Example sentences of "[noun] were known [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sandstone rocks along its western side were known to be porous , but the engineers predicted that the pores would be blocked by silt . |
| 2 | As Clarke and Morrison discuss , their data are comparable with other studies in Fiji : such losses were known to be occurring more than 20 years ago but went unheeded in the wake of development . |
| 3 | By late July about 20 dissidents were known to be in detention , several ( including Matiba and Rubia ) under security legislation which allowed for detention without charge for up to 14 days or longer . |
| 4 | Samuel , Dorothy Perkins and C and J Clark Shoes were known to be among the stores which signed up . |
| 5 | Parts of Lyppard Grange at Warndon in Worcester were known to be derelict , semi-ruinous and dangerous 2 years ago . |
| 6 | Eight thousand miners were known to be in Yanomami territory in 1989 , when they constructed a hundred airstrips to ferry in fuel , food and mining equipment . |
| 7 | Former headmen were known to be important organizers of the illicit trade in stolen cattle . |
| 8 | Hu Yaobang , General Secretary of the Communist Party , and Premier Zhao Ziyang were known to be enthusiastic about pressing ahead with further restructuring of the economy and initiating change in other areas of Chinese society . |
| 9 | Nurse Sharon Hill died when the party of tourists she was with came under fire in an area where terrorists were known to be active . |
| 10 | Suspect food was masked in a meal in which all other constituents were known to be safe . |
| 11 | The reason for their exclusion , despite the government 's professed desire for parent power , was that parents and governing bodies were known to be likely to reject opting out of the ILEA . |
| 12 | If patients were known to be moving away a letter detailing their surveillance history was sent to their doctor or next supervising consultant . |
| 13 | Certainly the Abbey were known to be large landowners in the area . |
| 14 | Russia had already put under its jurisdiction border troops in Tajikistan , and Tajik rebel forces were known to be receiving weaponry via this route . |
| 15 | About 1,500,000 Soviet servicemen were known to be stationed on Ukrainian territory , and 42 per cent of officers in the Soviet Army were of Ukrainian origin . |
| 16 | Much effort would be saved if these were more uniform or if , at least , there were core hours when all CABx were known to be open . |
| 17 | Two hundred and forty one adults were known to be active smokers and 261 children passive smokers . |
| 18 | But , there again , actresses were known to be broad-minded . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He says that the message from those giving evidence was that they should have been told what the situation was — that terreorist were known to be active in the region . |