Example sentences of "[det] know [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Few know of the hard and unremitting labour of editing he has always been prepared to do , and for which there is so often so little proper recognition .
2 He is an effective communicator who knows the industry 's problems and is concerned that too few know about the level of despair which can make a farmer twice as likely to commit suicide as the average man .
3 He is an effective communicator who knows the industry 's problems and is concerned that too few know about the level of despair which can make a farmer twice as likely to commit suicide as the average man .
4 Around half know of someone who uses drugs .
5 Will it not be found that the political activity of societies consists ordinarily , perhaps invariably , in filling sieves and making sand ropes — sieves which those who fill them half know to be sieves , sand which those who weave it into ropes suspect to be sand after all ?
6 The importance of the study of elites , as a way of assessing political attitudes and change , is well established , but there is little know of the social background of the members of Indonesia 's parliamentary bodies , the People 's Representative Council and the Supreme Deliberative Assembly .
7 Much of Sir Charles Irving 's personal vote came from these areas , where many know of his extraordinary personal kindness .
8 It is rarely seen but many know of it and no man hunts it ; but that is the white stag , not a unicorn . ’
9 WHILE many people are aware of Amnesty International , and its work for the release of prisoners of conscience , not as many know of its work for the rights of the children .
10 We all know about Agassi and his paintshop clothes , his tinted hair and gold around his neck .
11 Still , we all know about the opinion polls .
12 Of Norman , of Jean-Paul and of little Beatrice who feels this as deeply as anyone , including the Sussex branch of the family who , because of the railway accident you all know about , can not be with us here today .
13 ‘ We all know about criminal cases and traffic offences , but there are many aspects of the work of the Magistrates Court which do not see the light of day as far as the general public are concerned , for example juvenile and matrimonial cases .
14 There may be an improvement in the child 's already abundant energy or that nebulous sense of well being that we all know about but find so hard to put into words .
15 As an example which we all know about , think of the famous map of the London Underground system .
16 We all know about the sorry state of the environment but are we doing enough about it ?
17 ‘ Oh , we all know about those , ’ they say , ‘ smart fellows trying to have one on . ’
18 Clearly , there are further topics to be placed on the sociologist 's agenda when studying teachers ' work if we are to move beyond the assumption that we all know about teachers and teaching .
19 ‘ You all know about Froggy , ’ he began briskly .
20 Unlike the ghettoes we all know about , used to keep races apart , where only fools or angels venture to buy sex or sell salvation , these are just another corporation estate .
21 I mean , you all know about the image the cruiseliners have with wealthy widows and things like that .
22 Now we all know about the commercialization of Christmas and the pressure to spend money to give the kids the best , which often means the most expensive !
23 Er and we all know about non-accidental injury .
24 ‘ You all know about this woman , how she was killed and where .
25 By which I do n't mean great fuckers ; we all know about power as an aphrodisiac ( an auto-aphrodisiac too ) .
26 ‘ You all know about Stuart Pascoe resigning , ’ Shildon began .
27 For twenty-two years , Dennison was a Marxist , a militant responsible for strikes which tied up Standard Motors and which you all know about .
28 Er and therefore more and more people used machines and went into factories as opposed to being in cottages and we all know about this sort of thing .
29 We all know about the crisis in agriculture which has been well described by many hon. Members .
30 Cantona — We all know about him .
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