Example sentences of "to know [conj] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may be pleased to know that all glass doors in Sri Lanka and India remained intact during my visit although there were one or two other incidents , of which more anon . |
| 2 | It was pleasant to know that that fact had been noted among the critical young gentlemen who comprised , as far as it could be done , Edwin 's set . |
| 3 | The hon. Gentleman will wish to know that that point is being pursued . |
| 4 | Why do we need to know that another vehicle has Show Dogs In Transit ? |
| 5 | There is no reason why a child has to know that some life forms became extinct in order to be able to measure variations between living organisms , nor is there any clear difference in difficulty between these two statements . |
| 6 | Finally , subscribers will be relieved to know that this work is done at minimal cost to the Bar — all the work is done pro bono by individual members of the Bar in their own time . |
| 7 | The crew were not to know that this day would be so different from their previous raid on Berlin . |
| 8 | He added : ‘ The chancellor must come to explain why the secret arrangements were such that the public were never to know that this payment had been made . ’ |
| 9 | You need , first of all , to have a sufficiently open system to know that this change has occurred , and secondly to be willing to acknowledge the change , and go through the whole exercise again . |
| 10 | We have only to look around the Chamber to know that this Parliament is finished ; it is dead . |
| 11 | And we are fascinated to know that this approach has been shown to be so effective in a remote part of the Far East where our cassettes are transported on the back of a motorcycle ! |
| 12 | Enough for me to know that this house was not a good place to be when he was alive , not good for either of you . |
| 13 | It is also important for the teacher to know if any treatment is being given , such as eye drops , whether exercises have been prescribed and if there is any restriction on physical activities such as diving or lifting heavy weights . |
| 14 | It is impossible to know if this story is true since the police have no record of the event . |
| 15 | The worst thing was that the tape was on metal spools and the resulting damage was not a complete wipe : there were still tantalising fragments of the recording left where the tape had been under the metal ‘ spokes ’ of the reel , I would be interested to know if this legend is true . |
| 16 | They were much less likely to say there were laws or regulations protecting people who take out credit agreements , and much more likely not to know whether any action could be taken over some credit agreement which they had signed but later felt was unfair . |
| 17 | It would be of interest to know whether this plasma fatty acid pattern , not previously reported in other disease states , is exclusive to inflammatory bowel disease or also occurs in other autoimmune conditions . |
| 18 | I would be interested to know whether this act of Philistinism was perpetrated on all copies for circulation in Indonesia ; or whether mine was singled out by an over-zealous protector of the public morality in customs — or the censorship bureau ? |
| 19 | ‘ It wo n't make any difference , Sylvie , but I just want to know whether this child is mine or someone else 's . |