Example sentences of "they be known to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although they always look so tempting on the garden centre shelf , they are known to be very hard to please . |
| 2 | As we have seen , acts of violence may be considered necessary in situations of moral dilemma even though they are known to be wrong . |
| 3 | The magazine Private Eye was more scathing , having already denounced the Thatcher and Bush governments for agreeing ‘ that they will not pursue any further the terrorists who bombed the plane over Lockerbie since they are known to be close to the Syrian government ’ ( 28 September 1991 ) . |
| 4 | It would have been more usual to have asked her with careful casualness to wait behind after the meeting but what he had to say was private and he had been trying for some weeks now to cut down the number of times when they were known to be alone together . |
| 5 | ‘ Sailors were the élite , ’ Daniel Farson observes ; ‘ guardsmen were less popular because they were known to be out for the money . ’ |
| 6 | They were known to be present in all good mines — indeed their absence was not a good omen . |
| 7 | There was speculation that Soviet concern could extend to the possibility of missile attacks launched from any of the republics they were known to be located . |