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

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1 Although it is well known nowadays that , in addition to the noxious cereal grains , genetic factors may predispose susceptible subjects to an immune response that damages the small intestinal mucosa and the other environmental factors may triggerthis abnormal immune response , it was Dicke 's astute observations some 50 years ago that first changed the prognosis and treatment of these patients dramatically .
2 The rights to Presley 's ‘ Sun ’ recordings were acquired by RCA Victor together with the rights to the artist , and although it is now known that the tapes in RCA Victor 's vault are not actually the 1955 originals , they are extremely good copies , and all have been reissued on compact disc .
3 It will continue to fall this year and next year and I think that it is well known to everybody that this Government 's policy is to lower taxes , in contrast with the plans of the hon. Gentleman 's party .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 The ancient Dwarf hold of Karak Ungor has become so infested with Night Goblins that it is now known as Red Eye Mountain .
7 So , after lunching at one of the excellent local inns , we contented ourselves with making a wide sweep South to the River Dove and back up to the Derwent , — stopping at Castleton which , with its show caves and fluorspar ( Blue John stone ) mines should n't be missed and at Eyam which was so badly ravaged by the pestilence of 1665/6 that it is still known as The Plague Village .
8 So , after lunching at one of the excellent local inns , we contented ourselves with making a wide sweep South to the River Dove and back up to the Derwent , — stopping at Castleton which , with its show caves and fluorspar ( Blue John stone ) mines should n't be missed and at Eyam which was so badly ravaged by the pestilence of 1665/6 that it is still known as The Plague Village .
9 The scarlet pimpernel is so sensitive that it is often known as the Poor Man 's Weather Glass .
10 Once it is generally known , ’ said Roland , ‘ that these letters exist , everyone will be at your door .
11 I have a reputation for honesty and fair trading — and it 's well known that I do n't have any truck with shady deals , ’ she informed him bluntly .
12 And it 's also known that breastmilk has a special value for babies most vulnerable to infection , for example those born ill or premature .
13 For example , there is growing evidence showing the relationship between poor housing conditions and poor health , both physical and mental , ’ and it is also known that poor housing adversely affects educational attainment , and that overcrowded conditions can lead to domestic tension and perhaps violence .
14 And it is well known that , being required to prepare designs for a useless and costly object by one of our leading nobility , long since deceased , one of princely fortune , but who had an extravagant passion for building , he purposely appealed to the son to advise his father to give the intention ’ .
15 And it is well known that children who have been read to in their preschool years have a general advantage when the learning of reading begins .
16 " Many property groups have recently been in difficulties , and it is generally known in the City that the Ingard group has not been doing well .
17 It then reverted to the church , not without some controversy , and it is now known as the church rooms .
18 The Council of 500 was drawn from the demes in proportion to their population ( see p. 112 ) and it is now known ( for instance ) that in the time of Kleisthenes no more than one-quarter of known Athenians can be attributed to city demes .
19 First , non-response was high and it is now known that , as a category , non-respondents are often very different in a number of relevant respects from those who do respond .
20 They could obtain compass information from the sun and stars , and it is indeed known that some seasonal migrators follow stellar patterns ; stellar orientation has been particularly well studied in the indigo bunting , a bird that inhabits North America .
21 A trade usage will be imported if it is widely known and followed , and is sufficiently certain , binding and reasonable .
22 Edmund Becke 's 1549 revision of the so-called ‘ Matthew ’ version ( Thomas Matthew being a fictitious name adopted to cover the true identity of the translator ) was also a Bug Bible ; but it is also known as the ‘ Wife-beater Bible ’ because of Becke 's annotation at I St. Peter iii.7 .
23 Sir , the pond in D thirty nine has been shown to be a breeding place for the Great Crested Newt , but it is also known that it migrates to other ponds , several others , but does not necessarily breed there , but chooses at Skelton .
24 This gives what Lord Wright calls the " datum figure " , but it is also known as the annual dependency or the multiplicand .
25 The National Trust is currently undertaking a structural survey which will reveal the full scale of the damage , but it is already known that extensive harm has been done to the brickwork , windows and terrace .
26 Its hillside position is exceptional and its views of the surrounding countryside entrancing , but it is best known among Italians as the place gentle Saint Francis is said to have tamed a mean , ferocious wolf which had been terrorising locals .
27 But it is well known that the provision of advice services nationally is uneven and as the best.known generalist advice agency , the CAB feels that it would be failing the wider community if it did not consider what barriers may be preventing people from approaching a CAB for advice .
28 It is questionable whether the spaying of cows was widely practised at that time , but it is well known that London dairymen were only interested in a continuous milk supply .
29 But it is well known that there is a prejudice against awarding the bigger gongs to those who have fled England : especially for Switzerland .
30 Death ‘ But it is well known there needs to be a substantial realignment of production capacity . ’
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