Example sentences of "is know what " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trick here is to know what you want to say and make sure that you say it . |
| 2 | The important thing for the pastor who sometimes directs and sometimes counsels is to know what he is doing and when . |
| 3 | The important thing about exercise is to know what kind is safe and how much is enough . |
| 4 | Children read a wide variety of things , from the back of the cereal packet to The Dandy , from a page of the daily newspaper to something written by Roald Dahl , and who is to know what will trigger off ideas , possibilities , expectations , or activity ? |
| 5 | The vital thing is to know what you are getting into before you get into it and to make sure that , even with the slow payment , it is still a good deal and that you will have enough cash to survive until you are paid . |
| 6 | The key to good writing is to know what you want to say . |
| 7 | She is to know what it means for her husband to " rule " over her . |
| 8 | All you really have to do is to know what you have in terms of assets , and to know who you ought to have in mind in terms of your nearest and dearest . |
| 9 | " The important thing is to know what it is that you are dying for " , noted Nizan in 1935 . |
| 10 | ‘ I have my duties , ’ replied Dr Neil , assuming a pompous voice , ‘ and one of them is to know what is happening in the world . |
| 11 | Two stages are involved , the reason for which is neatly summarized in this quotation from C.S. Lewis : The first qualification for judging any piece of workmanship from a corkscrew to a cathedral is to know what it is — what it was intended to do and how it is meant to be used . |
| 12 | what I 'm trying to help you practise , cos we 're not , we 're very good at asking closed questions in conversations but do n't very often recognize , but you know , we , we we we , we 'll zip backwards and forwards , and that 's okay , but I want you to do consciously is know what type of questions you 're asking because you can sometimes be hitting a brick wall and thinking I 'm getting anywhere here and it 's because you 're asking too many closed questions . |
| 13 | What is unusual about this resource is that at each point in the dialogue it is known what idea the speaker is trying to express , and what information the hearer has which provides the context for its understanding . |
| 14 | ‘ The difficulty is knowing what you compare these costs to , ’ says Mr Hann . |
| 15 | The problem is knowing what these results mean in the context of a particular application . |
| 16 | A little bit of excess weight — say five or ten pounds — is not considered harmful , but for those who are seriously overweight or who need to lose some pounds because of their medical condition , the problem is knowing what diet to follow . |
| 17 | This is why it is important to accustom the child to being rewarded for good behaviour — punishment is knowing what he or she is missing . |
| 18 | The key to successful time management is knowing what you want to achieve , how much it means to you , and how much of your time and energy you are prepared to devote to it . |
| 19 | Part of the problem for clients is knowing what is really done with their money . |
| 20 | The the difficulty is knowing what is going to be useful in the future . |