Example sentences of "[vb infin] that the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | My right hon. Friend will know that the Serious Fraud Office is conducting investigations into fraud and dishonesty in this sphere . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | How does Poulantzas know that the counterfactual claim he proposes is true ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | Combine the above images with the name of Arthur Ingram and you 'll know that the following book will be concerned with road transport . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | However , we do know that the first import into Trinidad was Bhaluk Princess Barbella , imported by Mrs Margaret Wattley . |
| 11 | Miners all over the country will know that the Labour party voted against those terms . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Now for our second problem : how did you know that the second passage quoted in Task 1 was the beginning of a unified , meaningful stretch of language , while the first was just gobbledegook , randomly assembled without reason ? |
| 14 | How did he know that the second half would be better ? |
| 15 | So , if we knew that P was the first letter of a word we would know that the second letter could only come from a small group , and that A , E , I , O , and U are the most likely candidates , H and S are less likely but possible , and F and N very unlikely , but not impossible . |
| 16 | ‘ If you know anything about the history of art , you 'll know that the real process of evaluation goes on after things have stopped . |
| 17 | But did you know that the preposterous programme had a ‘ Did you know ’ section that in the currency of football trivia proved rather less fraudulent . |
| 18 | He will know that the Scottish Beef Club has had great success in the export market and that the idea of Scottish beef has been extremely successful . |
| 19 | First , does the child know that the red stick is longer than the yellow one ? |
| 20 | Oh I 'll know that the next time it comes up in erm |
| 21 | Just to let you know that the next meeting of Nether Wyresdale PC will be on Thursday 17th June in the school at 7.30 p.m . |
| 22 | Then I thought … well , as it happens , I did know that the old lady — MM Hamilton — had died earlier this year , and of course that could have meant that Dad 's job had packed up and they 'd had to move . |
| 23 | Lord , we know that you guide the ways of all your servants , but we want especially to commend these people to you , that they may experience a special measure of your support and may know that the Holy Spirit is building the unity of the church in the places to which you have called them . |
| 24 | Substitute cream in recipes with Delight Single Half Fat Alternative to Cream , and dress salads with Yogonaise , Delight 's new low fat dressing — your guests will never know that the delicious food you 're serving is also lower in fat . |
| 25 | My hon. Friend will know that the National Audit Office has in its programme for the current financial year an examination of flood and coast protection programmes . |
| 26 | The hon. Gentleman will know that the British coal industry must respond to a competitive environment . |
| 27 | All I would say to you is that the very small primary schools I not only have to doubt the financial viability , but I personally sometimes would doubt that the National Curriculum can be delivered to a school where you 've got an age range between five and eleven and you 've only got thirty or forty children , and that is a personal point of view , which I have , erm having seen many of our schools , and I believe that the problems that some of our large urban schools have , with thirty to a class packed in , is also something we should address and give careful thought to when we are resourcing education . |
| 28 | I think we must recognise that the five GRIST days have proved to be very useful and much appreciated by all . |
| 29 | Making it clear that it really does recognise that the only way to revitalise its languishing business units is to hire outsiders for some of the key positions , IBM Corp late Friday announced that as well as making its AdStar Inc storage unit a wholly-owned subsidiary , it had hired industry veteran Ed Zschau , System Industries Inc founder and one-term Republican representative , to be its chairman and chief executive — and an IBM vice-president , relegating the unit 's former general manager Ray AbuZayyad to the post of president and chief operating officer . |
| 30 | Will the Government recognise that the only way that many of those pensioners will have a happy and healthy retirement is through a substantial increase in the basic rate of income of at least £5 for a single person and £8 per couple , which is the commitment of the Labour party and which is supported by pensioner groups throughout the country as was shown by a recent lobby of Parliament by pensioners from the north-west which was supported by many Conservative Members ? |