Example sentences of "[noun sg] is known to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are addressing an organisation or a person known only to you by their title — the Head of Business Studies , The Metal Consortium PLC the Department of Health and Social Security — then the salutation will be Dear Madam if the recipient is known to be a woman and , traditionally , Dear Sir if the sex is unknown . |
| 2 | The US motor industry is known to be sceptical over whether the timescale proposed for the new emission levels can be met . |
| 3 | The Ceasg is known to be dangerous and will swallow a man whole , possibly in memory of a fish-tailed god to whom human sacrifices were made . |
| 4 | Acetylcholine is known to be cotransmitted with vasoactive intestinal polypeptide at the synapse between the sympathetic nerve and the sweat gland , vasoactive intestinal polypeptide probably being responsible for the local vasodilation which is necessary for a normal sweat response . |
| 5 | This is indicative of a slow exchange between two conformations ; the rate of quadruplex formation is known to be slow . |
| 6 | Unless your elderly parent is known to be both very slow to take offence , and also to be a great lover of ‘ lists ’ for everything in life , it would be useless and irritating to her to be presented with a series of sensible menus to follow . |
| 7 | Almost all the surviving evidence for the streets is confined to the walled area which enclosed 8 ha ( 20 acres ) , even though occupation debris is known to be far more extensive . |
| 8 | The hyperacute rejection reaction is known to be mediated by complement which in itself is regulated by a family of membrane glycoproteins including decay-accelerating factor ( DAF ) and membrane cofactor protein . |
| 9 | The core of the wall is known to be still standing to a height of nearly 9 m ( 29½ ft ) at its maximum . |
| 10 | Whooping cough vaccine is known to be effective in preventing the illness ( or at least lessening its effects ) in an individual . |
| 11 | If a respondent is known to be acting by a solicitor , service may be effected on the solicitor by delivery to his office , by first-class post , by use of a document exchange or by fax . |
| 12 | The individual 's level of stress is known to be important in relation to maintaining a safe environment . |
| 13 | However where demand is known to be variable , for example if a large share of output is exported , any major internal expansion carries the danger of periodic over-capacity with consequent higher average costs just as the market is weakest . |
| 14 | Failure of paracetamol except when discomfort is known to be severe , in which case use codeine phosphate as first choice |
| 15 | In bites and stings if the creature is known to be poisonous or the person is known to react badly to such bites or stings . |
| 16 | Speaking of the Warburg Institute : the relationship between your Department and the Warburg Library is known to be very close . |
| 17 | Soya based formulas should only be used with medical advice when a baby is known to be allergic to cow 's milk formula , as soya protein is just as allergenic as cow 's milk . |
| 18 | If the student is known to be competent at planning , and it is the details of execution we are to teach , then a double objective would be acceptable . |
| 19 | To the extent that professional indemnity insurance is known to be available there is , in fact , an encouragement to litigate . |
| 20 | The release of PP from the pancreas is known to be under cholinergic control . |
| 21 | There our friends and relatives sometimes come to visit us and speak resolutely of trivial matters ; children seldom come , because that might seem ‘ morbid ’ , especially if the illness is known to be terminal . |
| 22 | Our level of consistent performance is known to be the highest achievable . |
| 23 | Sighvat 's poem is known to be incomplete , but surviving verses do not mention the battle , and Ottar the Black 's Knútsdrápa says that Cnut opposed or threw back ( hnekDir ) the Swedes there , and describes him as their withstander ( prengvir ) , neither of which is resonant of overwhelming victory , Indeed , if Holy River was known only from the Chronicle entry one would think it a defeat , but Ottar is unlikely to have included a famous reverse in a list of Cnut 's achievements , and the royal title used in the 1027 Letter ( see below ) suggests that he did eventually claim suzerainty over some Swedes . |
| 24 | SPAR 's behaviour seems better if two conditions apply : that the reasoner is known to be less reliable than the linguistic part of the system , as it might be if the texts processed describe a relatively open domain ; and that , as for example , in a machine translation task , no further non-linguistic processing will be carried out on the reading accepted . |
| 25 | There may be a basis of fact in the legend of Semer Water in that the lake is known to be the site of an Iron Age lake village built on piles out from the shore . |
| 26 | The inspectorate is known to be concerned about the pollution the plant will cause and is planning an eight-week consultation process on the basis of a draft authorization ( setting out permitted discharge levels for a range of pollutants ) due to be published shortly . |
| 27 | The lesion is known to be easily overlooked and unrecognised , rather than being rare . |
| 28 | The ballet is known to be fictional . |
| 29 | It has been found that the intake of nutrients in the diet declines markedly in old age , and whilst it is difficult to determine to what extent this is caused by , or is the cause of , increased physical disease , the connection with elderly health is known to be significant . |
| 30 | Yet if the example is modified a little , so that the overtaking is on a country road at night and the risk is known to be slight , it becomes questionable whether the causing of death in these circumstances should be labelled in the same way as intentional killings . |