Example sentences of "[noun] know [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was unrecognizable at this distance , but the woman who followed him a moment later only had to take a couple of steps for Pascoe to know that this was Gwen Evans again . |
| 2 | For standing on the , on the seats you see , which I mean my father was right he 'd got the experience to know that several men had been drowned like that . |
| 3 | How , for example , could an outsider know that normative consensus in the speech community does not permit backing in velar environments or fronting in most other environments , or that sonorants followed by voiceless obstruents predict a front vowel ? |
| 4 | Further to the letters in Readers Forum ( April and August 1992 editions ) regarding pencil holders I am writing to let other readers know that these are available from Lyra ( UK ) Ltd. at the cost of £1.80 each plus VAT . |
| 5 | Knowledgeable boxing fans know that most of them are meaningless . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , inner-city speakers know that some /u/ items can alternate and that others can not . |
| 7 | FAITHFUL readers know that four years ago we wagered a magnum of bubbly against the proposed restaurant in the former TSB premises in Stanhope having a Michelin star by 1990 . |
| 8 | The Kiwis know that British is best and have said Klondyke 's quality is better than they can obtain in the far East . |
| 9 | Every soldier knew that average life expectancy at the front was seventeen days . |
| 10 | But then Chant knew that sacred places — and Gamut Street was sacred in its way — survived on occasion because they went unseen , even in plain sight . |
| 11 | Showmen knew that middle-class critics had to be bought off and that topicality could sell films to certain audiences but they also appreciated that audiences were more likely to go to the movies for spectacle , for adventure , for comedy , for sex , to see particular stars , and to be entertained in the widest sense . |
| 12 | But he was careful not to think , because some corner of his mind knew that that way lay a kind of death , of Hal in Chester , quite certainly notified , or soon to be notified , by Hotspur or another , of the long day 's work done at Homildon Hill six days ago . |
| 13 | The example might be further refined if these manufacturers knew that most of their cars were sold to men between the ages of ( say ) 35 and 55 . |
| 14 | ‘ I see in it a big step towards the achievement of these goals knowing that still it 's a long way to go with obstacles on the road that we shall have to remove — and it is possible to remove them , ’ Rabin added . |
| 15 | In his heart Gaveston knew that young Edward quite liked the clerk ; admired the man 's fidelity and unwillingness to criticise him to his terrible father . |
| 16 | First , Mr Gorbachev knows that most of the West regards the prospect of a swift unravelling of his country 's front-line Warsaw Pact ally with almost equal alarm . |
| 17 | Industry knows that such policies would be absolutely disastrous to it and knows from what source those policies would come , which is why its hostility to the Opposition 's policies is so severe . |
| 18 | The fragment of an oak leaf , brown and dead , quivering on its neck , let Tallis know that this had been the leader . |
| 19 | Members of Parliament who represent those areas know that that is the problem which we face . |
| 20 | All progressive voices in Islamic countries know that this is their fight too , because look what happens if we fail . |
| 21 | A deliberate attempt was made in 1966 to make assistance known and acceptable , when it became known as supplementary benefits . |
| 22 | Reasonableness is thus judged in the light of circumstances known and foreseeable at the time the contract was made . |
| 23 | The British and other European countries knew that this would allow US airlines to fly from the USA , pick up passengers in Britain or in Europe , and fly on to any other destination , which would mean complete US domination of civil aviation . |
| 24 | Maggie knew that many of her school-friends admired Phoebe ; they thought she was rather splendid , especially since they had all got into ecology , but this did not help Maggie . |
| 25 | While in Germany ‘ there is much common ground between the Bundesbank and the government on economic objectives ’ , it is precisely because Pöhl knew that this national consensus did not exist in the Community at large that he and the German government insisted on means of enforcing German policies on the economies of the member states . |
| 26 | As a result of this , it is now possible to leave a natural history museum knowing that some fleas can jump 130 times their own height , and that elephants can not jump at all , and that as many as a thousand dead ants have been found inside the stomach of a single mole . |
| 27 | Simon knew that live music was not Yorick 's forte , but he could hardly go wrong before a small and carefully chosen audience , especially if the bar prices were heavily subsidized : drinks were free for anyone equipped with a press card . |
| 28 | But the sample might be restricted to males only ( say 7 ½ % ) if these companies knew that most of their sales were made to male customers . |
| 29 | It is most unlikely that Ivy knew that this Miss Compton was a blacksmith 's daughter , and her ‘ fortune ’ a loan of £300 . |
| 30 | Winter knew that three key departmental managers would be retiring between mid 1985 and 1987 . |