Example sentences of "know [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 What does make living for Jesus at school a lot easier is to know that you are not alone ; that there are other Christians who agree with what you believe and who can maybe encourage you when the going gets a bit tough .
14 I think you are the boldest man I ever met with , but sir , surely you ought to know that you are not now in the Haymarket .
15 It 's nice to know that you 're not the only family .
16 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 .
17 But how do you know if you 're not there every second ?
18 They know that you are not trying to portray yourself as a know-all , that you have accepted being ‘ only human ’ .
19 ‘ Mr Greenslade , you know that you are not allowed any alcohol , ’ she began .
20 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 .
21 Well I agree I I mean it it is a bit hypocritical really just to want all all the the show and everything you know if you 're not really sincere in those promises you 're making .
22 if , you know if you 're not satisfied it goes that 's
23 You know , you know but you 're not listening .
24 I know but you 're not in my class though .
25 A positive attitude is and important asset when it comes to maintaining a workout regime , and that comes with knowing that you are not pitting yourself against the impossible .
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