Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] known that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It is widely known that there are harmful effects from inhalation of outfall from a lead works ; for children who ingest it by licking lead-painted toys ; and for families whose drinking water is supplied through lead pipes . |
| 3 | It is well known that we remember best what comes first and what comes last in any period of study or reading . |
| 4 | It is well known that they always develop their more satisfying choreographic ideas when working with a group of dancers whose abilities they know . |
| 5 | ‘ Lady Isabella , ’ Cranston said smoothly , ‘ it is well known that your husband had strange tastes and foibles . |
| 6 | Rolls-Royce spokesman David Preston said : ‘ It is well known that our sales have been 50 per cent down on what they were in 1990 so any reduction is welcome . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It is well known that you do not reason as other men . |
| 8 | It is well known that he organized the transportation of Dürer 's Rosenkranzfest ( a painting full of Habsburg symbolism , including the portraits of Maximilian I and Pope Julius II ) across the Alps from Venice , with four bearers to hold it upright . |
| 9 | It is well known that it is difficult to grow plantation rubber ( Hevea brasiliensis , originally from Brazil ) successfully in the forest lands where that species grows wild , and it grows best in Malaysia ; cocoa , which is also native to the New World , grows best in West Africa , cloves from Indonesia , in Zanzibar , and so on . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It is well known that I am a prize fighter by profession … |
| 13 | It is well known that I disliked what was in the first three-year letter of intent , but I wholly approved of the principle . |
| 14 | But it is well known that there is a prejudice against awarding the bigger gongs to those who have fled England : especially for Switzerland . |
| 15 | It is well known that there has been widespread acceptance of restrictive trade measures falling outside the formal GATT rules , e.g. voluntary export restraints and anti-dumping legislation . |
| 16 | It is also known that there are people in mental handicap hospitals who are not and have never been mentally handicapped . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Hyenas have always been thought of as scavengers but it is now known that they are also vigorous nocturnal hunters . |
| 19 | This was a time of panic , in which one farmer alleged that a thousand of his sheep had been killed by these parrots ; but it is now known that they rarely kill sheep . |
| 20 | The details of the legend 's growth are obscure , but it is now known that it was developing steadily in northern Spain and southern France in the centuries between the eighth and the eleventh . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It was also known that he was a hobo in his final years , and that he had always had a keen eye for women . |
| 25 | It was already known that there are lower and upper cut-off points , which we have called the blackout and whiteout points . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He said the prison was close to anarchy and it was widely known that there was a strong risk of violence . |