Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] you [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do not know that you are not a brain , suspended in a vat full of liquid in a laboratory , and wired to a computer which is feeding you your current experiences under the control of some ingenious technician/scientist ( benevolent or malevolent according to taste ) . |
| 2 | Is it possible , however , that though you do not know that you are not a brain in a vat you still know many other things , perhaps more important ? |
| 3 | We can surely conclude that if you know that you are sitting reading , you know that you are not a brain in a vat , and hence ( by simple modus tollens ) that since you do n't know that you are not a brain in a vat ( agreed above ) you do n't know that you are sitting reading . |
| 4 | It seems therefore to show , more generally , that since you do n't know that you are not a brain in a vat you can not know any proposition p of which you know that if p were true , you would not be a brain in a vat . |
| 5 | And there are similar slightly different arguments , for instance Descartes ' version which takes q = you are dreaming and argues that since you do n't know that you are not dreaming you do n't know any proposition p of which you know that if p were true you would not be dreaming ( see the first Meditation in Descartes , 1955 ) . |
| 6 | The conditional theory of knowledge can show that you do not know that you are not a brain in a vat . |
| 7 | Therefore , if the conditional theory of knowledge is on the right lines , you do not know that you are not a brain in a vat . |
| 8 | First , it can reinforce our intuitions that you know that you are sitting reading etc. , that you know that if you are sitting reading etc. you are not a brain in a vat , and that you do not know that you are not a brain in a vat . |
| 9 | However , you do not know that you are not a brain in a vat because it is not the case that ( 3 ) in the nearest worlds in which you are a brain in a vat you believe that you are a brain in a vat . |
| 10 | Hence you can know that you are sitting reading even though you do not know that you are not asleep in bed , dreaming that you are sitting reading . |
| 11 | Your reader will then know that you are not presuming that she or he knows what the term means . |
| 12 | And they says , Well a person who lived in your flat before you had a telly , you know and they gave me some excuse , you know that the the the person who lived in here before me had ripped them off and they says , How do we know that you 're not that person , you know things like that . |
| 13 | They they 'll they 'll er consider that you 're not interested . |
| 14 | What 's the da what would show if you 're standing up , what would demonstrate that you 're not relaxed ? |
| 15 | Erm do n't s you know if you 're not a discount man forget that you you just have to say I 'm I 'm gon na use it if I need it . |
| 16 | But how do you know if you 're not there every second ? |
| 17 | A solicitor can help you ensure that you are not paying too much tax and that you claim every allowance to which you are entitled . |
| 18 | Studying these should ensure that you are not completely ignorant of the scope , length , format and demands of what you are trying to do . |
| 19 | You 've got to make them feel that you 're not expecting too much of them , or you may make them freeze . |
| 20 | feel about how the way the women are treated in B M K , do you think that , I mean is there enough provision for women , especial erm are you taking into consideration , do you feel on er is , do you feel that you 're not , your needs are n't particularly catered for , I mean in the sense of , you might not have experienced this yourself but like er , maternity provisions , things like that , I mean you get maternity leave , do you feel that |
| 21 | I will assume that you are not completely unfit and can cope with the demands of normal training . |
| 22 | And what do you do if you 're not very mobile and fall out with the only GP or practice in the village ? ’ |
| 23 | But what can you do if you 're not living in harmony with them ? |
| 24 | But he will not succeed because you are not a force which Government recognise , despite your having the best transport brains and experience in the world among your members . |
| 25 | For a necessary condition for such knowledge , 3 ( that if it were not true that you are not a brain in a vat , you would not believe that you are not a brain in a vat ) fails . |
| 26 | We can simplify this conditional as follows : if you were a brain in a vat , you would not believe that you are not a brain in a vat . |
| 27 | This is false because if you were a brain in a vat ( being fed your current experiences ) , you would still believe that you are not a brain in a vat . |
| 28 | I will see that you are not disturbed until dinner and then you shall have a tray . |
| 29 | ‘ I can see that you 're not likely to want to take an ancient and decaying heap into your bed . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll understand if you 're not ready . ’ |