Example sentences of "it [be] known to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In fact there was nothing ‘ reasonable ’ about it , and Bismarck knew this , for at the first whisper of Leopold 's appearance on the scene the French Ambassador had , officially , let it be known to Berlin that this candidacy would never be accepted by Napoleon III .
2 The art of coastal navigation , or pilotage , as it is known to seamen , can be an interesting but often tricky business .
3 Then he adds with sudden confidence , ‘ It was known to men that the demon-enemy could not draw them under shadow ( under sceadu bregdan ) , as long as God did not wish it . ’
4 It was known to Charles too , for in 832 he had been installed as king there , briefly , at Limoges .
5 It was known to Paracelsus in the fifteenth century , it can be found in the fourth century BC in Hippocratic writings and is one of the principles of treatment in Ayurvedic Medicine which was written down over 5000 years ago .
6 Wilkie said it was known to psychologists that certain colours had certain psychological effects : red , and also orange and yellow increase muscular tension and the flow of adrenalin : blue and green slow the heartbeat , lower the temperature .
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