Example sentences of "have know [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 SHOP stewards at Leyland-DAF 's Albion Works revealed yesterday that the Government has known of the truckmaker 's financial difficulties for a number of months .
2 George Hann says that in the years he has known about the business he has been approached on many occasions by people who ‘ come over as being very convincing but who turned out not to be genuine .
3 My mother was visiting someone who worked there whom she 'd known as a child .
4 Perkin , I thought , was one of the very few people who 'd known about the camera and the trail .
5 If you 'd known at the beginning that I knew your parents you would n't have even given me the time of day .
6 He worked in Whitehall , that 's all I 'd known at the time .
7 The Magill reporter concluded that the County Council officials ‘ must have known of the existence of the tailings pond soon after it began ’ .
8 The justices found that the appellant must have known of the possibility that a breach of the peace was a probable consequence of her conduct , and that she was not unwilling that this should come about .
9 Presumably Shakespeare researched his play in Holinshed 's histories — but how could he have known of the eeriness of atmosphere available all around here ?
10 If the police could not prove that the accident was of such force and severity that the driver must have known of the accident , then the defence could put forward the saving in Harding v Price .
11 This may seem a curious exception , but it is as well to remember that Gregory would have known of the versification of Sulpicius Severus 's Life of St Martin by Paulinus of Périgueux , and that he counted among his friends the poet Venantius Fortunatus , himself the author of a poetic work on the miracles of St Martin .
12 With a stock exchange investigation under way into heavy trading in Dixons ' options ahead of the announcement , it emerged that as many as 300 people would have known of the bid shortly beforehand , many of them on the credit committees of lending banks .
13 How else would we have known about the slaughter of whales or seal cubs ?
14 The public and Parliament might never have known about the payment , even though Premier John Major has pledged a new age of open Government , Labour MPs angrily pointed out .
15 Obviously I 'd left the rabbits alone for too long , or I 'd have known about the existence of such a brute .
16 She must have known about the hurt of leaving , for she said , Do n't worry , Miss Charlotte .
17 If so , that Hidden Master must already have known about the hydra .
18 It was also claimed that the Owens should have known about the bypass before they bought the house .
19 Had I not woken up to get a glass of milk we would not have known about the fire and would have been trapped upstairs . ’
20 Garry deserved all that was coming to him ; fidelity in marriage seemed to be very little regarded but Garry must have known about the baby and there was no excuse for him .
21 From long experience , Belinda 's younger brothers would have known in an instant by the crisp , deceptively mild tone that she was no longer fooling around , but unfortunately Greg Carey was n't possessed of this experience , so he said on a thick , purring note , ‘ Because you need to loosen up , get rid of some inhibitions .
22 I should have known from the way he could n't finish off this simple word that , a few days later , they would part .
23 A better woodsman than he would have known from the absence of game in the ride that the verderers were not far ahead , but the Friar did not read the signs .
24 Sunil 's a bright guy and he 's sufficiently clued into club politics to have known about the question mark over Chatterton 's conduct of the wine committee .
25 The producer will only be liable where he knew or ought reasonably to have known of the defect .
26 ‘ The matters to which regard is to be had in particular … are any of the following which appear to be relevant — ; ( a ) the strength of the bargaining positions of the parties relative to each other , taking into account ( among other things ) alternative means by which the customer 's requirements could have been met ; ( b ) whether the customer received an inducement to agree to the term , or in accepting it had an opportunity of entering into a similar contract with other persons , but without having to accept a similar term ; ( c ) whether the customer knew or ought reasonably to have known of the existence of the term ( having regard , among other things , to any custom of the trade and any previous course of dealing between the parties ) ; ( d ) where the term excludes or restricts any relevant liability if some condition is not complied with , whether it was reasonable at the time of the contract to expect that compliance with that condition would be practic-able ; ( e ) whether the goods were manufactured , processed or adapted to the special order of the customer . ’
27 Schedule 2 to the UCTA 1977 provides that , in assessing the reasonableness of a clause under the Act , the court should take into account " whether the customer knew , or ought reasonably to have known of the existence and extent of the term ( having regard , amongst other things , to any custom of the trade and any previous course of dealing between the parties ) " .
28 The factors which the court is to take into account under Sched 2 are : ( a ) the strength of the bargaining positions of the parties relative to each other , taking into account ( among other things ) alternative means by which the customer 's requirements could have been met ; ( b ) whether the customer received an inducement to agree to the term , or in accepting it had an opportunity of entering into a similar contract with other persons , but without having to accept a similar term ; ( c ) whether the customer knew or ought reasonably to have known of the existence and extent of the term ( having regard , among other things , to any custom of the trade and any previous course of dealing between the parties ) ; ( d ) where the term excludes or restricts any relevant liability if some condition is not complied with , whether it was reasonable at the time of the contract to expect that compliance with that condition would be practicable ; ( e ) whether the goods were manufactured , processed or adapted to the special order of the customer .
29 These guidelines , although not exhaustive of the factors to be considered , include the following : ( a ) the strength of the bargaining positions of the parties relative to each other , taking into account ( among other things ) alternative means by which the customer 's requirements could have been met ; ( b ) whether the customer received an inducement to agree to the term , or in accepting it had an opportunity of entering into a similar contract with other persons , but without having to accept a similar term ; ( c ) whether the customer knew or ought reasonably to have known of the existence and extent of the term ( having regard , among other things , to any custom of the trade and any previous course of dealing between the parties ) ; ( d ) where the term excludes or restricts any relevant liability if some condition is not complied with , whether it was reasonable at the time of the contract to expect that compliance with that condition would be practicable ; ( e ) whether the goods were manufactured , processed or adapted to the special order of the customer .
30 The court in Philippou does not appear to have known of the dictum in McHugh .
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