Example sentences of "[prep] those who know [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While he recognised that the essence of this quietness is an inner condition , saying of those who know it : many of their number , although they live physically among people , are mentally remote from them ; they never falter in their heavenly longing , because in spirit they are far removed from a sinful way of life , |
| 2 | Unless … unless they face the truth — the truth ‘ that will make ye free ’ , according to the Bible — which in this case is that the love and/or respect that was earned by the deceased during their lifetime is there for ever in the minds and hearts of those who knew them . |
| 3 | Gide at the end of his life remarked that Wilde only began to live after dark as it were , away from most of those who knew him ( So Be It , 27 ) . |
| 4 | To most of those who knew him Henry was just eccentric enough to be terrifyingly normal , and even his carefully calculated bitterness , the quality of which , on the whole , he was most proud , had become , in early middle age , a Nice Dry Sense of Humour . |
| 5 | To do so I must read the eye-witness accounts of those who knew him . |
| 6 | PC World 's customer profile breaks down into those who know what they want but want to see it demonstrated and to be able to walk away with the product ; those who know a bit , but have never bought a computer before ; and corporate customers seeking the best value for money . |
| 7 | All the bravado about earning his living , enjoying comedy and making the faces cut little ice with those who knew his capabilities . |
| 8 | Connon was a hard man to startle in any case , as those who knew him well could vouch . |
| 9 | For those who know nothing of the quick-step , the shake or the twist , there is a late night disco . |
| 10 | His extraordinary personal library of cuttings , plus his first-hand knowledge — ‘ I have been lucky enough now , of course , to be able to talk to them and to those who know them well , and to see inside their homes ’ — makes Vickers one of our foremost Royal watchers . |
| 11 | Some , but not all of this , is familiar to those who know their Leicestershire , and the canals of England . |
| 12 | But to those who know their history , the contribution Bell made in pioneering America 's entry into military jet operations is just as significant as their other accomplishments in fighter or research programmes . |
| 13 | This is a familiar point to those who know anything of Freudian theory . |
| 14 | Certain drafts of The Cocktail Party , for example , are marked with Mary Trevelyan 's handwritten alterations " as dictated by T. S. E. " From the late Forties she kept a diary of their friendship , and in this it is possible to see how bewildering Eliot could appear , even to those who knew him best . |
| 15 | It was a familiar stance to those who knew him , as was the smile he now gave his son ; a dark , ironic smile that seemed both amused and calculating . |
| 16 | Rendel was a shy man , but confident in his views and , to those who knew him well , a shrewd , witty , and charming companion . |
| 17 | To many this scene would have been unnerving and unsettling , particularly to those who knew them during the period known as the past . |
| 18 | Like her great namesake she was always well organized , and of course she had had so much experience helping with my grandmother 's last six confinements , and going out sometimes with our local midwife , who to some would be a Sairey Gamp , but to those who knew her , another angel of mercy . |
| 19 | His brother Philip reports in the newsletter of the Lord 's Taverners that he is in ‘ remarkably good spirits , ’ a fact that will come as no surprise to those who known him either personally or as a BBC broadcaster . |
| 20 | A MAN of many parts , Warren Tute was thought by those who knew him only slightly to be a good raconteur and a popular member of the Garrick . |
| 21 | He was only 27 , amusing , very intelligent and talented and will be deeply missed by those who knew him . |
| 22 | Grand though this sounds , it seems to be borne out by those who knew him about that time . |
| 23 | Even his great friend and business partner in the Second Dominion , Hebbert Nuits-St-Georges , called Peccable by those who knew him well , a merchant who had made substantial profit from the superstitious and the woebegone in the Second Dominion , regularly remarked that the order of Yzordderrex was less stable by the day , and he would soon take his family out of the city , indeed out of the Dominion entirely , and find a new home where he would not have to smell burning bodies when he opened his windows in the morning . |
| 24 | As a person , Whitaker was frequently described by those who knew him as a great store-house of energy and enthusiasm , who could manage that rare gift of imparting such enthusiasm to others . |
| 25 | Spiers was an unassuming and kindly man , whose painstaking scholarship was greatly admired by those who knew him . |
| 26 | Admired for his ability , diligence , and determination by those who knew him and looked on with affection by all who met him , the ready reference to ‘ Jock ’ was a happy recognition of his easy combination of public popularity , private modesty , and unfailing personal courtesy . |
| 27 | Even in Carluke , there are those who are far from convinced that Beattie , then only 19 and described by those who knew him as a train-daft ‘ big softie ’ , was capable of such a violent act . |
| 28 | Secondly , the student volunteers to become a nurse and therefore consents to being guided by those who know what is required . |
| 29 | Uncertainty features in two of the accounts of seeking an optimal income distribution , but the fact is that decisions about redistributions are made by those who know they are either winners or losers in life 's lottery and the unbiased perspective that Rawls is seeking is absent . |
| 30 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's support for Mr. Norman Warner , whose appointment will be widely welcomed by those who know him as an independent-minded and good man . |