Example sentences of "[vb infin] that [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 " Mum , did you know that every human being is unique ? "
2 I mean , I do I do take your point about the culture , and it and it 's it is a significant issue , which will take some time , I mean , probably wi with your experience in Social Services you 'll know that a substantial number of directors of Social Services are in fact female , and maybe one of the questions that we have to ask at a senior level is , our s senior erm , chief officers , erm , the fact that we 've got no woman , chief officer , and it may well be because now that we 've got an equal opportunities policy , that we may get applications from erm , very able women who see that we have got a clear commitment to equal opportunities demonstrated in this paper .
3 We can know that a great master is a great master .
4 It is likely , though , that few Ayrshire folk will know that a prominent part of the city 's waterfront is named after a native of the county .
5 The House will know that a new Standing Order came into force at the start of this parliamentary Session .
6 Well , we want to let you know that a new church is opening just down the road from you .
7 Oily fish is a topic this page has already covered in a previous issue , so you 'll know that a regular meal of oily fish — herring , mackerel , trout and the like — can actually halve your risk of having a heart attack .
8 Had he been one , he would know that a large part of the duties of anyone holding my office is to meet business men and their representatives to discuss their problems and concerns .
9 Did you know that an average wedding today costs about £9,000 ?
10 But he must now know that an Iraqi démarche around January 15th — perhaps a partial withdrawal from Kuwait — would make the use of force bitterly controversial at home .
11 We do not know what interest rates were in Israel but we do know that the annual rate of interest in the ancient Near East was very high : in Babylonia and Assyria it was 20–25 per cent for money loans , 33 per cent for loans in kind and frequently more ; in Upper Mesopotamia and Elam rates were higher , reaching 50 per cent for money loans ; in the Ptolemaic period in Egypt rates seem to have been around 12 per cent .
12 I would say , incidentally , without elaborating , that this is potentially beneficial to the health of the cows , because we do know that the major problems of ill health in cows are the production diseases associated with very high yields .
13 Finally , there are simple conventions that need explaining : not all pupils will know that the two words printed at the head of a page tell you something about the alphabetic range of the words on that page .
14 He will also know that the General Synod is a creature of Parliament and that it is fully in his hands as a private Member to introduce a Bill to abolish the General Synod of the Church of England if he so wishes .
15 When the Under-Secretary of State responds , I hope that we will know that the joint recommendations from the Select Committee on Health and the Select Committee on Social Services will be taken more seriously than previous recommendations .
16 Another defect is raised by the question " How do you know that the stated m exists ? "
17 My right hon. Friend will know that the Serious Fraud Office is conducting investigations into fraud and dishonesty in this sphere .
18 Did you know that the average woman will have around 500 periods in her life , adding up to a staggering six and a half menstruating years ?
19 How does Poulantzas know that the counterfactual claim he proposes is true ?
20 He will know that the largest increase in waiting lists as published is in respect of the new service and facility that have been provided in Forth Valley .
21 DID you know that the famous HMV dog originated in Liverpool ?
22 ‘ We wo n't take a step back from pursuing these scum on both sides but the public should know that the legal profession has significantly crippled our efforts against killers on both sides .
23 Combine the above images with the name of Arthur Ingram and you 'll know that the following book will be concerned with road transport .
24 Sir , Just in case confusion is caused by William Boot 's news in Unauthorised Returns ( 2nd April ) that Paul Barnett has left Titan Books for the wilds of Lapland , I wonder if you would be good enough to let your readers know that the other Paul Barnett is still alive and well and working from Exeter .
25 You may well know that the other person 's reaction is based on a tiny part of the situation but there is not much you or he can do about it .
26 However , we do know that the first import into Trinidad was Bhaluk Princess Barbella , imported by Mrs Margaret Wattley .
27 When that word becomes common currency , then we 'll know that the present stereotypes have lost their stranglehold .
28 Miners all over the country will know that the Labour party voted against those terms .
29 Yes , this is exactly one of the reasons we had a crisis last last time was because erm we did n't know that the then director I 'm sure did n't know what , what was happening .
30 Little did he know that the experienced dealers were about to teach him a lesson .
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