Example sentences of "to know that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people wish to plan their funerals in advance , and to know that they have set aside the money to pay for them : |
| 2 | Parents need to know that they are welcome and valued visitors . |
| 3 | He says that he would not get on so well with her if he had his meals with her , but as he lives quite separately they are very friendly and he likes to know that they are near if he wants company . ’ |
| 4 | Responsibility for those who deliver the education service requires people to feel and to know that they have a professional responsibility and can be trusted to discharge that . |
| 5 | Rarely has it ever been recorded that a fatality has occurred from snakebite during the festival ; the Cobras appear to know that they are being revered . |
| 6 | ‘ You only had to look at the faces sitting around the table at base camp to know that they were physically and mentally finished . ’ |
| 7 | If you empower frontline employees to take personal initiatives beyond the boundaries of their routine tasks , first you need to know that they are willing and able to do so . |
| 8 | Aung San and his supporters were demanding full independence , but I happened to know that they would have been content , possibly even pleased , to be granted Dominion status . |
| 9 | To know that they belong to God is , for many Christians , the crowning joy of their lives . |
| 10 | Both are happy with the set-up and for people to know that they have come to an arrangement on leading separate lives . |
| 11 | Bond owners might like to know that they can use her Knitmaster Chunky ribber-carrying cases for their machines — the bags are the perfect size for the Bond Classic . |
| 12 | It is frustrating to know that they can still , if they wish , punch the button marked ‘ Excess ’ . |
| 13 | She wanted their parents to know that they had had an accident , were safely aboard a Royal Navy ship and would be home soon . ’ |
| 14 | Children in the ‘ top ’ set for mathematics quickly come to know that they are more capable than those in the ‘ bottom ’ set . |
| 15 | The voiders lingered by the body , however , bright enough to know that they still had some duty to perform with it . |
| 16 | However , in the social context of heroin use in a given community , it is just as important to understand how events are perceived by the participants as to know that they actually happened . |
| 17 | But those who claimed to know that they were chosen , Calvin viewed with suspicion . |
| 18 | The double windows , divided by twin columns , are the most pleasing thing in the room , with simply sculpted capitals , of a demon , the head of Christ , animals , birds , stars and flowers ; these , like the door between them , once gave on to the cloister , and it is nice to know that they will do so again , once that vital adjunct has been rebuilt . |
| 19 | It was two and a half years since I had seen them and it gave me a lot of hope just to know that they were still in good shape , although they both looked much older . |
| 20 | Strange dreams disturbed his mind : weird animals chased him down long dark valleys , but gradually he came to know that they were only nightmares . |
| 21 | Betty would have been upset to know that they had been talking of the devil . |
| 22 | ‘ Because they were clever enough to know that they could n't , ’ Jessamy said a trifle bitterly . |
| 23 | READERS might like to know that they can play a part in choosing the UK ‘ People of the Year ’ . |
| 24 | Now a lot of people when that was first mentioned said ‘ I do n't need that , it 's all right you can look at them if you want to ’ , but afterwards , half-way through their course , they wanted to know that they were theirs and other people would n't see them and have this reassurance that if they wanted to watch it and then wipe it blank , or if they wanted to wipe it blank without ever having seen it themselves , they could do that and no-one was going to ask ‘ What 's going on ? ’ . |
| 25 | The councillors all agree that your floral displays and hanging baskets are magnificent and want you to know that they appreciate your efforts . |
| 26 | They need to know that they can give you your professional , their professional attention they will not make it compulsively , the majority party of what went wrong this is you were no longer the majority party . |
| 27 | Things have changed enormously , but it 's , so it took sometime for them to get to know that they , the French were at war with , the Prussians and the Austrians , and do n't forget that Strasbourg is only on the other side of the Rhine from Germany or whatever part of Germany er , it was at the time . |
| 28 | Plants need to be nurtured they need to be looked after and they need to be made they need to know that they come out with id with their ideas . |
| 29 | The darkness was almost complete now ; she could only see the faintest outline of his features , enough to know that they 'd taken on a hard , determined cast . |
| 30 | You see , when I became yard inspector , the staff soon got to know that they could n't kid me , they could n't kid me you see . |