Example sentences of "know well [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | True , Chelsea know better than most about gravity after the way their annual hopes come crashing down — just like Isaac 's apple , in fact . |
| 34 | ‘ Know better than what ? ’ said Adam . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | ‘ You know better than that , ’ the shepherd mumbled . |
| 37 | NATO planes , as you know better than all of us , are all around us . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | For once we feel that we know better than Mozart . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | ‘ Oh come now , you know better than that . |
| 46 | Still if you mind 's made up , I know better than to argue with you . ’ |
| 47 | and we know better than to surrender . |
| 48 | Is the devil we know better than the devil we do n't know ? |
| 49 | But you know better than that , do n't you , Liu Chang ? |
| 50 | But I know better than to interrupt the hero with my babblings ; instead I ape the satisfied cadaver . |
| 51 | ‘ You probably know better than me , ’ he said . |
| 52 | They know better than to believe anything they hear , unless I 'm the person who tells them . ’ |
| 53 | ‘ You know better than to ask questions like that . |
| 54 | You know better than that . ’ |
| 55 | ‘ I suppose your angels know better than me ? ’ |
| 56 | ‘ Even I know better than that . ’ |
| 57 | As I 'm sure you probably know better than me Miss , the department blows hot and cold |
| 58 | Although I 've no doubt you know better than we do what the opposition are |
| 59 | ‘ You know better than most , Naylor , that there were some nights when I could n't bear to let him go home at all ! ’ |
| 60 | ‘ Now , Irish , you know better than that , ’ he said with a cheeky grin , and left her alone for a few minutes . |