Example sentences of "we know [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And furthermore , how do we know that relational statements purporting to depict such an order are in fact sometimes true ? |
| 2 | Little do we know that this drink will shape the course of the rest of the tour . |
| 3 | It is all very well to use the language of manipulation or indoctrination but how do we know that this in fact is what happens ? |
| 4 | How do we know that sexual reproduction is responsible for the relative uniformity of species , and that its absence is responsible for the discontinuities between them ? |
| 5 | Okay is that do we know if that funding is going to continue ? . |
| 6 | Alex has horrific memories and we know that many of them are still locked inside . |
| 7 | We know that many blessings have come to individuals and the whole parish through this devotion . |
| 8 | Friends pay more visits to our properties than most people do , and we know that many of you have noticed and appreciated the many improvements we have made . |
| 9 | We know that many people in Britain who are on poverty wages , even if they are in more regular forms of work , simply can not make ends meet . |
| 10 | We know that many of them may well have undergone long and arduous journeys , having travelled many miles across many frontiers and indeed possibly even across many continents just in order to be with us here tonight . |
| 11 | We know that each of these groups contained a small minority of emigres , and that the Cossack Cavalry Corps in addition contained nearly 1000 Germans who , under the 1929 Geneva Convention on PoWs , should have been repatriated to Germany . |
| 12 | Again , from our vantage point , we know that each is suited to a particular kind of flight and life style ; but let us ignore that fact , and continue with the primitive analysis . |
| 13 | Since we know that each chemical element absorbs a characteristic set of very specific colours , by matching these to those that are missing from a star 's spectrum , we can determine exactly which elements are present in the star 's atmosphere . |
| 14 | High mortgages , the massive increase of families in bed-and-breakfast accommodation , a revised benefits ' system sweeping away school meals ' entitlements and heavily dependent on loans , the Poll Tax , cutbacks in family planning clinics , the introduction of loans in higher education , fare increases and timetable reductions on deregulated public transport — we know that such hardships bear more on women the less money they have . |
| 15 | With forty years of hindsight , we know that such hopes for a ban on possession of the bomb were sadly misplaced . |
| 16 | Now we know that such a deformation can not take place in a polymer , for if it did some atoms would move relative to their topological nearest neighbours by far more than covalent forces would allow , dissociation would occur ( chain scission ) and the nature of the polymer would change . |
| 17 | We know that such a humane , therapeutic community which provides predictability , certainty and continuity of experience can gradually replace the patient 's pseudo-reality with a new reality , promoting a resolution of painful tensions and enhancing self-esteem . |
| 18 | If they come from the Berlin orchestra , they need no references , so other orchestras will take them ; though we know that one day they will return to this orchestra . |
| 19 | We know that all of us will eventually die from disease , natural disaster , accidents or whatever . |
| 20 | But if it is not by any application of the resolutio-compositive method that we know that all causation is a matter of motion , how can we be sure that it is ? |
| 21 | We know that all numbers are either even or odd , and that a whole is equal to the sum of its parts . |
| 22 | We know that all the lapis lazuli used in the ancient Middle East came from a single source in the Badakshan Valley , Afghanistan , but this source does not contain wollastonite . |
| 23 | Edward Il acted in a similar manner in December 1314 when he requested masses and prayers for Philip the Fair , and we know that all London churches celebrated masses to this end . |
| 24 | By 3 February 1992 , we know that all fresh claims for attendance allowance and mobility allowance will be treated as claims for disability living allowance . |
| 25 | We know that names , we know that all names have to have capital letters . |
| 26 | Now we know that gale-force winds in the Channel can topple sightscreens , we must put them upwind of the pavilion this winter , and build a new pavilion out of the insurance claim when they crash through the roof . |
| 27 | We know that chemical bonds involve electrostatic attraction between positively charged atomic nuclei and negatively charged electrons . |
| 28 | However , we know that young or sensitive skins of any age require special attention . |
| 29 | We know that neither is averse to some dirty work to achieve his aims . |
| 30 | A whole range of worms is available to fishkeepers , though some of them are more suitable than others , especially since we know that live foods can be a source of infection . |