Example sentences of "known to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Independent of Aug. 19 reported that a second country was known to be developing the missile with Israel , but that its identity was being kept secret . |
| 2 | Scotland 's Lord Advocate is now known to be taking a personal interest in the case . |
| 3 | Users in this group were not known to be taking any drug other than cannabis ( though , like any drug user , they may have taken other drugs without official knowledge of this ) . |
| 4 | Individual behaviour , particularly in the insect world , is now known to be regulated by means of molecules known as pheromones , which are possibly analogous to our prostaglandins and hormones . |
| 5 | Russia had already put under its jurisdiction border troops in Tajikistan , and Tajik rebel forces were known to be receiving weaponry via this route . |
| 6 | One night in 1962 Kurdish rebels entered a Kirkuk cinema disguised as policemen and silently surrounded an officer known to be torturing opponents of the government . |
| 7 | Idle — or perhaps not so idle — mention may be made on the radio news of a distant tropical depression known to be forming somewhere close to an exotic and encouragingly far away island — Yap , maybe , or Truk , or the northern Matianas . |
| 8 | In many ways , the St Lawrence belugas have provided a perfect opportunity for scientists to study the effects of contaminants on a wild whale population , since they are isolated from other groups , and live in a river system known to be contaminated . |
| 9 | The distribution of porosity is controlled partly by depositional facies and partly by diagenesis , and potential reservoir rocks are known to be developed in each of the carbonate units . |
| 10 | Serum gastrin concentration is also known to be raised in patients with H pylori infection , and this is seen in the non-uraemic patients in the present study . |
| 11 | After primary dispersal by a range of vertebrates in a dry-seasonal forest in Costa Rica , the fruits of F. hondurensis are known to be re-arranged by several ant species . |
| 12 | Jersey cheques have been known to be sent to New Jersey for clearance ! ’ |
| 13 | Kim was also known to be holding talks with other opposition groups . |
| 14 | The examiner specifically looked for complications known to be related to cyclosporin , including tingling and numbness in the extremities , tremor , headache , hirsutism , gingival hyperplasia , and infection . |
| 15 | If patients were known to be moving away a letter detailing their surveillance history was sent to their doctor or next supervising consultant . |
| 16 | These days they can cost hundreds rather than thousands of pounds , and drug rings are known to be using them . |
| 17 | Because viruses are known to be implicated in the development of certain cancers , it was natural to investigate any possible relationship between herpes infection of the cervix and cervical cancer . |
| 18 | The real villain of the piece is the master of the Titanic whose reckless onrush across the north Atlantic at full speed into waters known to be strewn with icebergs was quite unforgivable . |
| 19 | This might be the case with provocation , for example : there may be objections to some of the distinctions now drawn by the law of provocation , but a broader defence of extreme emotional disturbance might provide for reduction of the offence in cases of loss of self-control when caring for a baby or when arrested by a police-officer known to be acting lawfully , and some might feel that there are strong arguments against this . |
| 20 | In general terms an indirect customer is a person for whom the firm 's direct customer is known to be acting as intermediary , who is identified to the firm before the transaction and who would be a customer of the firm if dealt with direct . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Forest fires are also known to be raging in Sumatra , western Java and southern Sulawesi . |
| 23 | Interestingly however , the data presented here suggest that activation of HPV gene expression may not be dependent on decreased expression of Oct-1 , which in any case is known to be expressed at enhanced levels in rapidly proliferating transformed cells ( 28 , 29 ) . |
| 24 | Even those known to be dragging their feet due to political resistance have admitted that the Support Force was constructive . |
| 25 | Jenny Redman , Stuart Armstrong and Kim Ng had previously tried injecting rats who were kept in total darkness and free from other environmental signals , with chemicals known to be made in the pineal . |
| 26 | Ministers are known to be bracing themselves for a series of defeats . |
| 27 | These figures are agreed by consultation with departments and schools on the basis of FTEs known to be generated by the present students and projections for the following year . |
| 28 | Nectar flow in the red-flowered Brownea rosa-de-monte ( Leguminosae ) of the Panama forests is known to be influenced by interference from stingless bees and lepidopteran larvae , though , in general , flow in this species decreases through the day during which any flower is presented . |
| 29 | Strangely , Britain 's botanists have taken almost no interest in acidification , although plants such as cowslips , heather and many woodland flowers are also known to be affected by sulphur and nitrogen deposition . |
| 30 | The nutrient value of foods is known to be affected by higher doses , Sherlock added , although the loss is not much different from other preservation process . |