Example sentences of "knowing [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A full corona might tell him far more than he needed to know — so much that he would end up by knowing nothing precise at all . |
| 2 | Knowing my right hon. Friend 's concern for birds and particularly for our very valuable poultry industry , will he keep an eye on the latest scare for our ’ bootiful ’ turkey industry and ensure that that nonsense about which we are hearing — podo dermatitus — does not turn out to be a load of gobbledegook ? |
| 3 | Knowing my old man he 'd probably fucking turn me in . |
| 4 | We can also , in abbreviation , speak of an event as necessitated without identifying or indeed knowing its causal circumstance . |
| 5 | She stiffened as a hand crept up her side , knowing its intended destination . |
| 6 | His ‘ ballistic walking ’ theory predicts the path of the swinging leg as perfectly as one can determine the trajectory of a missile , knowing its physical properties . |
| 7 | She did n't want to paint the building — knowing her driving perfectionism , she 'd spend weeks showing every brick . |
| 8 | I am entitled to an apology from Mrs Rogers for her defamatory letter , but knowing her erratic behaviour , through the pages of the News , I need n't hold my breath . |
| 9 | Williams showed that it would be much better to concentrate on attacking U-boats which could still be seen on the surface , with a depth-charge setting of 25 feet , and ignore those which had had time to submerge , because of the uncertainty in knowing their exact position . |
| 10 | The meaning of a text can not , in fact , be derived only by ‘ decoding written words and knowing their linguistic characteristics ’ , as Stubbs points out ( 1980 , p. 15 ) . |
| 11 | Charles Dowd 's invention gleams dully in the half-gloom , trodden upon by the sandals and the bare feet of a people who , despite the name of their hotel , take little obvious pleasure or pride in knowing their unique status . |
| 12 | In addition , local authorities may have difficulty in knowing which old people need help and of getting help to them in time . |
| 13 | They drew attention to the difficulties of knowing which local authority was responsible for a particular service — especially in the county areas . |
| 14 | ‘ What we 're offering you , ’ the Hare-woman said — and her voice was almost gentle — ‘ is a choice between knowing who other people think you are and knowing who you really are , inside yourself . |
| 15 | Not then — to recall my point of departure in the previous chapter — knowing thyself , so much as knowing thy discursive formations — knowing them in the process of living but also inverting them ; reinscribing oneself within , succumbing to , and demystifying them . |
| 16 | we should reject , knowing it untrue |
| 17 | Knowing it impossible to sleep again , she had lain there for a while and listened to the silence of sleep throughout the house . |
| 18 | It would never have occurred to Nathan Holland , the young man on whose arm she leant , to think of such a thing ; he had worked with Paul Arkwright in the publishing house which turned out many of the latter 's books on philosophy , and soon Paul had asked him , knowing his astonishing gift for languages , if he would translate some of them . |
| 19 | Some of these names it is certain were acquired at school but most when they began work and these nicknames completely took the place of their Christian names and lasted through the rest of their lives , it being not unusual to know a person for years without ever knowing his proper name . |
| 20 | She turned to him with an affectionate grin , knowing his soft heart had been hugely moved by the children that afternoon . |
| 21 | About knowing anyone special … a man ? ’ |
| 22 | I took a couple of pictures anyway , not knowing what possible good they would do , then kicked the Shogun in the driver 's door just for the hell of it . |
| 23 | To feel oneself so disliked , so vulnerable , never knowing what new piece of venom would manifest itself next , needed someone more arrogant , more … theatrical than she was . |
| 24 | The difficulty is in knowing what local opinion really has to say on these matters . |
| 25 | Knowing what lovely people knitters are , I know that you will all make the effort . |
| 26 | The doctors may broadcast their scripts to a drug-hungry nation like showers of autumn leaves , but they still act as an intolerable bottle-neck between manufacturers and their clients , the latter , poor sods , often not even knowing what wondrous remedies are to hand for the asking . |
| 27 | Lastly , I should not choose this manner of writing , wherein knowing myself inferior to myself , led by the genial power of nature to another task , I have the use as I may account that of my left hand . ’ |
| 28 | Knowing your legal rights in advance means you can negotiate with a free hand . |
| 29 | ‘ Knowing your superb taste , Uncle , it sounds as if we 're in for something of a treat , ’ Naylor replied . |
| 30 | If few or no defects are found , then at least you have the peace of mind in knowing your new home has been expertly checked . |