Example sentences of "not know that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The practice might not know that a need exists and may be able to help . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He did not know that in his last months he had developed a fatal heart condition . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | After years of living with Lewis she still knew but did not know that ‘ a man ’ could regard reading as the main business of the day and everything else as an interruption . |
| 6 | Many subsequently returned to their homes , all over the Soviet Union , where the local doctors may not know that they worked at Chernobyl and may therefore not recognise subsequent cancers or other problems as radiation-linked . |
| 7 | On the other hand , when we can intellectually see no connection between , for example , being gold and being malleable ( when we have learnt of this property of gold only from experience ) , we do not know that gold must be malleable . |
| 8 | Specifically , we do not know that minds are immaterial substances whose nature does not go beyond those properties we think are essential to them . |
| 9 | The party who supplies the infant does so at his peril ; it will not avail him that he did not know that he was dealing with an infant , or that he thought that his position in life was such as to make the goods necessary , or that he did not know that the infant was already sufficiently supplied . |
| 10 | The party who supplies the infant does so at his peril ; it will not avail him that he did not know that he was dealing with an infant , or that he thought that his position in life was such as to make the goods necessary , or that he did not know that the infant was already sufficiently supplied . |
| 11 | The results showed that 49% of farmers did not know that ADAS offered public good advice . |
| 12 | He had not read the Tower Commission 's report , evidently ; did not know that McFarlane had pleaded guilty to misdemeanours ; did not know the substance of the charges against Poindexter ; had not altered in any particular the mythology created when the edifice had first crashed down , in November 1986 . |
| 13 | So she smiled on and stood there and in exasperation Mrs Browning said , ‘ I do not know that we should continue this discussion , Wilson . |
| 14 | They did not know that liberal humanism was powerless in the face of fascism . |
| 15 | Similarly , the Prevention of Terrorism Act requires bankers to prove that they did not know that a client 's funds were serving terrorism . |
| 16 | Count Hubner thought that the Empress was ‘ more beautiful than ever ’ , and Lord Cowley , the English ambassador , said : ‘ I do not know that I ever witnessed a finer sight than the baptismal ceremonies . ’ |
| 17 | But they did not know that in the beginning , as Mrs Irving expatiated in her cracked and gracious voice on the high brick wall which dated from the Civil War , and earlier still , which had formed one boundary of General Fairfax 's lands when Putney was a separate village , when Cromwell 's Trained Bands assembled there , when the Putney Debates on liberty of conscience were held in St Mary 's Church on the bridge . |
| 18 | So man 's greatness comes from knowing that he is wretched , for a tree does not know that it is wretched . |
| 19 | Obviously , as a young woman , with only enthusiasm and few resources , I did not know that the Blackwomen 's Creativity Project would be creating history by staging exhibitions and events . |
| 20 | The great , distinguished people of the world do not know that these beggars can in the pride of their souls , look down on them as the unfortunate ones , who are left on the shore for their worldly uses , but whose life ever misses the touch of the lover 's arms . ’ |
| 21 | Yet it is true to say that the nuances of the legal institutions were imperfectly understood : if the epitomator of Gaius knew that there were differences between legacies and trusts , he still did not know that the word fideicommissarius should refer to the beneficiary of a trust and not to the trustee . |
| 22 | As ESM equipment does not send out any signals of its own , an enemy does not know that its radar emissions have been detected . |
| 23 | ‘ When Florence Nightingale said bluntly that if you overcrowded your soldiers in dirty quarters there would be an outbreak of smallpox , she was snubbed as an ignorant female who did not know that smallpox can be produced only by the importation of its specific microbe , ’ Shaw remarks . |
| 24 | And do you not know that friars come and go … everywhere ! |
| 25 | Tigers do not know that humans beings have no sense of smell , and when a tiger becomes a man-eater it treats a human being exactly as it treats wild animals , that is , it approaches its intended victims up-wind , or lies up in wait for them down-wind . |
| 26 | They did not reflect that they were young , they did not know that they were beautiful . |
| 27 | The practice might not know that a need exists and may be able to help . |
| 28 | Also , I am not a typist and I would never have written my first book if I did not know that Joyce was able and willing to decipher my handwriting , unsnarl my spelling and type the manuscript . |
| 29 | Secondly , it is only right that your doctor should know , because if there is a significant change in your condition with homoeopathy , he will ascribe it to the wrong treatment if he does not know that other therapies have also been given . |
| 30 | They will not know that they are doing so — but that is what will happen . |