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

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1 Did you know that as a member of Convocation you may borrow books from the Clifford Whitworth University Library and have access to the Library 's collections ?
2 When the Chancellor , Nigel Lawson , addresses the Tory party conference this morning , he will know that despite the appearance of support from the lady at his side , it she who is almost single-handedly responsible for the undermining of his policy and his prestige .
3 It did matter but we did n't know that at the time did we ?
4 My hon. Friend will know that at the end of November we made a number of requests to the Government of Libya .
5 Anyway , we do know that on the day he was murdered you were some distance away from Edinburgh , but it was a good pretext to arrest and detain you should you attempt to complain to your masters in London ! ’
6 But they did not know that in the beginning , as Mrs Irving expatiated in her cracked and gracious voice on the high brick wall which dated from the Civil War , and earlier still , which had formed one boundary of General Fairfax 's lands when Putney was a separate village , when Cromwell 's Trained Bands assembled there , when the Putney Debates on liberty of conscience were held in St Mary 's Church on the bridge .
7 We do at least now know that in the formation of the new foetus an equal number of chromosomes come from the male and from the female , and that a female is not a malformed male foetus : this is not a ‘ view ’ .
8 ‘ Do you know that in the mythology of Earth the concept of freedom only came into existence after male and female ate of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil .
9 But , however innocent his presence at Grandmont may have been , we do know that by the winter of early 1183 Geoffrey was playing a very devious game indeed .
10 and then when it 's got that and it 's got end on the bottom here , at the end of the stopping zone , you 've got to know that on a motorway
11 you have to know that on the motorway an all
12 For the purposes of the present work , it is sufficient to know that by the end of the seventh century a town inhabited mainly by people of Latin culture existed on the site , and that the surrounding countryside was peopled by Slavs .
13 We know that on the night you were born , the sidh 's music was heard . ’
14 ‘ We know that as an issue animal welfare is being widely discussed in the UK , ’ he said at a Danish Bacon and Meat Council ( DBMC ) trade event .
15 The memoirs were written in a very anti-communist phase of his life , and we know that at the time he received indirect assurances from the head of the Communist Party , Maurice Thorez , that no insurrection was being planned .
16 And they know about what 's happening to them , and know that at the end of the day , it does n't matter about what their behaviour is , it does n't matter about what happens to them , because nobody cares .
17 A freeze on the number of police officers , but we know that through the review of the police ranking system , that the Home Secretary has said that will mean a considerable number , and I think the figure of two thousand was mentioned , extra officers will be back on the beat .
18 Soon afterwards exactly such a particle — the antielectron , or positron — was detected , and we now know that for every type of particle there is an appropriate antiparticle .
19 ‘ You know that for a fact , do you ? ’
20 ‘ I know that for a fact — ’
21 ‘ You know that for a fact , do you , ma'am ? ’
22 No I do n't , but nevertheless nobody knew only people like us and the neighbours , how that kid was every day when her mother to the T S B and her mother according to Julia had her because it was the done thing her mother , her own mother would n't have her , Kerry to look after her and I know that for a fact because one time when Ross was ill , Julia said I ca n't have her and she said oh god I suppose I 've got to go and beg my mother to have her now she did , but the woman said to Julia , I mean she would n't give up her job , they had a four bedroomed house , two bloody great cars , eleven cats
23 While Labour proposes to weaken or dismantle them , we know that for the safety of our citizens they must be continued , and the police effort against terrorism must be reinforced .
24 Many still stand happily alone but they all know that without an ethernet or some other network port or at least a modem , they are very low technology in the world of the network .
25 ‘ I only know that during the half-hour or so I sat staring through the top windows of the tram , I saw nothing , not one single thing , that could possibly raise a man 's spirits .
26 We also know that in a number of countries labour disputes are brought before so called ‘ Labour Courts ’ for resolution .
27 America is very comfortable — especially California , but we all know that in a lot of ways it 's not culturally satisfying .
28 I know that in the past I would not have had the confidence to let children work on the problem .
29 Er on the sand at Grimness Now there 's hardly any sand there then , you had difficulty finding a patch , not not like where you 've the huge area now at the Barrier And so er I I I know that in the Hope they had a bigger one , and I believe in the Wyvell area they had one as well , you see ?
30 The truth is they 're rushing through the debate because they know that in the budget the next month , the chancellor will announce further defence cuts .
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