Example sentences of "they know the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you become pregnant you should tell your Social Security office and let them know the date your baby is due , so that you can get tokens for seven pints or eight half-litres of milk each week for yourself until your baby is born . |
| 2 | We 'll let them know the date we 're going to start , and offer incentives if they sign up before that deadline . |
| 3 | For younger children , for example , I would do ‘ Sing a song of sixpence ’ correctly to get them to know the words , and then sing . |
| 4 | All of them know the rules . |
| 5 | None of them were ready to die , but all of them knew the odds stacked against them . |
| 6 | Both of them knew the layout of the house , and they had planned their movements in exhaustive detail . |
| 7 | I was n't sure how many of them knew the actual meaning of the word . |
| 8 | Barrie Lamb , chairman of the Darlington Railway Preservation Society , explained : ‘ Quite a few historians have written about this building but it seems a bit odd that none of them knew the exact date it opened . |
| 9 | While no one must know the extent to which she had been alarmed , she had no objection to them knowing the cause . |
| 10 | Who is my neighbour ? becomes a difficult question to answer for people who feel they know the characters in Dallas better than the folk on the floor beneath them in the multi-storey . |
| 11 | Culley and Jackson did n't know one another , did they know the same thing . |
| 12 | All invite two questions : why do animals migrate and how do they know the way ? |
| 13 | Nor do they know the complete genetic formula of any animal . |
| 14 | They 've played here so often in the past they feel they know the place intimately . |
| 15 | There are those who imagine , he typed ( as Harsnet had written ) , that because they know the machine will not start they can afford to ignore it . |
| 16 | In such a world many graduates learn to play down their qualifications , for they know the hostility which exists towards academia and realize the significance of ‘ practical ability ’ gained in ‘ the university of real life ’ . |
| 17 | They must lie low here , amongst their own folk , where they know the ground , where they can be fed . |
| 18 | They know the lairds are straw men now ! ’ |
| 19 | Waiting lists are known to be an inaccurate indicator of need , as many doctors do not refer patients if they know the wait will be long ( this is as true for instance for hearing aids as it is for hip replacements ) . |
| 20 | They do it because they know the audience is watching a constantly evolving picture which is being drawn on , over , across and above a flat stage in front of a background . |
| 21 | They know the qualifying course as well as any team in Europe and , shortly before 7pm , should have earned themselves a toast in vodka , imported , of course . |
| 22 | Pepsi and Shirlie may not have reached George 's superstar status but they know the direction they 're moving in — ‘ We do n't want to be bubblegum one-hit-wonders . |
| 23 | ‘ These systems work well if they know the parameters of Soviet radar very well . |
| 24 | The time is fast approaching when a more accurate division of mankind will be between those who are patients , knowing despair as well as they know the lines grooved into their own hands , and those who are psychiatrists , so helplessly and irrecoverably sick that they believe that , serenity can be achieved by swallowing a few polychromatic biochemicals ! |
| 25 | Italians have had the courage to vote for a greater decency and sense of public accountability , though they know the road to reform will be bumpy and uncertain . |
| 26 | Talk together about what kind of behaviour is illegal and make sure they know the consequences of becoming involved in crime . |
| 27 | From the earliest possible age children should be appraised of this so that they know the importance of accepting any education offered them . |
| 28 | Certainly witches still have a tradition of performing rites at special places in the countryside and it seems natural for people to want to express their relationship with the Earth in the form of ritual at sites where they know the earth energy can be found . |
| 29 | Make sure that both the farmer and the gamekeeper approve — and ensure that they know the exact date , time and place of your intended nettings . |
| 30 | They know the truth : that life with an aged parent can be a strange mixture of joy and sorrow , and all they ask is for that fact to be accepted , not glossed over by their family and society , and then to be offered some practical ideas on how to make the best of a good job , which they consider to be well worth doing . |