Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb mod] know " in BNC.

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1 The first rule of any intelligence network , of course , is that each agent should know as little as possible .
2 A racing cyclist must know how to recover from humiliations .
3 As anyone who has worked in an English department will know , many of those listening to the lecture will not have done the necessary reading , and are so reduced to hearing about and taking notes on something of which they have not had direct literary experience ( even passing on their notes to friends who were absent from the lecture ) .
4 JUNE 16 : Today I visited the Department of Trade and Industry , where I had the opportunity to pick up a copy of The Personal Protective Equipment Directive ( Directive 89/686/EEC ) , which as a every single-market fan will know , cam into force on July 1 , 1992 .
5 The kind old sun will know .
6 While it says ‘ if anything might wake him now , the kind old sun will know ’ .
7 In the first stanza , these two lines are emphasising the feeling of depression with the word ‘ snow ’ and the nostalgic tone with the use of the phrase ‘ The kind old sun will know . ’
8 the kind old sun will know
9 The kind old sun will know
10 As for resources , the hon. Lady will know that we spent about £3 billion on the health service in Scotland last year , which is more than £600 per head for every man , woman and child in the country and represents an increase of about 38 per cent .
11 As the hon. Lady will know , when we resumed diplomatic relations with Syria at the end of last year we discussed that type of question with them and received reassurances which were sufficient to enable us to resume diplomatic relations .
12 The hon. Lady will know that the market value of such houses will reflect the present state of agriculture and the demand for such houses .
13 The hon. Lady will know that there is an attractive £60 million new hospital in Elgin — the West Grampian unit — and that may well be among those expressing an interest in trust status in due course .
14 The hon. Lady should know that in the past 10 years exports of British manufactured goods have grown faster than those of France , Germany , America and even Japan , because manufacturing is doing so much better and needs our policies .
15 ATTENTIVE READERS of this column will know already that I am one of this country 's leading authorities on ‘ celebrology ’ — this is the study of the role of the celebrity in general elections .
16 Then both the earners and the users of foreign exchange will know its real opportunity cost , and they will adjust their behaviour so as to economize on foreign exchange in the short term and to earn more of it in the long term .
17 The opening lines of ‘ Nowhere Fast ’ illustrate this : ‘ I 'd like to drop my trousers to the queen , every sensible child will know what this means … ’
18 He said the British Museum would know .
19 Second marriages were therefore common , as anyone who has tried to construct a family tree for this period will know .
20 But , as a good non-executive director will know , sometimes the best thing to do with shareholders ' money is give it back .
21 My hon. Friend may know that I have made the views of the Government and of Members of Parliament well known to the Kenyan Government for a long time .
22 As my hon. Friend may know , three problems concern us .
23 My right hon. Friend may know that one of my constituents , Bruce Harris , is in charge of the mission called Casa Alianza .
24 My hon. Friend will know in his part of the world of the £2 million new maternity unit , the £2 million mental illness unit and the £4 million geriatric and physio unit — all practical achievements .
25 My right hon. Friend will know that reserve aeroplanes can not simply be trundled out of a hangar and launched into the air .
26 My hon. Friend will know that many of us were awaiting a visit by a Portuguese parliamentary delegation to East Timor to analyse the situation there .
27 My hon. Friend will know the importance which needs to be attached to transport costs when considering the economics of straw .
28 My hon. Friend will know of the considerable worry in the Radcliffe part of my constituency about the prospect of an opencast coal mine being developed there .
29 As my hon. Friend will know , an agreement dating back to November last year provides for the Forestry Commission to offer land to local authorities prior to disposal so that an agreement can be reached with regard to access .
30 On the substantive point , my hon. Friend will know that I agree with him , for I refused earlier this week to agree in Europe to the sort of laws that would have had the effect my hon. Friend sets out .
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