Example sentences of "that [pers pn] knows [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It 's equally possible , sir , that she knows all about it and may well choose to tell me something .
2 Behind it all is the Whitehall attitude that it knows better than Brussels .
3 It believes that it knows best and what is good for us and for our children .
4 For the east Belfast unionist , who plans to visit community centres in nationalist areas , has revealed that he knows two current Sinn Fein councillors from his youthful days in the New Lodge area .
5 Hey ! ’ of 1927 , Eliot judged John Rodker ‘ up-to-the-minute , if anyone is ; we feel sure that he knows all about hormones , W. H. R. Rivers , and the Mongol in our midst ’ .
6 The managing director makes very sure that he knows all that goes on in his firm .
7 Is the Secretary of State so arrogant that he thinks that he knows better than the people who are actively involved in the care of the mentally handicapped ?
8 Why does the hon. Gentleman think that he knows better than the people who are responsible for running the colleges who have welcomed the opportunity to be able to take decisions at local level ?
9 It is extraordinary that the Minister should take it into his head that he knows better than people in the museums world , and impose upon them a period that nobody asked for — indeed , everybody asked for the opposite .
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