Example sentences of "[pers pn] be known [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Neutrophils did not express the lysozyme signal , though they are known to have large stores of the protein .
2 Black beans would be burnt on the graves of those recently deceased to stop them from becoming lemures , for they were known to detest this smell .
3 They decided to study a group of workers in Luton because they were known to have high incomes .
4 The kestrel is an adaptable predator , and even in Europe it is known to take large quantities of insects and earthworms ( Brown , 1976 ; Yalden & Warburton , 1979 ) .
5 It is known to map real metrics to real metrics only for space-times with two space-like Killing vectors .
6 It depends on whether participation is voluntary and on whether it was known to involve normative consequences .
7 In those days it was estimated to be guarded by some three hundred Hezbollah fanatics and , despite being a single-storey construction , it was known to have several basement levels .
8 But er tt erm tt again , er I had a spot of luck , I suppose , erm at one stage we had a very ex-Indian service bloke who ha as quartermaster , had thrown a typewriter through the window , he was known to do daft things like that .
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