Example sentences of "our knowledge [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While we now have a reasonably good understanding of how interactions at plate boundaries give rise to major morphological features on the continents our knowledge of the tectonic processes operating in plate interiors is by comparision rather poor . |
| 2 | But we shall later ( 4.3 and 5.2.3 ) have occasion to develop the view that the mock reality depends a great deal , for its understanding , on our knowledge of the real world . |
| 3 | From the statement " It has been raining for an hour in Chicago " , for example , we are able to infer , using our knowledge of the real world , that the streets of Chicago are wet . |
| 4 | The survey added greatly to our knowledge of the glacial deposits , which were laid down close to the southern limit of ice advance during the Anglian Stage . |
| 5 | Of equal importance is for clients to have confidence in our abilities and in particular this will be reinforced by our knowledge of the current market . |
| 6 | The past 10 years has seen an explosion in our knowledge of the molecular biology of cancer , and nowhere has this been as exciting as in the field of large bowel cancer . |
| 7 | Our knowledge of the Global Environment is couched in scientific uncertainty : but policymakers will wish to Act before there is definitive ‘ proof ’ of GEC . |
| 8 | On our own account and in co-operation with many UK universities and research establishments , RBGE scientists have made major contributions to our knowledge of the European flora . |
| 9 | Although our knowledge of the physical properties of the Earth 's interior is at present far from complete , most geophysicists now support the idea that convection does in fact occur in the mantle ; whether this convection is solely , or even primarily , responsible for plate movement is another matter . |
| 10 | Our knowledge of the basic natural history of some groups is still lamentable . |
| 11 | The first of these consequences relates to our knowledge of the structural forms of language in older stages of English . |
| 12 | The writer wishes to do no more than add to our knowledge of the social world , simply for the sake of knowing . |
| 13 | In order to extend our knowledge of the green algal/plant lineage , we recently started to analyze another chlorophyte mtDNA , namely that of the colourless alga Prototheca wickerhamii . |
| 14 | The scepticism which Hume 's argument creates is not global , since it concerns only our knowledge of the unobserved . |
| 15 | The study should provide a major contribution to our knowledge of the English Police . |
| 16 | List two quantities that you would like to know , or to know better , plus two types of observation you would like to make , or to make better , in order to extend our knowledge of the Cytherean interior and of the level of geological activity past and present . |
| 17 | 4859 ) ; Bakal is another native name , attested in a late fourth-century decree of Ptolemy I from which we derive much of our knowledge about the early hellenistic city ( SEG ix.1 , line 81 ; M. Austin ( 1981 ) The Hellenistic World , no.264 for translation , but omitting the names at the end ) . |
| 18 | Much of our knowledge about the domestic and workshop accommodation has been derived from aerial survey , supplemented in recent years by larger area excavations and improved recovery techniques . |