Example sentences of "[vb infin] that [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To take the British example , I would hazard that the ratio of real balances to total private sector net worth is less than 1% ( see Dow and Saville ( 1988 ) for a breakdown of the constituent parts of private sector wealth ) . |
| 2 | I would not have told you place or time if I did not know that every man of them is far into the mountains and out of your reach long before this . |
| 3 | The judge in making an award of damages will know that a payment into court has been made , but will not know in what sum and so can not ensure that the damages awarded are high enough to beat the payment into court , if minded to make an award similar to that which the defendant has offered . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman may know that a tonne of plutonium is equivalent , in energy terms , to about 3.5 million tonnes of coal . |
| 5 | ‘ You do n't know that a tenant from your building was kidnapped that morning and that the evidence you 've just given could be vital ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't know that a business like this needed much working capital ? ’ |
| 7 | Those familiar with writing software for microprocessor controlled systems will know that a lot of development goes into the process . |
| 8 | Securicor have joined the cowboys on the contract guarding and really I mean you must be getting sick of us getting up every time about security guards , but it 's an important problem and you must know that a lot of you must work at places where you 've got guards on the gate and we all should take a bit of interest in going to see these guards , find out that they 're working for two pound or two pound forty an hour , they 're working as many hours a week as they 'll actually work with no overtime rate , no night rate , no benefits worth having and I mean really I wish you 'd go to your companies and try and arrange site allowances , cos that 's the only way we 'll get any improvements , but when we talk about resolving grievances , we just took in Yorkshire region someone to a tribunal for constructive dismissal . |
| 9 | The question raised by the Law Lords on the Circuit who referred it to the High Court was whether despite being deaf and dumb and uneducated , did the defendant know the difference between right and wrong , did she know that a consequence of guilt was punishment , and did she have the power of communicating her thoughts ? |
| 10 | You , Mr. Speaker — indeed , the whole House — will know that the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster , the Moderator of the Free Church Federal Council and the Chief Rabbi drew the Prime Minister 's attention to the pre-Christmas law-breaking , which they said ’ will determine the institution of a nationally observed day in the week substantially set apart for activities which are other than commercial in nature . |
| 11 | Such a distorted sequence might have profound effects on the student 's musical abilities , especially in the earlier stages , and would certainly make the pedagogic method seem problematic to anyone who did not know that the order of grades had been transposed . |
| 12 | Members of Council will know that the objective of changing the culture of the Council has gone because we 've largely done the job . |
| 13 | Any successful business person will know that the lack of common vision , sense of direction and purpose provide a tested recipe for failure . |
| 14 | Er I think er if the honourable gentleman checks the record he will find that my right honourable friend said that America did not have a national statutory minimum wage but I 'm most I 'm most grateful to the honourable gentleman for reminding us of the international comparisons because he will know that the country in Europe which has embraced his policy of a statutory minimum wage is Spain and Spain has twice the level of unemployment of the European average and twice the level in this country . |
| 15 | such as ‘ How do we know that the behaviour of numbers does not somehow change as they become larger ? ’ |
| 16 | If the law is to be effective , the criminals must know that the chance of their being caught is high , as is the chance of their being convicted ; and that they are certain to receive a sentence that matches the severity of their crime . |
| 17 | For instance , teachers involved in this scheme would know that the success of their female pupils would be very carefully monitored , and that senior people in the school would be looking at the girls ' test results . |
| 18 | And our great concern is that people in Scotland should know that the possibility of reconciliation exists . |
| 19 | ‘ But , ’ said the stranger , ‘ do you or do you not know that the law of England supposes every man to be innocent until he is proved — proved — to be guilty ? ’ |
| 20 | If the issuer did not know that the issue of the certificate triggered completion of the sale , or that it would be likely to do so , he would probably not be liable : see 14.11 . |
| 21 | Most people are fascinated by the way words change their meanings and their form and spelling : your pupils may not know that the history of any one word can be a story in itself ( like the etymology of the word " history " ) . |
| 22 | Oh blimey , I should know that the land of milk and honey Denmark . |
| 23 | At the moment we can not make precise predictions about the level and type of demand , but we do know that the number of places in residential and nursing home care has declined in the past year . |
| 24 | If the pattern in Northern Ireland is the same as in the rest of the United Kingdom , the Minister will know that the number of persons there subsequently convicted under the Act is very small . |
| 25 | This might possibly be an accurate forecast of the future , but anyone with experience of even a relatively simple up-to-date photocopier will know that the amount of maintenance support it requires goes far beyond this board-changing routine . |
| 26 | It did not know that the purchaser of the scrap had left some behind . |
| 27 | ‘ And did you know that the County of Meath is known as Royal Meath ? ’ |
| 28 | Anyone listening to or reading about the debate will know that the nub of the Government 's thinking is that they want the Bill to be passed . |
| 29 | As soon as these figures are written down , you will know that the answer to the addition of the three rows of figures will be 11977 . |
| 30 | Do you know that the answer to all your questions , all your problems , is actually contained within its glorious covers . |