Example sentences of "known to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But religious education has been known to be fundamentalist and in some cases anti-catholic , depending on the teacher . |
| 2 | In addition , there are 15,000 people known to be HIV-positive and twice as many believed to be carrying the virus without requesting medical help . |
| 3 | Just as Sgt Wilson 's thesis was channelled to me because I was known to be interested in research , so many police research departments now get allocated the task of reading the essays submitted by sergeants and inspectors for NEBS or DMS qualifications . |
| 4 | Waiting lists are known to be an inaccurate indicator of need , as many doctors do not refer patients if they know the wait will be long ( this is as true for instance for hearing aids as it is for hip replacements ) . |
| 5 | Reports in South Africa said a number of members of the Broederbond , the secret Afrikaner pressure group , were included in the talks , as well as individuals known to be close to Gerrit Viljoen , the Constitutional Planning Minister . |
| 6 | Dr de Klerk , who has acted as an adviser to the anti-apartheid Democratic Party , is known to be close to his brother , but politics is rarely on the agenda when they meet . |
| 7 | Another company to which Ferranti is known to be talking is Daimler Benz , the giant West German vehicles , aircraft and electricals group . |
| 8 | It was also signed by two captains , Javier Licona and Jesus George Balma , known to be unhappy at recent promotions of majors loyal to the general , at the expense of officers considered of questionable loyalty . |
| 9 | DUTCH eggs known to be infected with salmonella were allowed to go on sale in Britain without a public health warning being issued , it was confirmed yesterday . |
| 10 | There was an almost equally dramatic sequel to the race when Carroll House , who is known to be a highly strung individual , lashed out several times as he was returning and almost caught well-wishers patting his quarters . |
| 11 | Earlier this week the Ministry of Agriculture confirmed that Dutch eggs known to be infected with salmonella had been allowed on sale in the UK . |
| 12 | The latter action was exclusively unofficial , and repudiated by the union , but it was widely known to be organised in secret by a small group of shop stewards . |
| 13 | Gryschenko had been known to be unhappy about embarking on the first leg of the race . |
| 14 | Gagosian does not represent artists or their interests , he simply buys and sells works on the market , and he is known to be spectacularly good at it . |
| 15 | HER contacts book was known to be extensive , but who would have thought Cynthia Payne 's network stretched to Austin , Texas . |
| 16 | The official figures showed the party membership to be around 650,000 ; the real figures were well known to be far below that number , possibly below 300,000 , with an undue proportion being middle-class activists who had taken over old and decaying working-class parties or management committees . |
| 17 | One night in 1962 Kurdish rebels entered a Kirkuk cinema disguised as policemen and silently surrounded an officer known to be torturing opponents of the government . |
| 18 | It has been a shareholder for a very long time in some private companies and I think we 've become known to be a supportive shareholder . |
| 19 | And if they ever ask for help against their employers , their chances of getting it are usually ( despite Grunwick , see later in this chapter ) known to be small . |
| 20 | The US motor industry is known to be sceptical over whether the timescale proposed for the new emission levels can be met . |
| 21 | Not only is colostrum known to be extremely nutritious but it too has special protective properties against illness . |
| 22 | But behind these was known to be God 's Enemy variously named as ‘ Satan , the devil , ( a false accuser , slanderer , calumniator , ) the evil one , the ruler of this world , the prince of the power of the air , Belial , Beelzebub , the god of this world , the destroyer , a murderer from the beginning and the enemy . ’ |
| 23 | Brothers , choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | However , the Treasury is known to be resisting this plan , because without a strict cash limit its control over public spending and manpower planning would be weakened . |
| 26 | Another of Dalkammoni 's associates who was arrested during Operation Autumn Leaves was Marwan Khreesat , known to be an expert bomb-maker . |
| 27 | Ministers are known to be bracing themselves for a series of defeats . |
| 28 | It feeds on a wide variety of fish — 43 different species are known to be taken as prey . |
| 29 | In many ways , the St Lawrence belugas have provided a perfect opportunity for scientists to study the effects of contaminants on a wild whale population , since they are isolated from other groups , and live in a river system known to be contaminated . |
| 30 | 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 . |