Example sentences of "know well [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basic premise is that they think they know better than anyone else . |
| 2 | They exist also , and know better than anyone how contemptible is Labour 's attitude to Northern Ireland . |
| 3 | Simply to dismiss their work as ‘ pessimistic ’ , however , or to use it emblematically as a naive position which we now know better than to take seriously , seems to me hopelessly to devalue the currency of critique . |
| 4 | Student astrologers , along with some scientists , often try to defend astrology as a logical workable system , but the old hands know better than to try . |
| 5 | True , Chelsea know better than most about gravity after the way their annual hopes come crashing down — just like Isaac 's apple , in fact . |
| 6 | ‘ Know better than what ? ’ said Adam . |
| 7 | They know better than anyone that all the badmouthing of men they could manage would not begin to balance the inequality they experience when it comes to the job market — fewer opportunities , low wages , nonexistent child-care facilities and a hopelessly uneven battle to survive if , for example , the father of their children jumps ship and fails to pay any maintenance . |
| 8 | ‘ You know better than that , ’ the shepherd mumbled . |
| 9 | NATO planes , as you know better than all of us , are all around us . |
| 10 | This does not mean that I am not going to suggest some home truths : only that I think they are truths , and not another uncomprehending outsider 's attempt to cajole , belittle or malign people who are struggling to do their best in a complex and stressful situation , and who know better than anyone else that their best sometimes is n't very good . |
| 11 | And above all , as you know better than anybody , the ‘ biology of aesthetic pleasure ’ , which you have just explained , has to take account of differences between epochs , civilisations and , obviously , within the same society , between individuals . |
| 12 | Similarly , prospective employees know better than to rely on landscaping or other signals put out by employers and attempt , instead , to find out the inside story from their contacts . |
| 13 | For once we feel that we know better than Mozart . |
| 14 | The Profitboss even puts up with the " five-second experts " who know better than him ; for in the end he knows that these self-opinionated , self-proclaimed experts are at best opinion-mongers rather than expert decision-taker. and commitment-makers . |
| 15 | And this is really important — you should never , ever assume that you know better than they , what they want — and never let anyone else persuade you that they know better than you , what you want . |
| 16 | And this is really important — you should never , ever assume that you know better than they , what they want — and never let anyone else persuade you that they know better than you , what you want . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh come now , you know better than that . |
| 18 | Still if you mind 's made up , I know better than to argue with you . ’ |
| 19 | and we know better than to surrender . |
| 20 | Is the devil we know better than the devil we do n't know ? |
| 21 | But you know better than that , do n't you , Liu Chang ? |
| 22 | But I know better than to interrupt the hero with my babblings ; instead I ape the satisfied cadaver . |
| 23 | ‘ You probably know better than me , ’ he said . |
| 24 | They know better than to believe anything they hear , unless I 'm the person who tells them . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You know better than to ask questions like that . |
| 26 | You know better than that . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I suppose your angels know better than me ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Even I know better than that . ’ |
| 29 | As I 'm sure you probably know better than me Miss , the department blows hot and cold |
| 30 | Although I 've no doubt you know better than we do what the opposition are |