Example sentences of "[be] known [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may be at risk because of identifiable genetic disorders which are known to be present , or because of the age of the mother . |
| 2 | Both companies are known to be pro-rail and hopeful of putting their goods back in the tracks if a more realistic service can be offered in the future . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Sandra , a full-time barrister and a mother of three , says some judges are known to be partial to women in wigs and gowns . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | You should also be suspicious of foods that are known to be potent allergens . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Selective adhesion mechanisms are known to be involved in nerve-muscle recognition and control of synaptic development in several vertebrate systems . |
| 11 | Reserves are known to be low in Sudan , and thought to be low in Ethiopia . |
| 12 | Female staff of childbearing age , particularly women who are known to be pregnant , require special protection from radiation hazards and there are codes of practice which apply to radiotherapy and X-ray procedures . |
| 13 | Although realistic estimates of the capital costs to the university for radical restructuring are not available , these are known to be substantial ( perhaps £200m immediately ) , and the implications of all the Tomlinson proposals to the wellbeing of Londoners , to the university , and to the practice of medicine in London must be viewed with great concern . |
| 14 | The Italians , and indeed all foreigners , are known to be cruel to animals , thought Daisy , looking down to see if she could catch some peasant beating a horse or kicking a dog . |
| 15 | People who are used to having responsible jobs at home or in the office and who are known to be good managers and organizers can not understand why suddenly the simplest task seems to be beyond them , and this makes them feel out of control and very unsafe . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | After ballots of parents , 215 schools have so far opted out : but another 2,000 are known to be keen to do so , given that grant-maintained status offers them money and freedom . |
| 18 | What is unfortunate today is that scientists are still trying to build science on foundations that are known to be inadequate . |
| 19 | The magazine Private Eye was more scathing , having already denounced the Thatcher and Bush governments for agreeing ‘ that they will not pursue any further the terrorists who bombed the plane over Lockerbie since they are known to be close to the Syrian government ’ ( 28 September 1991 ) . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Secondly , the range of birth weights is less than the range of infant weights , and head circumference and length at birth are known to be inaccurate measurements . |
| 22 | Data on cardiovascular disease from death certificates are known to be inaccurate . |
| 23 | Few have been sectioned , though the central pair are known to be contemporary with the main phase of the east-west road . |
| 24 | There are known to be sizeable roosts at Chichester and Pagham Harbours , Shoreham , Rottingdean , Hastings , and at Camber , besides the many birds which feed along the whole shore . |
| 25 | No porosity or permeability data has been published for the oolitic grainstones but these are known to be porous in the southern North Sea and Poland where they display both primary inter-granular and leached intragranular pores ( Taylor and Colter 1975 ; Peryt and Piatkowski 1977 ; Peryt 1978 ) . |
| 26 | This covers all types of mental handicap , including mild cases where social and environmental factors are known to be important but the exact nature of the problem is less well known . |
| 27 | Psychological stressors are known to be important contributory factors in relation to accidents . |
| 28 | As we have seen , acts of violence may be considered necessary in situations of moral dilemma even though they are known to be wrong . |
| 29 | Editor , — Stress levels are known to be high in women trying to balance their career in medicine with domestic commitments . |
| 30 | The names and dates of birth of all parents of case and control children ( regardless of whether or not they were interviewed ) were cross checked against three databases of employees held by the nuclear industry , the completeness and accuracy of which are known to be high . |