Example sentences of "that they knew the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The roars of laughter told that they knew the sergeant was right to suspect moonlighting ; something which is quite common to the lower ranks of the RUC because many have a background as skilled tradespeople . |
| 2 | The constables were keen to display to the field-worker that they knew the appropriate law to apply and that the law gave formal justification to their decisions , but there were a variety of other factors which facilitated this sensitive interpretation of the law . |
| 3 | Both ladies were to say later that they knew the young man by sight , but not by name . |
| 4 | Conservative politicians were over-confident that they knew the right policies , and to a large extent they were contemptuous towards the professional teacher . |
| 5 | They heard them talking , and were sure that they knew the voice of the visitor . |
| 6 | Hough and Mayhew ( 1988 ) regard these figures as underestimates and Worrall and Pease ‘ s ( 1986 ) re-analysis of the BCS data which looked at all crimes , and attempted crimes , involving contact and where the victim could identify whether or not they knew the offender , found that women were much more likely to say that they knew the offender well and that the offender was a spouse in nearly 40 per cent of cases . |
| 7 | Their trial , on Health and Safety charges has been told that they knew the gantry was unsafe but did nothing about it . |