Example sentences of "[noun sg] knew [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , therefore , it can be established that the recipient knew that the document contained terms , they will be incorporated . |
| 2 | Here , because it could be inferred that the defendant knew that the police could not drive off while the van door was still open , he was aware that he was obstructing the police , and intended therefore to do so . |
| 3 | The next day Boy thought about the film again , and while he still felt very approving of the woman in the film , Boy knew that the man he lived with would have disapproved very much of her whole attitude and the whole way her story had been told , would probably not even have stayed to watch the end of the film . |
| 4 | And all the village knew that the Slatterys were harvesting this Tuesday . |
| 5 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that since it was the business of estate agents to act for numerous principals , several of whom might be competing and whose interests would conflict , a term was to be implied in the contract with such an agent that he was entitled to act for other principals selling similar properties and to keep confidential information obtained from each principal and that the agent 's fiduciary duty was determined by the contract of agency ; that since the plaintiff knew that the defendants would be acting for other vendors of comparable properties and would receive confidential information from them , the agency contract could not have included terms requiring them to disclose that confidential information to him , or precluding them from acting for rival vendors , or from trying to earn commission on the sale of another vendor 's property ; and that , accordingly , although the purchaser 's interest in acquiring both properties was material information which could have affected negotiations for the sale price of the plaintiff 's house , the defendants were not in breach of their duty in failing to inform the plaintiff of the agreement to buy the adjacent house , which was confidential to the owner thereof , and the defendants ' financial interest in that sale did not give rise to a breach of fiduciary duty ( post , pp. 941A–B , G–H , 942A–B , G — 943B ) . |
| 6 | The General knew that the town had to be taken and the momentum of the day 's advance kept swift , and so he would lead a rag-taggle charge against the Prussian infantrymen who lined the crude barricade . |
| 7 | He tried to argue , but everyone in the room knew that the battle was lost before it had even begun . |
| 8 | While Self knew that the pressures were great , and respected the engineers ' need to retain control of technical aspects of contracts and tender assessments , he also knew that the engineers were deliberately fending him off and impeding the agreement on procedures which he felt was essential for Central Authority financial control . |
| 9 | The Marshal knew that the guard would be putting hand-cuffs and chains back on the prisoners and lighting cigarettes for them which they would smoke with both hands . |
| 10 | Overnight everyone in Brighton and Hove and the area knew that the Body Shop had opened . |
| 11 | ‘ When the son returned to his father , he was not rebuked , for the father knew that the son had already learned what was necessary now to trust the father . |
| 12 | By then , of course , he and members of the WTA board knew that the tide of opposition was flowing strongly against them . |
| 13 | Thus , if the creditor knew that the debtor hoped to pay his debt to that creditor from a contract which the debtor was about to enter into , the creditor can not subsequently claim that the prospect of being paid from that source is not a reasonable prospect . |
| 14 | If the creditor knew that the surety , whilst understanding the nature of the liability he or she was accepting , was in fact acting under the influence of the debtor , then it would not be safe for the creditor to rely upon a document executed in these circumstances , unless it believed on reasonable grounds that the surety had in fact received independent advice . |
| 15 | ‘ Ranulf , if the Prince knew before the porter arrived here , there can only be one explanation . |
| 16 | Few people outside the government knew that the regime was even considering emancipation . |
| 17 | And only Jinny knew that the news he wanted would never come . |
| 18 | One story tells how he called at a farmhouse for shelter but the farmer knew that the Dragoons were close at hand and liable to raid the farm . |
| 19 | Everyone in the county knew that the Baskerville hounds were brave and strong . |
| 20 | Held , allowing the appeal , that , where a creditor knew that security was being taken for the benefit of a debtor from a surety who was likely to be influenced by and to have some degree of reliance on the debtor , the creditor should seek to ensure that unfair advantage was not taken of the surety ; that , if the creditor failed to do so and the surety 's consent to the transaction was procured by the debtor 's undue influence or material misrepresentation or the surety lacked an adequate understanding of the nature and effect of the transaction , the security would be unenforceable ; that the bank knew that the defendants were husband and wife and that the wife was being asked to provide security for the husband 's business and was likely to rely on his judgment , and they should have ensured that she understood the nature and effect of the document which she was asked to sign ; and that , since the bank had failed to do so and had left it to the husband to explain the transaction , so that as a result of the husband 's misrepresentation the wife entered into the charge on the misunderstanding that her liability was limited to £60,000 , they could not enforce the charge against the wife save to the extent of £60,000 ( post , pp. 620C–G , 622F — 623C , D–F , 635G — 636F ) . |
| 21 | The Mnchener is suing Atlantic Richfield for nearly $150m , alleging that the company knew that the products the unit was developing would never be commercially viable , and according to the Wall Street Journal citing electronic mail messages , one of which says that as it appears the development ‘ is a pipe dream , let Siemens have the pipe , ’ and another that says ‘ We will attempt to finesse past Siemens the fact that we have had a great deal of trouble in successfully transitioning technology from the laboratory to the factory ’ ; Atlantic Richfield denies attempting to mislead Siemens over the unit . |
| 22 | The first that Tarmac knew that the union disapproved was when the present proceedings were commenced . |
| 23 | When the Labour party knew that the parents charter was coming , the hon. Gentleman did not half rush out its paper , and he did not draft it very well . |