Example sentences of "know [prep] the world " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before you begin , let me just ask you one little question : how much do you know about the world of the contemporary carpet … ? ’ |
| 2 | Freud 's view of science is not that of a simple empiricist , who assumes that , once something has been discovered in science , it remains true for all times , and that one day science will have discovered nearly all we need to know about the world and ourselves . |
| 3 | They could n't read or write , but Topaz longed to know about the world in which she lived , learn about strange lands beyond the seas , and the even more puzzling ways of the gaujos who spent their whole time shut up in houses made of bricks or stone , as if they had condemned themselves to perpetual imprisonment . |
| 4 | What do we know of the world ? … |
| 5 | They know about the world . |
| 6 | The enterprise which had begun to take off in Napoleonic Paris had undoubtedly made enormous progress ; far more was known about the world than had been a generation or two earlier . |
| 7 | He settled in Denver where he worked with Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart in a group that later became known as the World 's Greatest Jazz Band . |
| 8 | Some acts have become known throughout the world , others are known only to us , here on the island . |
| 9 | Robert Burns and Alloway , his birthplace , are known throughout the world . |
| 10 | We must also strive to make high quality products , like West Germany whose exports are known throughout the world , because of this high quality . |
| 11 | By then Saddam 's regime was known throughout the world for its brutality and aggression . |
| 12 | This highly successful bestseller is known throughout the world as the best available introduction to the subject . |
| 13 | An animal known throughout the world for its cuddly , teddy bear looks and the very real threat of its extinction . |
| 14 | Liquitex are well known throughout the world for their high quality acrylic colours and mediums . |
| 15 | What had previously been gossip only within a small circle had become widely known throughout the world , excepting however that substantial part of the British public which did not have international Contacts . |
| 16 | His work is known throughout the world . |
| 17 | The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is known throughout the world . |
| 18 | The name of William Bliss was known throughout the world for his quality tweeds and it continued long after his death . |
| 19 | Both RLS and the bridge are known throughout the world and are in no way local phenomena . |
| 20 | In addition , about 36 fragments of metallic nickel-iron meteorites have been collected , one of which contains minute diamonds , and is the second of its kind known in the world . |
| 21 | The only copy known in the world is the one at Eton College , where Udall was headmaster , and that has no title-page . |
| 22 | In June 1984 , a scant four weeks after the jumbo jet statistic became known in the world 's aviation lobbies , the president made a particularly memorable speech . |
| 23 | Having finished planning the new School Science Block , he proceeded to become more widely known in the world of Physics teaching . |
| 24 | As Cuvier began to study the more ancient fossils , he found that they were increasingly unlike anything known in the world today . |
| 25 | Around the world generally one finds similar examples , albeit on less than an American scale , and there are probably many more not yet known in the world 's literature . |
| 26 | He did n't want , either , to think of the third Zorzi brother , known to the world as Nicholai Giorgio de' Acciajuoli . |
| 27 | Voluptuous yet vulnerable , she was put through the studio 's star-grooming routine from which she emerged as the screen phenomenon known to the world as Marilyn Monroe . |
| 28 | She is known to the world as Diana Dors . |
| 29 | I will make my views known to the world community and to UNESCO ’ . |
| 30 | I acquired the skills to do this before I knew about the world , purely because of God 's will . |