Example sentences of "not know the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eckert did not know the real Arthur Hardy 's share in these juvenile expeditions , nor had he seen the then unpublished A Sportman 's Tale which amplifies the sustained friendship between these two Battersea Grammar School pupils . |
| 2 | It has said , ’ We do not have the power to have a statutory canvass , but without a statutory canvass , we do not know the real position . |
| 3 | It was by far the most sensible arrangement , since Geoffrey did not know the real purpose of their visit , but Loretta was seized with apprehension as soon as she was alone . |
| 4 | But we do not know the real essences of the substances of natural philosophy , so all that we can do is to observe and list their properties , and form only beliefs and opinions about them . |
| 5 | How can the government monitor the programme , and even speed it up , if it does not know the simple facts about the number of hospitals affected ? |
| 6 | Agents may not know the correct model , but they behave as if they do . |
| 7 | Business deals would not be made where people did not know the other partner to the contract . |
| 8 | Many an age has passed since I last descended to Undersea ; I did not know the dark powers had such a grip on it . |
| 9 | Oddy did not know the stolen items were for presents and was sorry to learn the truth , Mr Furness added . |
| 10 | Thus , if it is the first time someone tells you a particular genre of joke , you may not know the appropriate type of response . |
| 11 | We have cultural stereotypes which suggest that such occasions are difficult for us , potentially embarrassing , because we do not know the appropriate responses . |
| 12 | We do not know the immediate solution but if it continues then Malone must go and we think that we could have an excellent player-manager in big Davy Jeffrey . |
| 13 | In other words , if a minister does not know the right question to ask MI5 about a particular operation or allegation then MI5 will not volunteer any information on its own . |
| 14 | Ahmed Alekseevich , when you meet this Englishman , he will not know the whole story . |
| 15 | The bachelor did not know the little family , and he did not want to know them . |
| 16 | I did not know the full story — would never know it . |
| 17 | We still do not know the full story of Brixton ; therefore , we do not know the truth . |
| 18 | ‘ I do not know the full story , ’ Benedicta interrupted , ‘ but there is rejoicing in Southwark at Sir Ralph 's death . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It has been claimed that their parents did not know the full extent of the dealings or what was on the films . ’ |
| 20 | At decision point B in Fig. 8.5. we do not know the full scores of the paths , but we can try to look ahead and estimate them or extrapolate from current scores . |
| 21 | They adopted what was becoming the catch-phrase of the moment — ‘ if you knew what we know ’ — but , as even the Convener of Orkney Islands Council , Jackie Tait , said he did not know the full details , how did some of the other councillors purport to know ? |
| 22 | At the Hard Rock Cafe , London , Mr Brooke admitted he did not know the full repertoire of the band , famous for hits like I 'm Too Sexy and Deeply Dippy . |
| 23 | Although , unfortunately , we do not know the exact date of the meeting between Alekseev and Castro , it seems highly probable that , as Edward González contends , ‘ Castro seized upon the [ bombing ] incident as a pretext for ‘ the turn against the Centre-Left and the United States ’ ( González : 1968 , p. 51 , note 39 ) . |
| 24 | We do not know the exact site of the body clock in humans for the obvious reason that experiments to determine this are unethical . |
| 25 | Mr Deputy Speaker , no I did not know the exact amount of the recommendation but I of course assumed there was likely to be some pay increase and I have made an increase in grant which I am just about to explain to the house which will go some way to meet the requirements of local authorities and there are other assets and resources they have er which I will illustrate later on in my speech . |
| 26 | ‘ I did not know the Bioplan hospital might not be going ahead , ’ said Mr Prescott , ‘ If the Darlington health authority can not get hold of a CT Scanner from Bioplan then we will seriously consider getting one . ’ |
| 27 | Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed with the Olympus fibrescopes by two of the authors who did not know the manometric findings . |
| 28 | Negative mistakes , they say , arise from boredom with banal material , Controversially , they explore substitutions psychoanalytically , giving examples of cases where children make deviant responses , not because they do not know the original words , but because they do not want to say them . |
| 29 | They therefore can not know the relative efficiency of different forms of work organisation , and these may in fact not have very much influence on levels of efficiency . |
| 30 | Vauban still does not know the true nature of our mission here . ’ |