Example sentences of "it [be] know [prep] " in BNC.

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1 well , er in a , in a sense it , it 's , it , it been known since
2 In fact there was nothing ‘ reasonable ’ about it , and Bismarck knew this , for at the first whisper of Leopold 's appearance on the scene the French Ambassador had , officially , let it be known to Berlin that this candidacy would never be accepted by Napoleon III .
3 Napoleon III let it be known to both men that a simple withdrawal of the candidature would suffice and that France would then be glad to consider the whole affair closed .
4 The government of the day will often let it be known to one of its aspiring party members that it would greatly welcome his ballot victory to promote a particular piece of legislation which it , the Government , does not wish to devote its own time to , either because of its controversial nature or simply because it has better things to do .
5 And if it does , how can it be known to be true ?
6 How could he let it be known to all and sundry that they were ‘ engaged ’ — how could he ?
7 As the recession deepened [ see below ] , the Hawke government began 1991 some 18 percentage points behind the opposition in opinion polls , raising questions concerning Hawke 's future as leader , particularly as Keating had let it be known at a National Press Club dinner in December that he believed he would make a better Prime Minister than Hawke .
8 The government had let it be known on Sept. 30 that it would not now call a general election in 1991 .
9 They let it be known around school that they were collecting waste paper and asked the others to do the same so they could weigh it all in .
10 Sir Alan has in the past written about his deep misgivings over intervention and has recently let it be known in the City that he believes the economy is at last showing signs of pronounced slowdown , a view not fully shared by the Treasury .
11 " Take Tristram along as a younker , and let it be known in the village you 're doing so .
12 The government let it be known in late May that it was planning to close the three Saharan detention camps of Reggane , Ain Salah and Ain M'guel , releasing many of those detained for their radical Islamic sympathies , and moving the others further north .
13 In the words of one politician , ‘ given that the major public utilities are under constant political attack , it is in the interests of the chairmen to have the minister broadly defending the industry and not letting it be known in the ways the minister has at his disposal that he basically agrees with the critics ’ ( fieldnotes ) .
14 So taken with this image was former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that she let it be known throughout the realm that Marks & Spencer was the place she bought her underwear .
15 It were known as Park .
16 All these transactions were secret , for there would be little use in keeping a paper alive if it were known to be owned by a political party .
17 1811 " It being known to this Meeting that two Parochial Schoolhouses are upon the way of being finished at Kilchoman and Kilmeny , and that it is proposed to build a third schoolhouse at Kildalton … stent themselves in the sum of £70 . "
18 It 's knowing in which direction . ’
19 No wonder it 's known as ‘ the garden in the Atlantic ’ .
20 When something can have only one of two values , it 's known as having a Boolean value , but Windows does n't specify these consistently .
21 It 's known as the Vadinamian Valve , and it 's big enough for only one ship to pass through at a time .
22 Today , it 's known as Lolly 's Lagoon because she saw it first .
23 It 's known as the Bishop 's door .
24 It 's known as Ghost of the Tree , ’ Wynne-Jones whispered .
25 Throughout the universe it 's known as ‘ Dream B ’ .
26 It 's known as Fat Albert after a comic strip character .
27 Purely from a financial perspective , have you any idea how much more valuable the cottage will be when it 's known to be one of Piers 's creations ? ’
28 Trippy constantly sniffed , a bad case of druggie pneumonia as it 's known on the street .
29 But the Pussy Posse both agree that the Femidom — or the ‘ Femy ’ as it 's known in Italy and Spain — gives women the freedom to put it in beforehand , leave it in afterwards .
30 PortKnox , or LapSecure , as it 's known in the States , gives you a very high level of protection .
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