Example sentences of "know how the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know how the funicular is operating . |
| 2 | ‘ Now you know how the average rail customer feels . ’ |
| 3 | It is almost true to say that we know how the genetic program determines the shape of a ribosome . |
| 4 | We now know how the causal effect works : poor jobs lead to more stress-related disorders , and these in turn lead to absence from work . |
| 5 | Though pharmacologists now know how the present antimalarials work , quinine was initially based on a folk remedy and the rest were developed by producing chemicals and testing their effects . |
| 6 | He knew more than most : the stores and the munitions are locked , and only the Genoese in the castle know how the supplies really go . |
| 7 | With Elton , the joy of it is that at least you 're quite familiar with a lot of the stuff , and even if you have n't actually sat down and worked through it you know how the songs go . |
| 8 | ‘ But you never know how the gig 's going to go . |
| 9 | The short answer to this question is that we do not know how homoeopathic remedies work any more than we know how the majority of orthodox pharmaceuticals work . |
| 10 | But the shares are a high risk for investors because you never know how the clubs will perform . |
| 11 | None know how the struggle will end . |
| 12 | This is coming dangerously close to saying that we can not find out how the brain works until we know how the brain works ! |
| 13 | You know how the other journalists take the mickey occasionally , ’ I suggested . |
| 14 | All of us know how the police and traffic wardens behave , whether or not we actually know police or traffic wardens . |
| 15 | When they know how the pen will respond they no longer need to think about it , and will eventually be unaware of skilful minor corrective movements . |
| 16 | We all know how the week runs away with official interviews and calls , and how difficult it is to remember all the people with whom you ought to keep in touch , but when I think of the number of things which people of different types , like Lady Londonderry and Lady St Helier and others , have got settled by letting people meet at the dinner table , I despair of a man who never sees even those who have been longest in office on any occasion . |
| 17 | They know every track and ledge in the slag ; know how the rain has carved it into gulleys where now the snow lies deep as a crevasse ; know how the surface of the slag is in parts rotten as scree , an in others as hard as iron . |
| 18 | They know every track and ledge in the slag ; know how the rain has carved it into gulleys where now the snow lies deep as a crevasse ; know how the surface of the slag is in parts rotten as scree , an in others as hard as iron . |
| 19 | Organizations are managed by people who know the business and know how the various aspects of the business are related and how they operate . |
| 20 | Now you know how the severed hand got there , Cardiff . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You know how the mental hospitals send people 's lunatics home to them now — even the ones who think they 're Napoleon or a poached egg . |
| 22 | Furthermore , the Committee does not in fact know how the public perceives the ambit of the law of rape , nor did it attempt to find out . |
| 23 | ‘ You know how the story goes , ’ Riven said . |
| 24 | ‘ We know how the girls were killed ; that they must have known or at least trusted their killer . |
| 25 | We know how the murderer got in and where he lurked , the only problem is how he got out . ’ |
| 26 | It is not yet know how the oil which soaked into the stones will affect their long-term weathering . |
| 27 | There 's some people send us money and say , I 've read in such and such a paper , erm somebody send it from Chesterfield the there their paper there , and they send us ten pounds or something and erm you know erm you never know how the fruits er . |
| 28 | We all know how the smell of such and such a flower or soap or tree conjures up memories of an incident in our past life . |
| 29 | You know how the bolt sits , with the curved edge towards you and the flat one faced away ? |
| 30 | ‘ You know how the sun always turns me on . |