Example sentences of "know that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roth has left off with his mythologising fury — and his memoir lets us know that the benefits that come to the writer who tries , or even seems , to stick to the facts may amount to something more than those of hindsight . |
| 2 | But Roth must know that it is likely to be no joke to those who are reading his book . |
| 3 | Remember , though , that badgering agents is quite useless ; if they want to come they will come , but telephoning them and overselling yourself can be just as useless as not letting them know that you 're alive and working . |
| 4 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , just a brief note to let you know that work on the MSS you left with me is proceeding apace ( at long last ! ) and will soon be ready for publication . |
| 5 | ‘ Ah well , in that case , I 'd better let you know that I 've asked Paul Spence to do some of the revision classes for your part of the course . ’ |
| 6 | And if you do decide to plan a family , you will know that the baby will be wanted and loved . |
| 7 | The practice might not know that a need exists and may be able to help . |
| 8 | Furthermore , he will know that his contemporaries are not really too keen on its revelation : indeed they may well argue that the police have research facilities of their own which are geared up to the internal needs and interests of the institution ( Benyon 1988 : 21 ) . |
| 9 | Inevitably those few insiders who do undertake postgraduate research in the social sciences are aware that they are involved in the creation of ‘ clap trap ’ , and must know that this denigration stems from the implicit threat they pose to the structures of pedagogy and institutional power . |
| 10 | ‘ And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel , At even , then ye shall know that the Lord hath brought you out from the land of Egypt : And in the morning , then ye shall see the glory of the Lord ; for that he heareth your murmurings against the Lord : and what are we , that ye murmur against us ? |
| 11 | And you must know that , because we are all here . |
| 12 | As Cameron opened with his usual explanation of the Act , he did not know that the Reverend William McIvor , a tall whiskery man with coarse orange hair and very pale blue eyes , had stayed outside his manse , in the cover of a thick yew tree , and was listening hard with a hand cupped round his ear . |
| 13 | We will meet at Fortingall tomorrow , and let us make it the biggest meeting of all — the Glen Lyon folk will join us there , and once Breadalbane joins with Atholl , then they will know that the whole people is on thy move . |
| 14 | Well how do I know that this computer does not have a theory of the external world ? |
| 15 | Without realizing it he had let me know that using French words , however few and halting , has a bewitching effect upon everything in London , animate and inanimate alike . |
| 16 | They would n't know that his trip had been sponsored by the Socialist Labor Party of North America and his time , if he stuck to his commitments , was to be all booked up . |
| 17 | Little did he know that , for the saddest of reasons , he was going to be thrust into the national , even international spotlight . |
| 18 | Did you know that upgrades to the EW + WW office software mean that in future it will be possible to print three-dimensional graphics and stereoscopic photographs ? |
| 19 | I say new civilization , I do n't know that I care about its being so very different from the best that has been , but it must be as good as the best that has been . |
| 20 | And Eliot lets us know that he had to argue with Pound , who wanted in some items that Eliot excluded , and wanted out some items on which Eliot insisted . |
| 21 | These pipes stretching thinly in a bridge across the service road injected a mix of chemicals into the walls of the furnace itself ; did I know that fuel was only used in the start-up process , after which the chemicals themselves provided the fire ? |
| 22 | He did not know that in his last months he had developed a fatal heart condition . |
| 23 | TRANSPORT ‘ Did you know that lorry drivers who pick up hitch-hikers have 73 per cent fewer accidents than those who do n't ? ’ |
| 24 | If none of these works , you can always try throttling your interlocutor , crying as you do so : ‘ Did you know that 63 per cent of all smart-ass know-alls meet a violent and hideous end ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But in May 1945 I did not know that they would be killed and I did not know until Count Tolstoy drew it to my attention in 1979 , 1980 and 1985 . |
| 26 | When Boris began sleeping with her , villagers who wondered what would happen if the husband found out were told by wiser villagers : ‘ If you 'd lived in a big town you 'd know that the husband knows . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Did you know that those Yugoslavians who came into your hands had very good reasons to fear for terror ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ People here do n't know that the policy review is already outdated . |
| 29 | Eric Honecker , the country 's ageing and inflexible leader , must know that Saturday night 's demonstrations seem certain to be but a foretaste of what is to come . |
| 30 | When the Chancellor , Nigel Lawson , addresses the Tory party conference this morning , he will know that despite the appearance of support from the lady at his side , it she who is almost single-handedly responsible for the undermining of his policy and his prestige . |