Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adv] known that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eight overs remained , and it was universally known that the bails would be lifted even if the match was still undecided : an extra pressure on everyone , and another silly regulation among cricket 's banana-skins , this one installed pre-tour by the visiting team . |
| 2 | It was well known that the foreman and the shop steward in question were always in dispute , and it appeared to the majority that the foreman had , in fact , set him up to get rid of him and to settle an old account . |
| 3 | According to Brian Sewell , art critic of the Evening Standard , it was well known that the Royal Collection had once contained a number of pornographic drawings by Leonardo . |
| 4 | But then Mrs Lawler came from a ‘ good ’ background , while it was well known that Lawler was an entirely self-made man . |
| 5 | However , it was well known that Beveridge , together with Churchill and other important officials such as Llewellyn Smith and George Askwith , were intent on setting up a scheme for juveniles . |
| 6 | It was well known that Selene never had any opinion about anything . |
| 7 | The clinching argument that Mr Dixon made about informing his father of his literary success was that probably Hank would need help in investing discreetly the earnings of the book , and it was well known that Mr Stych was an astute businessman . |
| 8 | There were two objections to this : firstly it was a British tune and secondly ( though less important ) it was well known that its full version included a line about crushing rebellious Scots ; and while the English national anthem may have pleased aggressively Anglophile spectators , it gave immense offence to thousands of ordinary Scots who quite understandably punctuated it with boos and whistles . |
| 9 | It was well known that there were two principal contenders for the Foreign Office : both good friends of mine and friends of each other , although , it was believed , long-time rivals — Tony Crosland and Roy Jenkins . |
| 10 | Cook also referred to Diplock 's ‘ evident distaste for trade unions ’ and said it was well known that ‘ taps ’ were frequently placed on trade unionists involved in trade disputes . |
| 11 | It was well known that the younger Beaumont twin was a marked man . |
| 12 | Although the detailed composition of the party was not made public , it was well known that prominent members of the PSP , including Anibal Escalante and Carlos Rafael Rodriguez , had significant influence in the new organisation . |
| 13 | At the time of privatisation it was well known that the city bus station was subject to a compulsory purchase order by the council and would be taken over for whatever sum . |
| 14 | She had been adopted as a small child by the counsellor 's wife , now dead — so said my companion , adding that it was well known that she would marry Victor , and so come into a deal of money . |
| 15 | It was well known that Sir Dennis Rooke made it clear to the right hon. Member for Worcester ( Mr. Walker ) that the privatisation of gas should be on his terms , and those were the terms on which gas was privatised . |
| 16 | Carlos Abadia , leader of the broad-based opposition movement National Civic Crusade ( NCC ) , claimed that it was well known that Ford wished to stand for the presidency in 1994 and that he wished to give up his ministerial post " to reduce the political pressure on him " . |
| 17 | It was well known that political life played havoc with family life . |
| 18 | It was also known that Mrs Thatcher 's closest advisers , Charles Powell and Bernard Ingham , were implicated in the leak , and it seemed improbable that the Prime Minister should have been totally ignorant . |
| 19 | It was also known that two of them had a day off together every week , besides Sunday . |
| 20 | It was also known that he was a hobo in his final years , and that he had always had a keen eye for women . |
| 21 | It was also known that the Kharg-5 had twice been damaged by Iraqi missiles in the Gulf during the Iran-Iraq war . |
| 22 | It was also known that Douglas Wilder , the first black Governor of Virginia , was considering mounting a challenge which , with the probable absence of the Rev. Jesse Jackson from the contest , was likely to attract support from minority groups . |
| 23 | A second reason for doubting that genes were made of DNA was that proteins are chemically much more interesting , and it was already known that at least some genetic abnormalities are caused by the absence of specific proteins . |
| 24 | It was already known that there are lower and upper cut-off points , which we have called the blackout and whiteout points . |
| 25 | Interior Minister Carlos Hurtado , had resigned on April 2 citing personal health problems , although it was widely known that he was hostile to Chamorro 's and Lacayo 's policy of co-operating with the Sandinistas . |
| 26 | He said the prison was close to anarchy and it was widely known that there was a strong risk of violence . |
| 27 | It was widely known that this promised to be a vintage year for books , thanks to an amazingly generous benefaction from a special friend of St.A 's & St.G 's . |
| 28 | [ Around 1800 ] persons … were enabled by their skill and industry to maintain themselves and families in a state of comfort and respectability ; and to keep their own houses and pay taxes , scot and lot , and contribute towards the maintenance of other persons in their profession , who were either sick or in distress , so that it was scarcely known that any person in this trade ever applied for parochial relief . |
| 29 | It was now known that the allegations had come from statements made from three children already in care in mainland Scotland . |
| 30 | It was now known that the body of the Professor who specialised in nuclear physics had been claimed by the Iraqi Embassy in Rome . |