Example sentences of "how [verb] [pron] know when [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there is a debit side as well : how do we know when we have reached the limits of predictability and ‘ bottomed out ’ on the residuum of free choice ? |
| 2 | This chain theory collapsed partly through its own incoherence under pressure — how do we know when we have got all the links ? — and partly because of the discovery of past faunas . |
| 3 | How do we know when it was written , and the date of the copy we possess ? |
| 4 | How do you know when you have an adequate backup ? |
| 5 | These examples illustrate the central problem of characterising chromosomal deletions — how do you know when you have identified the target gene ? |
| 6 | But how do you know when you 're eighteen , whatever , is a natural teaching ability or merely a wish to try it ? |
| 7 | How do you know when you 're getting low on batteries ? |
| 8 | ‘ How do you know when he wrote it ? |
| 9 | Take Lao-Tse 's celebrated question : ‘ If when I was asleep I was a man dreaming I was a butterfly , how do I know when I am awake that I am not a butterfly dreaming I am a man ? ’ |
| 10 | How do I know when I 've found a sett ? |