Example sentences of "it is [adv] know [conj] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The Greek authorities made no effort , indeed it is not known whether they had the legal authority , to allow the post mortem examination to take place before the body was released , despite the scarcity of important evidence in a case of this kind .
2 It is not known whether they had any children .
3 In particular it is not known whether they have been formed in relation to present sea level , in very much the same way as it is not known whether the wavecut platform round Britain was formed entirely in relation to present sea level .
4 It is not known whether they are of volcanic or impact origin , or a mixture of the two , though the relative numbers of different sizes are similar to the impact craters in the more heavily cratered areas on Mars and the Moon .
5 The natural history of AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis has not been clearly documented , and it is not known whether its presence has an independent influence on the prognosis of the affected patient .
6 From there she could have travelled to France or Belgium but it is not known whether she boarded a ferry .
7 The differential fee for night visits is intended to discourage general practitioners from using deputising services , but it is not known whether it has had this effect .
8 It is not known whether there will be a full archaeological investigation of the entire site , or even of a large part of it ; the excavation ends today .
9 It is not known whether there is an increase in colonic absorption of PEGs with age in humans such as is seen in rats , and whether this could have influenced the results .
10 It is not known whether there is non-integrin/integrin interactions in hepatocytes to activate integrin receptors as has been described in other cell types such as leukocytes .
11 It is not known if they are acquired through upbringing or inheritance or acquired later through experience .
12 Because Lo et al did not use any relative enrichment techniques , it is not known if they analysed one particular type of cell or a combination of types .
13 It is not known if they will appeal .
14 The company has , however , gone ahead with £1 million of research into public attitudes to nuclear power and has completed filming at least one television commercial , although it is not known when it will be broadcast .
15 Although it is not known when he will be able to return to his £350,000-a-year job , he is expected to lead a normal life within three months .
16 It is not known when he died but one hopes that he did not have to endure such a miserable existence for many years .
17 She had lived there for some time although it is not known where she lived before coming to Darlington .
18 It is not known where he learned his trade , but if it was not in Raunds it could have been in Cambridge , where a Thomas Grumbold ( d .
19 It is widely known that there are harmful effects from inhalation of outfall from a lead works ; for children who ingest it by licking lead-painted toys ; and for families whose drinking water is supplied through lead pipes .
20 It is well known that we remember best what comes first and what comes last in any period of study or reading .
21 It is well known that they always develop their more satisfying choreographic ideas when working with a group of dancers whose abilities they know .
22 ‘ Lady Isabella , ’ Cranston said smoothly , ‘ it is well known that your husband had strange tastes and foibles .
23 Rolls-Royce spokesman David Preston said : ‘ It is well known that our sales have been 50 per cent down on what they were in 1990 so any reduction is welcome . ’
24 It is well known that you do not reason as other men .
25 It is well known that he organized the transportation of Dürer 's Rosenkranzfest ( a painting full of Habsburg symbolism , including the portraits of Maximilian I and Pope Julius II ) across the Alps from Venice , with four bearers to hold it upright .
26 It is well known that it is difficult to grow plantation rubber ( Hevea brasiliensis , originally from Brazil ) successfully in the forest lands where that species grows wild , and it grows best in Malaysia ; cocoa , which is also native to the New World , grows best in West Africa , cloves from Indonesia , in Zanzibar , and so on .
27 My friend says I should not have been taking this drug during my pregnancy and that it is well known that it can cause these problems .
28 My friend says I should not have been taking this drug during my pregnancy and that it is well known that it can cause these problems .
29 It is well known that I am a prize fighter by profession …
30 It is well known that I disliked what was in the first three-year letter of intent , but I wholly approved of the principle .
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