Example sentences of "the knowledge that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joey relaxed , happy in the knowledge that for the next few weeks at least , the place would n't run dry of drugs . |
| 2 | Before we know the words for it , before we know that there are words , out we come , bloodied and squalling with the knowledge that for all the compasses in the world , there 's only one direction , and time is its only measure . |
| 3 | Sarella quivered with the knowledge that for sure he wanted something again . |
| 4 | Flying still excites me with that curious mixture of fear — knowing the plane has the aerodynamics of a brick once the forward thrust is lost — and the knowledge that at the other end of the journey there will be new sounds and smells and things to look at . |
| 5 | He was buoyed by the knowledge that at last they had a clear suspect . |
| 6 | Our committee , dominated by batsmen and wicketkeepers unfortunately , think that the sightscreens are a Good Thing , but there are also those of us whose playing career is prolonged only by the knowledge that with village pitches the state they are , even a bad player can hope to strike lucky now and again . |
| 7 | Was he too old , I wondered , to console himself after I had gone , with the knowledge that without our penetration of Enigma , he might still have won the U-boat war ? |
| 8 | It is hoped that members will continue to support the Trust as generously as they have done in the past , in the knowledge that by responding to information mailed to them they are making a contribution to the Trust 's work . |
| 9 | TOBY BALDING returned home to his Weyhill stables after racing at Cheltenham on Saturday secure in the knowledge that in Beech Road and Morley Street he trains the two best hurdlers in the country . |
| 10 | We look forward in the knowledge that in its native western slopes of the Sierra Nevada in California , it can grow at least a foot a year . |
| 11 | The happy landowner can then stand at the window smoking a pipe and wave cheerily at the unwelcome hill-walkers , secure in the knowledge that in a few minutes they will be heading back to the car , steam gently rising from them as they blink in distress from behind grisly face-masks of dung . |
| 12 | This time my reaction to the knowledge that in all probability cancer was back with me and that I had a dreaded secondary was quite different from my reaction on first being told of the disease six months earlier . |
| 13 | Mathematics or Language or Science programmes for young children must be accompanied by suggestions for the use of ‘ waste ’ materials such as cartons , empty milk tins , bottles and bottle tops even in the knowledge that in many areas these are impossible to come by or that articles such as tins or bottles when in very short supply acquire a cash value in communities . |
| 14 | What was worse for Scotland was the knowledge that in the test they would also be facing Eales and McCall at the line-out plus Lynagh , Horan and Campese in the backs . |
| 15 | But the situation is complicated by the knowledge that in one 's all too brief absence the space left by one 's departure is already in process of closing over — new topics are in hand and one might create offence to the members of the reconstituted group by seeming to re-insert oneself . |
| 16 | So , as the couple fly off for another holiday in Richard 's private jet , they can be happy in the knowledge that in the unlikely event that Richard should ever loose his millions , they 'll be able to live on love . |
| 17 | We shall now explore some of these abstract and material elements within cultures in the knowledge that in some countries factors like religion have inhibited the acceptance of Western materialism and industrialisation . |
| 18 | You simply roam around , safe in the knowledge that round each corner there will be something to please . |
| 19 | What has upset Brian is the knowledge that within hours of Joanna disappearing from the leisure centre car park eight days ago , he was being ‘ fingered ’ as someone who could have been responsible for kidnapping her . |