Example sentences of "to know [subord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to know if an easily accessible written package , with information on topics such as diagnosis , psychiatric drugs and their side effects , how to adjust to living with mental health problems in the family and so is available , or if there are any leaflets on the subject . |
| 2 | I would remind the surgeons involved in such instances that they , and not the duty psychiatrist , are in the best position to know if an operation is in the best interests of the patient . |
| 3 | The petitioners wanted to know whether a legacy of liberatio to them in the first will could now be held to include debts they had first contracted after the making of the first will ; and whether , if the heirs were to sue them for that , they could be barred by an exceptio doli . |
| 4 | it 's not easy to recognise solvent misusers and it 's hard for shopkeepers to know whether a young person will use a product for sniffing rather than for its legitimate purpose . |
| 5 | The data so produced may be of use to parsing systems , whenever it becomes necessary to know whether a noun must have a certain feature , not merely that it may have it . |
| 6 | In actual fact , if a court finds it hard to know whether a particular situation comes within the words of a statute or not , the probability is the situation was not foreseen by the legislature , so that the Lords and Members of Parliament would be just as puzzled by it as the judges are . |
| 7 | A separate Form HN1 for each centre is essential because SCOTVEC requires to know whether a centre has the approval of the Scottish Education Department and , if appropriate , the Regional or Islands Council concerned . |
| 8 | Clients contemplating determination of an issue by an expert will wish to know whether a decision can be reached which will be final , and , if not , on what grounds they or the other party can mount a challenge ; whether they can sue the expert ; and whether they can avoid cost and formality . |
| 9 | The option is useful if a user , either teacher or pupil wishes to know whether a particular title is on loan . |
| 10 | Another problem is that it is difficult in some cases to know whether a word has one , or more than one , suffix ( e.g. should we analyse ‘ personality ’ , from the point of view of stress assignment , as + or as + + ? ) . |
| 11 | For instance , it would like to know whether an endorsing company has to adopt everything COSE ratifies or whether it can pick and choose . |
| 12 | For instance , it would like to know whether an endorsing company has to adopt everything COSE ratifies or whether it can pick and choose . |
| 13 | It is more difficult to know whether an animal goes through the experience of at one moment not being able to see a food item , but then being able to see it at the next . |