Example sentences of "[vb base] not know that " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Specifically , we do not know that minds are immaterial substances whose nature does not go beyond those properties we think are essential to them . |
| 3 | So she smiled on and stood there and in exasperation Mrs Browning said , ‘ I do not know that we should continue this discussion , Wilson . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Shallow people ( who eat in nasty restaurants ) do not know that these are the things that matter . |
| 8 | Nevertheless it may be said that Elizabeth Taylor was more often at her best in each successive collection of stories , though I do not know that she ever surpassed the brilliant study of deception in the title story of A Dedicated Man . |
| 9 | Often women with bulimia do not know that vomiting can cause physical and emotional problems such as depression , withdrawal , anxiety , guilt and shame . |
| 10 | A nuclear explosion is what it could have been , but you do not know that that is what it was . ’ |
| 11 | These take place in the real world and those involved do not know that an experiment is being conducted . |
| 12 | Most researchers start from the assumption that it is morally wrong to conduct research on people who do not know that they are being studied , and will therefore tell them at least that they are writing a book , even if they are not wholly frank about what the book is going to be about . |
| 13 | So they do not know that white Rhodesians behaved in a relatively civilised manner compared , say , with the French in Algeria or the Portuguese in Mozambique . |
| 14 | Piaget views these inversions as evidence that children younger than seven years are confused about the meaning of because , and about the distinction between cause and effect : they do not know that because should introduce a cause rather than an effect . |
| 15 | They do not know that , for once , they will be eating what is almost a peasant dish . |
| 16 | You do not know that you are not a brain , suspended in a vat full of liquid in a laboratory , and wired to a computer which is feeding you your current experiences under the control of some ingenious technician/scientist ( benevolent or malevolent according to taste ) . |
| 17 | Is it possible , however , that though you do not know that you are not a brain in a vat you still know many other things , perhaps more important ? |
| 18 | It seems to show that the imaginary case in which you are a brain in a vat being fed the experiences of reading a book is perfectly effective in showing that you do not know that you are reading a book . |
| 19 | I do not know that there is a police car outside , for two reasons . |
| 20 | The conditional theory of knowledge can show that you do not know that you are not a brain in a vat . |
| 21 | Therefore , if the conditional theory of knowledge is on the right lines , you do not know that you are not a brain in a vat . |
| 22 | First , it can reinforce our intuitions that you know that you are sitting reading etc. , that you know that if you are sitting reading etc. you are not a brain in a vat , and that you do not know that you are not a brain in a vat . |
| 23 | However , you do not know that you are not a brain in a vat because it is not the case that ( 3 ) in the nearest worlds in which you are a brain in a vat you believe that you are a brain in a vat . |
| 24 | Hence you can know that you are sitting reading even though you do not know that you are not asleep in bed , dreaming that you are sitting reading . |
| 25 | This argument turned out to be the one that forced us to admit in the first place that we do not know that we are not brains in vats . |
| 26 | Tommy and Iain do not know that the cheque will never come . |
| 27 | I do not know that I am sorry for that . |
| 28 | We do not know that market motivation is more effective in promoting high standards of care than professional value systems , ethical standards and organisational traditions of public service , professional and peer review , inspectorates , public criticism and evaluative research . |
| 29 | Research already carried out has shown that five and six year olds often do not know that to guarantee successful communication , the speaker must identify the intended meaning uniquely from the listener 's point of view . |
| 30 | ‘ We do not know that anything has happened to her , mother , ’ he said . |