Example sentences of "be known [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others are known sex offenders . |
| 2 | Indeed , adjusting the figures to take account of those whose area of residence was not known , it can be calculated that one in ten youths on the most affected estate were known heroin users during 1984–5 . |
| 3 | The two students , Stephen Dawson and Elisabeth Slooten , carried out a 6400-km ( 4000 mile ) survey of the dolphin 's known habitat , covering most of New Zealand 's South Island and the lower half of the west coast of the North Island . |
| 4 | There were certainly those who felt the time had come to end the war , a courageous stance in view of the Imam 's known determination to keep going . |
| 5 | French intervention in Mexico , which was seen by the Americans as an affront to the Monroe Doctrine , coupled with the Emperor 's known sympathy with the Confederacy during the Civil War , had served to reinforce American prejudice against the Empire and all its works . |
| 6 | Although Australia possessed some 30 per cent of the world 's known uranium , it provided only 10 per cent of output , largely because of the left 's traditional hostility to the nuclear industry . |
| 7 | In the 1990s the report of these professional organizations who constituted a separate industry , was based on what they could discover about the applicant 's known record to date as regards prompt and full payment , on the applicant 's own assertions and , controversially ( because of possible contravention of the Data Protection Act ) information volunteered upon questioning by third parties . |
| 8 | Their trip , if it goes ahead , could eventually transform the lazy economies of Tonga and the Solomon Islands , threaten the future of the grey whale , and dramatically increase the world 's known oil supplies . |
| 9 | ‘ So it was all set up , and your father 's known habit of shutting himself up with his scripts made the deception all the easier . |
| 10 | I was known courier , on Vadinamia , possibly there to pick up something valuable . |