Example sentences of "[to-vb] that [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Jube had witnessed — and taken part in — sufficient bar-room brawls in his life as a trucker to know that a sure-fire way of making certain a felled opponent stayed down , was to heel-stomp him . |
| 32 | To know that a particular animal dance , or brightly coloured display , operates as a territorial device or as a sexual arousal mechanism does not make it any less beautiful . |
| 33 | Rehabilitation officer Margaret Harding , 64 , was not meant to know that a special presentation had been organised , but word soon got out . |
| 34 | There is no indication as to why this name was chosen but you may be interested to know that a Grizzled Skipper is a butterfly that , unlike the Grizzled Skipper card , is not at all colourful . |
| 35 | We can know how things are in front of our noses , maybe , but it is not possible to know that an altruistic act is morally good , nor that God exists , nor that you will have eggs for breakfast tomorrow . |
| 36 | Social historians might want to know that the average phone in the US was used for twenty minutes a day in 1992 , whereas the average phone in the UK was used for only four minutes . |
| 37 | On the one hand one rather likes to find examples of animals helping each other , out of a confused feeling that it will somehow strengthen human motives for altruism to know that the lower creation can be altruistic too . |
| 38 | It is sufficient to know that the immediate danger from the rear has been cancelled out . |
| 39 | ‘ I happen to know that the late Mr Tuckett was very close to Ms Scarrott . ’ |
| 40 | ‘ The poor doctor was n't to know that the great piece of bone sticking out was supplied by the local butcher . ’ |
| 41 | ( b ) A person who knows that another person consents to sexual intercourse under a mistaken belief referred to in paragraph ( a ) shall be deemed to know that the other person does not consent to the sexual intercourse . ’ |
| 42 | ( 2 ) For the purposes of subsection ( 1 ) , a person who has sexual intercourse with another person without the consent of the other person and who is reckless as to whether the other person consents to the sexual intercourse shall be deemed to know that the other person does not consent to the sexual intercourse . |
| 43 | ‘ For the purposes of subsection ( 1 ) and without limiting the grounds upon which it may be established that consent to sexual intercourse is vitiated — ; ( a ) a person who consents to sexual intercourse with another person — ; ( i ) under a mistaken belief as to the identity of the other person ; or ( ii ) under a mistaken belief that the other person is married to the person , … shall be deemed not to consent to the sexual intercourse ; ( b ) a person who knows that another person consents to sexual intercourse under a mistaken belief referred to in paragraph ( a ) shall be deemed to know that the other person does not consent to the sexual intercourse ; ( c ) a person who submits to sexual intercourse with another person as a result of threats or terror , whether the threats are against , or the terror is instilled in , the person who submits to the sexual intercourse or any other person , shall be regarded as not consenting to the sexual intercourse ; and ( d ) a person who does not offer actual physical resistance to sexual intercourse shall not , by reason only of that fact , be regarded as consenting to the sexual intercourse . ’ |
| 44 | While you 're working that one out , you might like to know that the other things Taylor regrets were the way he handled two television interviews . |
| 45 | Not at all , I thought you might , you remember you had a quick preview of that , a few months ago , and you 'll be pleased to know that the Chief Officers have now decided that the best way of dealing with it is for each , no first of all they decided that they 'll recommend two members for the signing of the charter , that 's the first step , it 's quite a step forward , remembering they . |
| 46 | ‘ I happen to know that the forensic boys have found traces on Ephraim Humphreys 's clothes of fabrics and materials from the Hilaire household . |
| 47 | It is gratifying to know that the old mill has survived and prospered in its retirement , unlike the next mill and bakehouse downstream , at Cowley . |
| 48 | ‘ I remember once , though , when Sounds were searching for an interview and I happened to know that the whole thing was a set-up . |
| 49 | We were glad to know that the little boy was allowed to ride home with the others . |
| 50 | It 's good to know that the easiest snack in the world — baked beans on ( wholemeal ) toast is also doing you good and not costing much in money or preparation time . |
| 51 | They need to know that the onerous tasks they are performing are done correctly and are appreciated by line managers . |
| 52 | Oh , and anyone with continuing misgivings about their Sid The Sexist humour may be relieved to know that the post-gig conversation is only punctuated by one harmless knob joke , which is — dare I say it — quite funny . |
| 53 | He wants everyone to know that the Welsh selectors were right to prefer him to Colin Stephens for the game against Scotland . |
| 54 | It was a small shock to know that the neglected image in my mind was real , that she lived and breathed , read The Times and wrote letters to her old friends . |
| 55 | He will be pleased to know that the latest report of the railway inspectorate on railway safety showed a modest reduction in the number of collisions between passenger trains in 1990 compared with the previous year . |
| 56 | Graduates , whom Smith classed as gentlemen , and men of £10 a year were privleged to dress like their betters ; it is also reasonable to infer that a sizeable proportion of those who feature in the various returns as minor landowners were in effect ex-officio gentlemen , qualified by tenure of lesser public appointments . |
| 57 | Thus one has to infer that the second statement here functions as some kind of explanation of the first statement in the passage , so that the failure of oil-bound paints on certain building materials is caused by the reaction of an acid and an alkali . |
| 58 | There was , therefore , in each case , material from which it was possible to infer that the principal debtor acted as the agent of the creditor in obtaining the security . |
| 59 | Where a court is considering whether a provision does or does not cover X the rule will not admit the parliamentary history of the provision to demonstrate that at no stage in the parliamentary proceedings was there any suggestion that the provision covered X. It remains to be seen how long judges in the United Kingdom will be able to require negative evidence from parliamentary material to establish that an admissible statement is an expression of parliamentary intention , but exclude such evidence as an aid to construction . |
| 60 | At this stage , it was also important to establish that the best results would be achieved if a critical and constructive approach was adopted . |