a ubiquitous product of combustion processes and known to be carcinogenic ( Lioy and Daisey 1987 ) . |
| 27 | The official figures showed the party membership to be around 650,000 ; the real figures were well known to be far below that number , possibly below 300,000 , with an undue proportion being middle-class activists who had taken over old and decaying working-class parties or management committees . |
| 28 | The fear of the effects of war had been diminished by the quick struggles of the mid-century decades , but warfare was still known to be expensive and the Paris Commune had revived old fears that war might bring revolution . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , in a move reportedly designed to check the further collapse of the dinar , the Finance Minister Majid Abd Ja'far confirmed on Nov. 7 that the central Rafidain Bank had been authorized to accept currency known to be counterfeit [ see also p. 38407 ] . |
| 30 | What is unfortunate today is that scientists are still trying to build science on foundations that are known to be inadequate . |