Example sentences of "[adv] know [that] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We know enough to know that these things are not good for our life support system or for our quality of life , and that our activities have damaging effects on our wildlife . |
| 2 | The crew were not to know that this day would be so different from their previous raid on Berlin . |
| 3 | He was not to know that those pictures appalled her , that she had never imagined herself capable of such thoughts . |
| 4 | He was n't telling the fans anything they do n't already know that this Everton team has been allowed to slide into mediocrity , and that the values of the old ‘ school of science ’ have been allowed to melt away like snow in the Sahara . |
| 5 | The great , distinguished people of the world do not know that these beggars can in the pride of their souls , look down on them as the unfortunate ones , who are left on the shore for their worldly uses , but whose life ever misses the touch of the lover 's arms . ’ |
| 6 | But I mean I I just know that that Harlow tried stock keeping and selling , they gave up . |
| 7 | It is , however , generally known that many trade unions choose the winter months for strikes because they can exert more pressure on employers than during other periods of the year and not so much because their members can claim tax rebates . |
| 8 | Nor was it generally known that some newspapers had declined to accept such advertising on ethical grounds . |
| 9 | [ Around 1800 ] persons … were enabled by their skill and industry to maintain themselves and families in a state of comfort and respectability ; and to keep their own houses and pay taxes , scot and lot , and contribute towards the maintenance of other persons in their profession , who were either sick or in distress , so that it was scarcely known that any person in this trade ever applied for parochial relief . |
| 10 | ‘ But Kit , ’ Tom reminded him , barely a year ago , we hardly knew that this paradise existed . |
| 11 | ‘ You seem to know a lot about other people 's affairs so you probably know that this house is partly mine . |
| 12 | We also know that each formation is diachronous within itself . |
| 13 | But I also know that this feeling of buoyancy , energy or even ecstasy , although close to that of romantic love , is not the same thing . |
| 14 | It is also known that such conditions can be cured by a reduction in anxiety |
| 15 | He also knew that these tensions could be turned to his advantage , for their existence provided an internal " threat " which fully justified his permanence as guarantor of the nation 's stability and integrity . |
| 16 | Second , I also knew that this disquiet existed alongside other more conventional attitudes which perfectly fitted the portrayal of parents usually found in that literature . |
| 17 | We now know that this hominid , with the tongue-twisting name of Australopithecus ( Southern Ape Man ) , disappeared from the fossil record approximately one million years ago . |
| 18 | With modern knowledge , we now know that this design of horn would have reflected more sound than it captured ! |
| 19 | It is now known that many plants grow at temperatures as low as 0°C , albeit slowly , and it is thought that higher temperatures are more important in the earlier half of the year . |
| 20 | It is now known that most children who are sensitive to cow 's milk are actually reacting to the proteins it contains . |
| 21 | However , it is now known that some corals can survive settling sediment and that even reefs may develop in muddy surroundings . |
| 22 | I mean I did n't know that many men died of breast cancer but apparently they do . |
| 23 | Until an hour or two ago I certainly did n't know that this problem had arisen , but the date April has been on the lips of my er Honourable Friend er and of the Noble Minister er I used to represent part of the City of Leeds and Honourable er a and Noble Lord you 'll have heard recently of behaviour at Elland Road Football Ground on the death of Sir Matt Busby and one can only wonder what sort of people er we 're dealing with , but many of them arrive at Leeds City Station on the day of a match and they come early and they have then to get their way to Elland Road and there are often real problems . |
| 24 | The male does n't know that this fish is in fact male and not female , and in place of ovaries this male , which is that one there , has enormous testes . |
| 25 | Now of course from the special school point of view they will say well many efforts are made to attempt to bring community life into the school and to have children erm or give them experiences in the community , so that you provide both a sheltered environment and also the opportunity to learn in the wider community , and this debate is something of a dilemma erm I do n't know that any body can give a definite answer to it . |
| 26 | He just did n't know that these tablets were barbies . |
| 27 | It is well known that each vessel contributes to movement of the lymph by contracting once every 6–10 seconds in response to being gorged with fluid from the vessel upstream . |
| 28 | It is well known that all students do not learn in the same way . |
| 29 | He or she may — and probably will — possess a more subtle view of ‘ professionalism ’ than the capacity to deliver examination results , but at the same time it is well known that many parents and politicians see those results as the crucial way by which schools account for their success or failure . |
| 30 | It is well known that many members of Parliament are among those who are deeply dissatisfied with Parliament 's ability to control the executive , or even to find out what it is doing . |