Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] know how [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presenting a product at its true value to a consumer who does not know about the product requires more than objective information because the consumer may not know how that information relates to his or her needs . |
| 2 | He could n't know how much she loved him — would probably be horrified if he guessed she felt more than a physical attraction . |
| 3 | He could n't know how few people there were who might be expected to send her flowers . |
| 4 | Guy 's parents asked if he would live , and were told that he would , but that the doctors would not know how much brain damage he might have suffered until he came out of the coma and regained consciousness . |
| 5 | You ca n't know how much I 've wanted you , Lissa . ’ |
| 6 | You ca n't know how much I hate myself for not believing you . |
| 7 | You ca n't know how many people would understand you , or who these people would be , what they would do , perhaps it 's like what you said earlier , none of your business . |
| 8 | A senior officer said yesterday : ‘ We wo n't know how many thefts there have been until people return to their homes . |
| 9 | Often you wo n't know how much of any ingredient is present . |
| 10 | Scottish Sectretary , Ian lang , told them that he could n't meet their demand , although he wo n't know how much money will be allocated to councils until the budget at the end of November . |
| 11 | He may know the difference between a tractor which works and one which does not , but he can not know how many tractors are required , what sort of tractors to build , and where they are most needed . |
| 12 | We can not know how many cases concerned ordinary people and their marriages , wills and so forth , rather than the ceaseless disputes concerning monastic income and the well-documented cases about elections and jurisdictional powers . |