Example sentences of "[noun pl] knew the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This difference can not be attributed to more enlightened guessing when subjects knew the title because recall of words closely related to the title and of words not closely related to the title was equally improved . |
| 2 | Given that not all subjects knew the junctions well previously this is not very surprising . |
| 3 | These were faithfully reported in the press a few days later so that readers knew the position of every member of the Cabinet . |
| 4 | Public sector negotiators knew the consequences if they went over that limit , though in practice the Treasury might relent a little with groups like nurses and fund part of the extra settlement . |
| 5 | Good companies knew the value of training and built in funding for that to their budgets ; those that did not should have to pay a levy . |
| 6 | Yeremi knew the catechism of the Imperial Cult by heart ; and that was the rock of his faith — a faith to the effect that far beyond Trazior hive , and far beyond Necromunda and its bilious sun , was one who watched divinely from afar , one who had already rescued the galaxy from terrible strife , and whose incomprehensible mind surveyed and sifted , ever vigilant , the terrible redemptory Godfather of All . |
| 7 | Thomas Cartwright , the Elizabethan Presbyterian , declared on one occasion that ‘ heaps ’ of his contemporaries had cast aside the old religion without discovering the new , and the minister Josias Nichols complained in 1602 that only one in ten of the inhabitants of a Kentish parish with 400 communicants knew the basics of Protestant doctrine . |
| 8 | The present owners knew the village through visits to a local pub and became aware that the old school was standing empty . |
| 9 | In 1967 , 79 per cent of firms knew the plan 's forecasts for the economy as a whole and 50 per cent ( 85 per cent of those with more than 5000 employees ) knew of the production and investment forecasts for their industry group ; 24 per cent ( 51 per cent of the biggest ) said that the plan forecasts affected their investment decisions . |
| 10 | From this declaration Edward and his officers knew the amount of relief to be levied from Lesparre , the amount of military service owed and the status of the tenures . |
| 11 | At midnight everyone joined hands and tried to sing ‘ Auld Lang Syne ’ , but despite a spattering of British diplomats , only a pair of Indian army generals knew the words . |
| 12 | Previously , the Bank had been willing to lend to the houses , leaving their bill holdings intact ; also , of course , the houses knew the lending rate they would have to pay . |
| 13 | Many of the leaders knew the castle fairly well , it being a Bruce seat . |
| 14 | In the majority of cases reporters knew the system to be working well , said Mr Harris . |
| 15 | The local police knew the legend of Mosse ; to the scientists he was not even a name . |
| 16 | The Old Testament prophets knew the impossibility of making any impression on those who were stiff-necked and hard of heart ( Isa. 6:9 , 10 ; 29:10 ) . |
| 17 | Then a woman in the street — the Via Monserato , between the Tiber and the Farnese Square , they talked about it so much , Mena and my grandmother , when I was little , I think they talked about it every day : Il Quartiere Papale , it does have a magnificent sound , has n't it ? and so much of it a slum ; the rich live above on the piani nobili , the ground floors and cellars are rented out to artisans ; my mother , who was brought up in those streets , says to know them you must have breathed the air in the evenings when the wine-shops are full and they are lighting charcoal braziers on the pavements ; she says I will go one day , but I think I know already — well , a woman in Mena 's street who sold salad greens knew the cook who worked for Anna and the prince round the corner and Mena was given things to do in the kitchen . |
| 18 | All the young women knew the consequences . |
| 19 | There is no conclusive proof , but it is a reasonable assumption , that the Romans knew the place for it lies on the line of their road , which followed that ridge , between their settlements at Manchester and Buxton . |
| 20 | MPs knew the Health Secretary did not listen to the patients or the nurses and doctors , he said , but ‘ at least we can seek reassurance in the fact that he does n't pay a blind bit of notice to what his own department is saying either ’ . |
| 21 | Myeloski knew the answer before he had finished asking the question . |
| 22 | Thus in Cammell Laird and Co Ltd v Manganese Bronze and Brass Co Ltd [ 1934 ] AC 402 , the contract was for the provision of two propellers for a specified ship and it was held that the sellers knew the purpose for which the propellers were required , ie that they should be suitable for the ship in question . |