Example sentences of "[conj] know how " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can do that , probably a number of other people can do it too , but the vast majority would n't have the remotest idea what to listen for or know how it is done . |
| 2 | It blames current top management and the board itself for not understanding how bad the problems are or knowing how to solve them . |
| 3 | Honestly , I do n't think it matters knowing how to program , or knowing how to make the machines actually work . |
| 4 | The problem with relying on COSE is that no-one 's really sure if it wants or is ready — or knows how — to solve the problem yet . |
| 5 | Its interest , as will already be clear , is that it offers a prospect of closing the gap between fact and value , bypassing the issue of whether or how one can draw prescriptive conclusions from descriptive premisses alone : it affirms the apparently naive claim that to know how to act I have only to be sufficiently aware of myself and my surroundings . |
| 6 | ‘ You have to hire people that know how to work the equipment , who know how to repair things . |
| 7 | Those canny souls that know how often these things fall at the last hurdle can stop holding their breath and relax over Tadpole Technology Plc 's deal to do a Power RISC-based notebook for IBM Corp : IBM has paid £325,000 for 500,000 new Tadpole shares at what is now the bargain issue price of 65p , which at last week 's price of 224 pence gives it an instant paper profit of £795,000 ; it also gets warrants for 2.22m more shares at the same price to take it to 12.9% . |
| 8 | Insects hiding on the trunks and branches of trees represent an equally rich harvest for those animals that know how to gather them . |
| 9 | I said , ‘ I think you should know how to cook a few things , in case they ask you to feed the children , ’ but she seemed to think that knowing how to make a Marmite sandwich would be enough . |
| 10 | We also reject the belief that knowing how to use terminology in which to speak of language is undesirable . |
| 11 | It was shown on page 195 that knowing how frequently a record is accessed can lead to reduced seek times . |
| 12 | Alasdair MacCormick , who runs Law Practice Management , a consultancy which advises on the selection of computer systems , feels that knowing how computers work is not important . |
| 13 | Letters do not correspond exactly to sounds , with the consequence that knowing how to pronounce a word does n't necessarily mean you know how to spell it ( and vice versa ) . |
| 14 | We should also recognize that there is more to producing and understanding meaningful language — to communicating — than knowing how to make or recognize correct sentences . |
| 15 | So , vote Labour , the party that knows how to keep its trousers on . |
| 16 | A faith worn on the sleeve , to be seen and not hidden ; a faith that touches every detail of life ; a faith that knows how and what to celebrate ; a faith that knows how and what to celebrate ; a faith that earthquakes , terrorists , cholera , drought , power cuts , water shortages , poverty and bad housing will never shake . |
| 17 | A faith worn on the sleeve , to be seen and not hidden ; a faith that touches every detail of life ; a faith that knows how and what to celebrate ; a faith that knows how and what to celebrate ; a faith that earthquakes , terrorists , cholera , drought , power cuts , water shortages , poverty and bad housing will never shake . |
| 18 | Jack Stone seems to be the sort of fish that knows how to cut a net or two . ’ |
| 19 | And the one that knows how to make time fly . |
| 20 | Its exponents are trained to feel how to move with each part of their bodies and to know how their movements must be coordinated to produce one or another step or pose . |
| 21 | If we acknowledge the importance of respecting the child 's own ways of thinking , we need to find ways for that thinking to be expressed so that it can be reflected on , and to know how far doing this can also help learning . |
| 22 | You will know about using the voice and body and know how not to exhaust yourself . |
| 23 | I lived in one of them for many years and know how far ahead of their time they were . |
| 24 | You must be able to assess your land potential and to farm within it , and know how to build up fertility to reach that potential by the most economic means . |
| 25 | A guerrilla unit can only operate in a district where the people are staunch and know how to keep their mouths shut . ’ |
| 26 | You can enter from the main road running along Teesdale but there is no way through at the top of the dale , unless you travel on horseback , or on foot , if you possess the stamina and know how to use a compass . |
| 27 | But the people involved are not naive , and know how such systems have worked abroad . |
| 28 | Once you are able to make cables efficiently and know how they normally look , this might be a good time to try them out in more unusual yarns . |
| 29 | He would discover a web , a network of creation and destruction , which the spider on his face would recognize , and know how to navigate — to arrive at what ? |
| 30 | Yes , good , good , just keep in touch with us and know how things are going . |