Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Tommy and Iain do not know that the cheque will never come . |
| 32 | One very simple little point , surprisingly often overlooked : if you find ‘ Finis ’ or ‘ The End ’ , you will know that the goal is reached . |
| 33 | such as ‘ How do we know that the behaviour of numbers does not somehow change as they become larger ? ’ |
| 34 | Both in Health and Education , the new Secretaries of State have the advantage that those they have to deal with on the shopfloor , so to speak , will know that the Government 's policies are now here to stay . |
| 35 | For if it is not , how can anybody know that the government is still ‘ derived from public opinion ’ , i.e. is still representative ? |
| 36 | You may know that the Government has committed itself to producing a National Sustainability Plan by the end of this year , for submission to the United Nations Sustainable Development Commission . |
| 37 | However , the hon. Gentleman will know that the Government have gone to great lengths to help the Northern Ireland economy and I am sure that the measures that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is taking will continue to alleviate the situation in the Province . |
| 38 | My hon. Friend will know that the Government have proposed a major new initiative in rail freight by encouraging the private sector to run additional services on British Rail track . |
| 39 | The House will know that the Government thought long and hard about their decision to retain the statutory training board . |
| 40 | Perhaps my hon. Friend does not know that the Government have just announced that they intend to nationalise the private enterprise operation that I am running , which entails my sending those replies to all Opposition Members — as I have been doing for the past three months — and , this month , to Conservative Members , following an offer made to their Whips some time ago . |
| 41 | We do know that the headmaster spoke to him early in the evening , and suggested he might like a glass of sherry later on — ’ |
| 42 | In other words the tippee must , first , obtain from an individual , information which he knows to be unpublished price sensitive information ; secondly , he must know that the individual is a ‘ connected individual ’ within the meaning of the legislation ; thirdly , he must know or have reasonable cause to believe that that individual holds the information by virtue of being so connected ; and finally , he must know or have reasonable cause to expect that that individual should not have disclosed the information save for the proper performance of that individual 's duties . |
| 43 | I am happy to accept that they did not know that the payment that they stood entitled to receive was limited by the list size criterion . |
| 44 | If the law is to be effective , the criminals must know that the chance of their being caught is high , as is the chance of their being convicted ; and that they are certain to receive a sentence that matches the severity of their crime . |
| 45 | For instance , teachers involved in this scheme would know that the success of their female pupils would be very carefully monitored , and that senior people in the school would be looking at the girls ' test results . |
| 46 | Somebody ( a clever " university type " , so it is said ) in a pub in Bainbridge once loudly informed one of the locals , " Do you know that the river Bain is the shortest river in England ? " |
| 47 | And our great concern is that people in Scotland should know that the possibility of reconciliation exists . |
| 48 | ‘ But , ’ said the stranger , ‘ do you or do you not know that the law of England supposes every man to be innocent until he is proved — proved — to be guilty ? ’ |
| 49 | Kate did n't know that the Chief Constable knew all about her and Kelly . |
| 50 | If the issuer did not know that the issue of the certificate triggered completion of the sale , or that it would be likely to do so , he would probably not be liable : see 14.11 . |
| 51 | In view of the high cost of property , the extent of the risk to a buyer if the survey report was negligent , the fact that the parties were of unequal bargaining power , the relatively low risk to the surveyor , and the fact that the parties would know that the buyer would be unlikely to obtain a second survey report , the clause was held to be unreasonable . |
| 52 | Er I remember it so vividly because it , at our house it was quite er an event because mother and father were so Labour and my brother , who erm he , I do n't know why , he 's not alive today and I ca n't so I , and I 've no idea , I do n't think I ever asked him because I 'd be too young , but I do know that the friction was in the house because he was working for the Conservative and she was the first woman that we ever elected er she , this , this lady did . |
| 53 | It will be better , perhaps , if she does not wholly know that the will is in question . ’ |
| 54 | The accused need not know that the owner does not consent or know that the conveyance has been taken without authority . |
| 55 | In the " allowing " form the accused must know that the conveyance has been taken without lawful authority . |
| 56 | They 've had er enormous difficulties and er the honourable gentleman will er know that the South Wales police authority committee , its officers and its Chief Constable have er visited parliament er to put their case to members representing the South Wales police authority area and indeed to er Earl Ferrers the minister er responsible for the police and they certainly have n't had any er criticism made of them by his own government and if er he believes that there is a criticism I would suggest that he takes a leaf out of the book of his er , his right honourable friend the Secretary of State and refers the matter so that it can be properly audited and er I think the honourable gentleman knows that when that is done he will see that there is no blame attached whatsoever to the members or the officers of the police authority . |
| 57 | And they did not know that the portion which ebbed , never to flow again , made its way to an account in Hertford town , where Sir George Beador also banked . |
| 58 | Isabella does not know that the Duke had played the role of the Friar instructing her in the foiling of Angelo 's plots , and so , lacking any independent evidence , she realizes how feeble her case must seem ; yet she still affirms that But the Duke , behaving as Angelo had predicted , and as he would have to behave if he had no evidence , sweeps aside her complaint , leaving her with only heaven to appeal to : The evil is indeed finally ‘ unfolded ’ , not by heaven but by the Duke , although Angelo ( as if recalling that passage in Luke 's gospel ) ascribes divine omniscience to him : But the Duke has only used deception and disguise , legitimately , as Shakespeare makes him say : ‘ Craft against vice I must apply ’ ( III.ii.270 ) . |
| 59 | He may know that the vehicle has been taken , but seek positively to absent himself from the scene and the commission of the aggravated offence . |
| 60 | How did Selden know that the hound was following him ? |