Example sentences of "[noun] have know for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , he said ID cards were ridiculous and confirmed what fans had known for years that they were ill- treated by uncaring clubs who were allowing grounds to fall into disrepair . |
| 2 | Well , well the rest of the country are beginning to realise , what Leeds fans have known for three years . |
| 3 | John Rolfe , conference chairman , said : ‘ People within the industry have known for some time there is a need for such a gathering . |
| 4 | The move has been criticized by environmental organizations , which argue that the cars could be fitted with a converter because the cost , around £300 per car , is not prohibitive and that in any case manufacturers have known for some time when the law would come into effect . |
| 5 | What is documented in the book is what everyone in sport has known for years — that the use of steroids has been widespread in many sports since the sixties . |
| 6 | Wilson , shut up in her own world all winter , was astonished to learn what everyone else in Florence had known for many a month — French troops had poured into Piedmont and 1848 was to be repeated all over again . |
| 7 | The art ( therapy ? ) of Reflexology is founded on the principle that massaging the feet can affect the health of other parts of the body , a fact which acupuncture has known for a long time . |
| 8 | ‘ Jason Donovan has known for a long time that The Face is not rich , and we have repeatedly offered to apologise unreservedly for the article , ’ the statement added . |
| 9 | ‘ Jason Donovan has known for a long time that The Face is not rich , and we have repeatedly offered to apologise unreservedly for the article , ’ the statement added . |
| 10 | As the official investigation got under way , there were allegations that senior US officials had known for some time of BNL 's dealings with Iraq . |
| 11 | Joe Delaney , the FAI 's security officer , said : ‘ FIFA have known for long enough when and where this match would be played and the background to it . |
| 12 | Organisations have known for some considerable time that the acquisition , distribution and effective use of information is a key factor in gaining a competitive advantage . |
| 13 | Managers have known for a long time that demographics matter , but they have always believed that population statistics change slowly . |
| 14 | Geologists have known for decades about ‘ natural fission reactors ’ in very ancient rocks at Oklo in Gabon , West Africa . |
| 15 | I really enjoyed experimenting with the Utopia , although I would argue that while one company 's products are undoubtedly the most compatible from the technical standpoint they might not be the best combination for sound — something hi-fi buffs have known for years . |
| 16 | Further study is necessarily being completed ; but the evidence of linkage between the simultaneous appearance of climatic phenomena in Kansas , Chad , Bihar and in the south — eastern Pacific Ocean suggests what all geographers have known for many years — that the globe works as one complete system , one vast interactive machine , and that the divisions man has forced upon it are no more than crudely artificial devices for our own intellectual convenience . |
| 17 | Jahanbini had been one of the few people to have known for almost a month that they were going to leave Iran . |
| 18 | Michael Sibele had known for the last two days why the gang of workmen was busy outside the main gates : repairing a burst mains pipe . |
| 19 | People have known for some time what has been going on , and I 'm surprised it has taken this long to come out into the open . |
| 20 | Oddly enough , his father , whom Peter had known for a much shorter time , was quite distinct in his memory , right down to the smell of Palmolive shaving cream and Gold Leaf cigarettes . |
| 21 | Doctors had known for 50 years about an enzyme that could dissolve the ligament without cutting . |
| 22 | The scientific world is beginning to discover what metaphysical teachers have known for centuries , that our world is not composed of any matter at all and that its basic component is a kind of energy or force . |
| 23 | Veterinarians , horticulturists and environmental scientists have known for years that fluoride at very low concentrations can damage vegetation , aquatic life and livestock ; chemists have learnt to expect the unexpected from this unpredictable element ; and biochemists , physiologists and toxicologists all know that fluoride is a potent poison of enzymes . |
| 24 | Scientists have known for some time that fusion reactions between nuclei of deuterium and tritium are more likely if the nuclear spins line up in the same direction . |
| 25 | Future technology is a more real and more easily grasped way to present the past , and as such presentation becomes more widely used , more and more people will come to realize what archaeologists and historians have known for so long — that the past is the key to the future . |
| 26 | Because Alistair , Alistair 's known for about four weeks that she 's got |
| 27 | The Special Branch had known for some weeks that he was in Germany . |
| 28 | When my father arrived in Abyssinia in mid-December 1909 to take up his post as British Minister in charge of the Legation , the Emperor Menelik , the greatest ruler the country had known for centuries , was reported to be still alive ; but no one knew for certain , and all men asked what would happen when he died . |
| 29 | Sir Anthony famously discovered in Cardiff this month what the rest of the country had known for a year : that many children saw the grisly film and were delighted by his Oscar-winning portrayal of the cannibalistic anti-hero . |
| 30 | It 's only in the last few years that everyone has begun talking seriously about fibre in diet , although those who have always eaten a breakfast that includes all-bran have known for years about the virtues of fibre . |