Example sentences of "be known [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , potential examiners are known qualities : some are likely to be severe , some lenient , and the experienced and canny supervisor or head of department is likely to make nominations accordingly . |
| 2 | When the results of the Xrays are known doctors will decide whether to operate on Adis . |
| 3 | I have known a ferret to bolt a fox and there are known instances of ferrets bolting foxes that have subsequently been shot . |
| 4 | Moreover , from the Soviet point of view , there are known deficiencies and dangers . |
| 5 | Others are known sex offenders . |
| 6 | To help reduce infection , our community care workers also provide clean needles and syringes to those clients who are known injectors — an operation which has full medical supervision . |
| 7 | A number of other transcription factors are known substrates for the DNA-PK , including Sp1 , Oct-1 , Oct-2 , c-Myc , SRF , c-Fos , p53 and the chicken progesterone receptor ( 3-9 ) . |
| 8 | Generally , they are a healthy breed although there have been known cases of luxating patella ( slipping kneecap ) and the occasional heart murmur , but these are the exception rather than the rule . |
| 9 | Clearly those looking after patients following infarction need to be aware that a significant number will be known diabetics and some will have undiagnosed diabetes , and they will all tend to have a higher mortality than non-diabetics . |
| 10 | All the victims are professional men and three , possibly four , were known homosexuals . |
| 11 | All were known sympathisers of the Kurdish independence movement or communist groups . |
| 12 | Also included in this study were known cultures of M avium serovar 2 , M paratuberculosis strain ( Linda ) , M fortuitum ATCC 6841 , Mycobacterium kansasii ATCC 12478 and MG3 medium only . |
| 13 | Many of the substances which Hahnemann used homoeopathically were known poisons and therefore could not be administered safely to patients in large doses . |
| 14 | Like the late Li , two of the seven surviving " immortals " , Chen Yen ( 87 ) and Song Renqiong ( 83 ) , were known opponents of Deng 's reformist policies . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Lee Seung Yoon , the new head of the Economic Planning Board , Chung Yong Euy , the Finance Minister , and Park Pil Soo , the Minister for Trade and Industry , were known advocates of " growth first " expansionary measures , whereas their predecessors had laid a greater emphasis on prices and incomes management and on increased social justice . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She hesitated for a moment before adding in a lowered voice , ‘ She 's known Philippe for quite a while , but I do n't think she ever realised … ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Denis Smith says … he 's known John for a long time and has just the experience and talent that Oxford need |
| 24 | It 's known Sonny was drinking with a friend in this pub shortly before the incident . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | But he is a major golf sponsor , and he 's known Jefferson for years . |
| 28 | Two-thirds were in less-developed countries , whereas five years previously about half the world 's known HIV infections had been in developed countries ( mostly in the USA ) . |
| 29 | However , it is known Sir Peter Walters , chairman of the Midland , will be first to face the music . |
| 30 | I was known courier , on Vadinamia , possibly there to pick up something valuable . |