Example sentences of "know what [is] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we want to know what is happening to the church we need to understand what is happening in the secular world at large . |
| 2 | You have to want to know what is happening to the people . ’ |
| 3 | He makes it his business to know what is happening on the street — although he is rarely if ever seen there himself these days — and feeds these spontaneous trends into the crucible of high fashion , to make it fizz and bubble . |
| 4 | It also provides an opportunity , and I think this is quite important , for people to get to know what is happening within the fields of expertise , which increasingly in our society become more and more specialised , more and more hedged off from one another , and in a sense I think that there is a very great danger if intelligent adults in the community , laymen in effect , do n't have some idea , some coherent idea , of what 's going on in these fields of specialisation and expertise . |
| 5 | They believed practicalities like how parents are supposed to know what is happening in the nursery should be clarified , and that there were records available for parents to look at and in some cases contribute to , in connection with their own child and with the nursery in general . |
| 6 | ‘ I have my duties , ’ replied Dr Neil , assuming a pompous voice , ‘ and one of them is to know what is happening in the world . |
| 7 | According to Lorraine Thorne of the Environmental Investigation Agency : " We just do n't know what 's happening to the marine ecosystem of the Antarctic . |
| 8 | John , we do n't know what 's happening at the moment , he 's , we 're not , we 're not at all sure . |
| 9 | The incoherence I think is that you ca n't ever say that anyone has lost because you do n't know what 's happening in the second and third and fourth erm batch , so I ca n't see how this system is meant to work , Mill seems to be fairly confident that it will . |
| 10 | Absolutely gutted I ca n't believe such a lenient sentence has been given.I do n't know what 's going through the judge 's mind . |
| 11 | You never know what 's hiding round the next corner in Brighton & Hove . |
| 12 | And they stare , ca n't stop , they know what is said of the claws , the biting words from her jaws , and a shiver tightens the pores of their hairless flesh . |
| 13 | We can not bring that about successfully until we know what is to happen with the GATT agreement . |
| 14 | Constantly monitoring the system to ensure that people know what is happening during the change , understand their roles in the process , and comprehend the total effort rather than only isolated elements of it . |
| 15 | Too many people know what is happening to the Polish and the Slavs and to the Jews and the dissenters . |
| 16 | ICI believes in good liaison with local communities , so that people living nearby know what is happening inside the company 's plants ; and ICI itself better appreciates the concerns of the community . |
| 17 | I go to many different supermarkets to do my shopping , because you never know what is going through the cashiers ' minds . |
| 18 | If we were to insist that prayer involves some form of dialogue then it would presuppose that we already know what is meant by the concept of God . |
| 19 | Most scientists know what is meant by the word " modulus ’ : it is another term for stiffness . |
| 20 | for , after all , there is some difficulty in knowing what is meant by the sum of the values of the parts of something . |
| 21 | The design of the man-machine interface must develop from an understanding of how the man is expected to interact with the machine and correspondingly the design of selection , allocation and training schemes depends on knowing what is required of the operator . |
| 22 | Make sure that everyone in your team knows what 's happening on the revenue front today , this week , this month . |
| 23 | At first I found the ceremonial rather strange , but once I realised the significance of the ceremony and ritual I appreciated the service to the full and was able to add my services to the whole — as each member of the congregation can take a very definite part in the service if he or she has the will , and knows what is meant by the different ceremonies performed . |
| 24 | He said : ’ nobody knows what is waiting round the corner . ’ |