Example sentences of "know how [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One theory is that the US was at a loss to know how to deal with the rebels becuase it had , indeed , been plotting a Panamanian coup , but not this coup . |
| 2 | ‘ Khan , you argue that unless you are permitted to build the kind of ship you require , the embassy will fail — ’ He broke off , shaking his head as if he was at a loss to know how to deal with the notion . |
| 3 | She was completely at a loss to know how to deal with this man — even more at a loss to know just why he was affecting her this way . |
| 4 | He added : ‘ Society has gone soft and does n't seem to know how to deal with hardened criminals . |
| 5 | ‘ Short of massive cash injections and having an ambulance on every village corner , which would not be used 99.9 per cent of the time , it is very difficult to know how to deal with this , ’ said Mr Threlfall . |
| 6 | If your marriage lacks sparkle , if you would like to know how to improve your relationship , or you have had serious problems but would like to save your marriage , the centre can be of help . |
| 7 | It is hard enough , as we have discovered , for people to know how to behave as a bereaved person . |
| 8 | You need to know how to behave ; not to dress outrageously or act provocatively . |
| 9 | Parent : ‘ Well , he does n't seem to know how to behave properly . ’ |
| 10 | And as a not-particularly-modest Squidgey told her friend in that most revealing of telephone calls , you have to have been to Hell and back yourself to know how to behave nicely with the dying . |
| 11 | How odd people were , how unpredictable and curious , how difficult it was to know how to behave so that one pleased oneself and society as well . |
| 12 | Such as the time when the very inebriated gentleman , at 2 a.m. , wanted to know how to stop his budgie falling off its perch , because he thought it had cramp in its legs ! |
| 13 | Currently the most widely known ( and also most widely criticized ) theory on the subject is that of Noam Chomsky who has pointed out that , although children have to learn the meanings of individual words from their elders ( which would make language a phenomenon of culture ) , they seem to know how to string words together so as to distinguish sense from nonsense long before they have acquired any substantial vocabulary . |
| 14 | As consumers , they will need to know how to conduct oral transactions effectively — how to seek information , how to negotiate , how to complain . |
| 15 | We are planning to get another newsletter out before the next one to give you all the details but if you want to know how to label the stuff before than give me a ring |
| 16 | If you have extra cards , that is ones other than those in your basic pack , you 'll want to know how to decide if they are worth trying with tuck and slip , but first let's look at how you knit tuck and slip and how the fabric is actually formed . |
| 17 | If we do not know what we have committed ourselves to in the GATT round , it is difficult to know how to decide the reforms . |
| 18 | This is not particularly elegant and it is difficult to know how to pronounce it . |
| 19 | In either case , for language learning purposes , you need to mark the stress in order to know how to pronounce a word . |
| 20 | In order to meet this type of situation you need to know how to evaluate a pedagogical grammar . |
| 21 | It is designed , say its publishers , ‘ to help people who want to know how to set up a sound production office and how to make wise decisions about buying print . ’ |
| 22 | If you need more information , ring Rape Crisis on 071-837-1600 ( do keep trying if you ca n't get through ) , and if you want to know how to set up a group in your area , write to Incest Survivors in Strength , c/o 34 , Margate Rd . |
| 23 | Harold Wilson had complained to me about the continuing hostility of the press towards him and wanted to know how to put it right . |
| 24 | I had to ask a librarian and I managed to use them , but it is an advantage to know how to use them yourself . |
| 25 | When learners look up a word or phrase they need to know what it means , but they also need to know how to use it . |
| 26 | Before you can measure or draw a line exactly you have to know how to use a ruler properly . |
| 27 | The antidote is to know how to use prepositions . |
| 28 | " The student did not seem to know how to use the library ; he was mooning about the shelves instead of consulting the index . " |
| 29 | ‘ It is n't part of the clergy 's pastoral duties to know how to use fingerbowls , ’ he said testily . |
| 30 | It is an ASTONISHING piece of equipment — and I long to know how to use other design and text layout programmes which can be purchased and loaded into it , but want to cast around for sound advice as the programmes cost significant sums each . |