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

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1 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 .
2 It is widely known that the new repository will run on AIX and OS/2 , but it may surprise many that the thing is also up under OS/400 as well as on Ultrix , HP-UX and Solaris and that IBM has funded development work internally for it to appear on these non-IBM versions .
3 However , it is widely known that only a small proportion of such qualifying mergers are referred , and further that vertical mergers are a small proportion of the total .
4 It is already known that Strauss worked to a system of keys associated with particular characters and situations , but Professor Gilliam identifies his primary concern in Elektra as ‘ establishing a sense of motivic continuity in the orchestral line ’ , thus lending extra point to Strauss 's description of Salome as ‘ a symphony in the medium of drama ’ .
5 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 .
6 It is already known that the normal reader has at his or her disposal two very different procedures ( two very different sets of mental operations ) for accomplishing the conversion of print to speech .
7 It is also known that such conditions can be cured by a reduction in anxiety
8 It is also known that there are people in mental handicap hospitals who are not and have never been mentally handicapped .
9 It is also known that two of the four panel members who complained about Mrs Kemp were employees of Orkney Islands Council .
10 It is also known that the Indus Valley civilization was far more extensive than formerly realised , embracing areas as far away as the Oxus River , now called Amu Darya , in Central Asia and forming part of the Soviet Afghanistan border on its course .
11 It is also known that a similar census took place in Syria in 6 AD .
12 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 .
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 It is also known that whilst some companies provide only the minimum information required by law , other companies provide additional information voluntarily .
15 It is also known that hepatocytes express a series of integrin and non-integrin receptors for a series of matrix constituents .
16 It is also known that the low-rate stratum contains two-thirds of the population of households .
17 For example , it is now known that in Israel anatomically modern humans were present some 90,000 years ago and that there was human occupation of Australia 50,000 years ago .
18 It is now known that contact and reassurance are more important than food in providing bonds of attachment and affection .
19 It is now known that many plants grow at temperatures as low as 0°C , albeit slowly , and it is thought that higher temperatures are more important in the earlier half of the year .
20 As noticed ( p. 59 ) it is now known that the graptolites were an extinct branch of the phylum Hemichordata , an insignificant group today , consisting of a few encrusting colonial organisms .
21 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 .
22 Hyenas have always been thought of as scavengers but it is now known that they are also vigorous nocturnal hunters .
23 It is now known that most children who are sensitive to cow 's milk are actually reacting to the proteins it contains .
24 It is now known that back in the ice age , glacial action had created a depression in the earth 's surface , in the area occupied by the field in which the seam was to outcrop .
25 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 .
26 However it would appear that Hahnemann was a couple of centuries ahead of his time because it is now known that the DNA of certain viruses can incorporate itself into our own genome , our own inherited material .
27 — If you can , avoid alcohol and smoking ( even passive smoking ) as it is now known that excessive alcohol consumption , combined with heavy smoking , lowers the number and activity of sperm and may be linked to higher rates of miscarriage. — If you have a condition that requires medical treatment , consult your doctor .
28 It is now known that smokers are more likely to develop a cerebral thrombosis ( stroke ) than non smokers .
29 However , it is now known that UVA rays also have a profound effect .
30 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 .
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