Example sentences of "do [adv] know [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not know what the sensuality of a man is . |
| 2 | I have a car badge belonging to the 159 Motor Club but do not know what the club is , or was , and have been unable to find out . |
| 3 | I do not know what the Anglo-Saxons called a rabbit , a candidate for description , I should have thought . |
| 4 | If you do not know what the true variable costs are , how can you make correct decisions ? |
| 5 | ‘ I do not know what the outcome will be as there are an awful lot of issues which are unclear . |
| 6 | I do not know what the majority here or in the country may think about it . |
| 7 | The other reason is that there are at least some rules for judging advertisements , but most of these are based firmly in the objectives which the ads are trying to achieve : if we do not know what the objectives are , any judgement we may make is without a real foundation . |
| 8 | ( g ) We do not know what the mother said to Miss T. , because she has not chosen to tell the court , but it appears to be the fact that on the two occasions when Miss T. raised the issue of blood transfusions , she did so suddenly and ‘ out of the blue ’ without any inquiry from hospital staff and immediately following occasions when she had been alone with her mother . |
| 9 | Most new mothers do not know what the Guthrie test is for : a considerable number incorrectly believe that it will detect more disorders than is the case . |
| 10 | The increasing numbers of dementia sufferers living alone ; the pressures on carers , will mean that the need for all services will increase and I would suggest that the level of our knowledge is such that we do not know what the " best " care for dementia sufferers is — and what may be best for sufferers may not be best for carers . |
| 11 | This has not yet been discovered and we do not know what the machines are for — rather as nineteenth-century people did not know about plutonium and nuclear reactors — so we do not know what such developments will lead to in terms of aesthetic and economic considerations , and eventually the effects on the landscape and the settlements in it . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , many of my letters home miscarried , because , Turkey being neutral until towards the end of the war , the post went through enemy-occupied Europe : I do not know what the Nazi censors made of some of my missives . |
| 13 | I do not know what the Labour party is so proud of , because under the previous Labour Government manufacturing output fell by 2 per cent . |
| 14 | I do not know what the hilarity is about , but please carry on . |
| 15 | I do not know what the hon. Gentleman means , but I regret that , as ever — and typically of Labour Members — the hon. Gentleman seems to glory in gloom and despondency in identifying the more negative aspects of things , rather than looking at the positive . |
| 16 | I do not know what the answer is , but I know what the answer is not . |
| 17 | I do not know what the Secretary of State is doing now to an article . |
| 18 | We do not know what the consultants originally said when they first produced a draft for the promoter , and what they were then asked to add afterwards to make it a little more toothsome for the promoters , to make it a safer version of the environmental impact assessment . |
| 19 | We do not know what the staying-on rate will be until the autumn , and it is capable of further revision during the year . |
| 20 | We still do not know what the Government 's aims and objectives at Maastricht are . |
| 21 | I do not know what the right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) heard , but I distinctly heard the Foreign Secretary answer yes on several occasions . |
| 22 | I do not know what the hon. Gentleman is talking about . |
| 23 | I do not know what the people back in Rushcliffe think about him when he messes about in this way . |
| 24 | But this is the mistake of ignorance , because they do not know what the contemplative life stands for . |
| 25 | Hankin , as well as the players , press and supporters , do not know what the future holds . |
| 26 | ‘ I do not know what the final outcome will be and would stress that there is no obvious solution at this point , but at least we now have adequate time to look at all the alternatives . ’ |
| 27 | Scott replied : ‘ I do not know what the future may hold , but authorities have no power to provide cash now ’ . |
| 28 | You do not know who the rival bidders are , who wants what , or how much they are likely to bid . |
| 29 | We do not know who the first organist in the old church were . |
| 30 | I do not know who the hon. Gentleman thinks he is speaking for , but I remind him that these people are volunteers and join with the approval of their parents . |