Example sentences of "[subord] we know how " in BNC.

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1 The short answer to this question is that we do not know how homoeopathic remedies work any more than we know how the majority of orthodox pharmaceuticals work .
2 Dr Mortimer cleverly noted the cigar ash , so we know how long Sir Charles stood there .
3 We mark the bats , so we know how many there are .
4 Once we know how much risk people are willing to accept , we can help them pick the ideal scheme . ’
5 Until we know how your son died it is difficult to be sure what is or is not relevant .
6 This is coming dangerously close to saying that we can not find out how the brain works until we know how the brain works !
7 If we knew how it was produced , for example not by moving a pencil round on one end of a taut thread , but along one fixed at both ends , we could conclude that it really is an ellipse and not a circle .
8 Again , if we knew how the Euclidean curved space-times in the sum over histories behaved at early times , we would know the quantum state of the universe .
9 If we know how horses communicate , it not only makes it easier for us to understand them and look after them , but it also makes it possible for us to communicate with them more satisfactorily .
10 If we know how something behaves , we can sometimes guess how it works .
11 But if we know how many we 're seeing in a , in an age
12 It has much to tell us of how the local landscape has developed , and we can read the clues , if we know how to examine the building and its surroundings .
13 our mutual it helps them if we know how it works it helps us if we know what problems they encounter
14 We can not exercise caution unless we know how to interpret such findings in terms of actual conditions , other than those which define the relative validity of these findings .
15 Women ‘ police ’ other women 's bodies because we know how important our appearance is in a society which objectifies us .
16 It can be easily assumed that because we know how computers work we therefore know how learning is programmed .
17 In other words , we identify a particular event as the cause because we know how it could have made the effect happen , not because we know it happened before the effect .
18 And because we know how expensive a new baby can be , you can choose all you need now and spread the cost with our 16 weeks FREE CREDIT .
19 When we know how someone 's filter functions we are more effective at loving them in a way that they will perceive as love .
20 I said to the orchestra , ‘ If there are discords we must always play them as beautifully as we know how . ’
21 That came as no surprise to us , as we know how good the business climate in this country has been in recent years with the success of deregulation and low taxation and the attractiveness of Britain as a home of inward investment .
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