Example sentences of "[verb] [that] [pron] know [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | The media seem unwilling to publish anything that might challenge the certitude with which editors , politicians , judges and others insist that we know how to increase measurable intelligence or that test data ‘ prove ’ , to use The New York Times 's word , that a poor environment causes familial retardation . |
2 | We must assume that you know how to express yourself in sentences . |
3 | If , as I have argued , it is normal and typical of human beings to have basic impulses to assist other creatures in distress , to find them appealing to view , and in some cases to enjoy their close proximity ( infants reach out naturally towards a puppy but get agitated by wasps or beetles ) , it does not follow that we know how to treat them . |
4 | How could I forget that you know how to do most things , short of open-heart surgery ? ’ |
5 | But with any luck it will take them some time to realise that we know how to play it better than they do . ’ |