Example sentences of "he knows [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The offence of incest is committed by a man who has sexual intercourse with a person whom he knows to be his granddaughter , daughter , sister or mother , and by a woman aged 16 or over who permits her grandfather , father , brother , or son to have sexual intercourse with her . |
| 2 | For example , the chief executive or clerk would be at fault in allowing a committee to do something which is not authorised by law or which he knows to be illegal . |
| 3 | A man should be free to believe in what he knows to be good , or right . |
| 4 | A police officer may see a person driving a motor vehicle , who he knows to be disqualified but is not in a position to stop the driver . |
| 5 | His goal is no more than to conceal from others the discrepancy he feels between his own behaviour and what he knows to be the standards of his group , wider society , or religion . |
| 6 | he knows to be unpublished price sensitive information ; |
| 7 | In other words the tippee must , first , obtain from an individual , information which he knows to be unpublished price sensitive information ; secondly , he must know that the individual is a ‘ connected individual ’ within the meaning of the legislation ; thirdly , he must know or have reasonable cause to believe that that individual holds the information by virtue of being so connected ; and finally , he must know or have reasonable cause to expect that that individual should not have disclosed the information save for the proper performance of that individual 's duties . |
| 8 | Until now the Magistrate had been in the position of a scientist who has made a discovery which he knows to be true but is unable to prove . |
| 9 | The child has his own view point and draws what he knows to be . |
| 10 | And how can a farm worker strike against an employer whom he knows to be , more often than not these days , a solicitous and considerate person , even if he pays low wages ? |
| 11 | The person whose grass or corn is eaten down by the escaping cattle of his neighbour , or whose mine is flooded by the water from his neighbour 's reservoir , or whose cellar is invaded by the filth of his neighbour 's privy , or whose habitation is made unhealthy by the fumes and noisome vapours of his neighbour 's alkali works , is damnified without any fault of his own ; and it seems but reasonable and just that the neighbour , who has brought something on his own property which was not naturally there , harmless to others so long as it is confined to his own property , but which he knows to be mischievous if it gets on his neighbour 's , should be obliged to make good the damage which ensues if he does not succeed in confining it to his own property . |
| 12 | ‘ For any person in the course of any trade or business , ( a ) to make a statement which he knows to be false ; or ( b ) recklessly to make a statement which is false ; as to any of the following matters … . ’ |
| 13 | The right hon. Gentleman is as wrong about that as he was in his assertion during the recent debate that I had refused to meet the regional Sports Council chairmen , which he knows to be untrue . |
| 14 | makes a statement , promise or forecast which he knows to be misleading , false or deceptive or dishonestly conceals any material facts ; or |