Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [pron] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did you know that everyone dies young ? |
| 2 | She lowered her voice to a whisper , ‘ … you should know that everyone has access to every typewriter in the newsroom . |
| 3 | ‘ But no one can know that who breathes upon the earth . ’ |
| 4 | There are still British Steel pensioners from the old scheme who genuinely do not know that there exists a new scheme . |
| 5 | To remind the assembly that this is a matter which was raised I think by Mr a couple of years ago and when a very similar motion was accepted by the Board er asking us to raise this matter with the the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Scotland , which we did er we know that there has been attention paid to this by the , the hierarchy . |
| 6 | As for volunteering generally , the hon. Gentleman will know that there has been a vast increase in volunteering in the whole range of voluntary services in the last decade . |
| 7 | My right hon. Friend will know that there has been a large influx of people into Dorset , including many people from Scotland and from Wales . |
| 8 | But that is neither the history nor the practice of our professional system , not just er for accountants but for the legal system as well and I think it has stood the test of time , er he will know that there has been er there is a procedure for the joint disciplinaries scheme er which enables the er institute to investigate whether there has been compliance by member firms with the standards promulgated er with er er by the er er auditing practices board and that seems to me to be the er right way forward . |
| 9 | erm Listeners will probably know that there has been for many years what 's called the Schools Council , which has looked at erm curriculum matters and examination matters , and a year or so ago it was decided to discontinue the Schools Council , and to replace it by two successor committees , one the School Curriculum Development Committee , which you 've already mentioned and which I chair , and a parallel committee concerned with examinations , the School Examination , sorry the Secondary Examination Council , which is chaired by a mathematician , Sir Wilfred Cockroft . |
| 10 | How do you know that she swims at night ? ’ |
| 11 | I do not know that she has done anything wrong . |
| 12 | I think that if any one else could , because I do know that she has got an amazing amount of work on her plate at the moment |
| 13 | ‘ We do not know that anything has happened to her , mother , ’ he said . |
| 14 | It is natural to walk or run them and anyone who has done this will know that it becomes more of a rhythmic dance when perfectly attuned . |
| 15 | ( 21 ) John has two PhDs +> I believe he has , and have adequate evidence that he has ( 22 ) Does your farm contain 400 acres ? +> I do n't know that it does , and I want to know if it does The first of these provides an explanation for " Moore 's paradox " , namely the unacceptability of utterances like ( 23 ) : ( 23 ) ? ? |
| 16 | This insurance arrangement is very rarely used by practitioners , but readers should know that it does exist , and might provide some help to a buyer who is basically raising 100% of the price from the mortgage company . |
| 17 | One essay may have both first-class and abysmal features and yet be graded neither A nor F ; instead it may get a C which fails altogether in letting us know that it differs from another essay graded C which is consistently of that quality in all its parts . |
| 18 | The hon. Gentleman must also know that it depends how one selects one 's facts and which surveys one looks at . |
| 19 | Some of us though , working at the ground , grass roots ma may not know that it goes on , and er , I would just like to take this opportunity of stressing how important it is to , that we communicate within the United Kingdom , and er , support Nigel 's er , suggestion that it would be useful to have a base down here . |
| 20 | However , I do know that it features a new , wider stance and a longer body than the present model along with wider wheel-arches and new wheels and grille . |
| 21 | It will soon give a ‘ bleep ’ to let you know that it has added another con to your growing pile , another contribution to that bulging pocket that will soon hold your double helping of pocketmoney … |
| 22 | Mr. Bill Walker : The Hon. Gentleman must have studied what has happened in the company referred to , so he will know that it has used the assets to buy new buses . |
| 23 | How this name originated I have no idea , but I do know that it has been around for many generations for a jingle about this name has come down from the 19th century and it went : " Old Cribb , Young Cribb and Young Cribbs Son , if it had n't a been for Old Cribb there would n't have been none " . |
| 24 | But many people do n't know that it has also provided many of the big back-room names in the pop business too . |
| 25 | That tone is your successful switching tone , you will get that with most of the facilities that you put on the system , just to let you know that it 's worked alright . |
| 26 | Such a sentence as ‘ He feels sad ’ would be unintelligible without assimilation to my own feelings ; and although ‘ He is sad ’ is interpretable as a dispositional statement about behaviour , in the manner worked out in Ryle 's Concept of mind , someone who did not know that it entails ‘ He feels sad ’ could not be said fully to understand it . |
| 27 | Before opting , the landlord should know that it covers the whole land and buildings within its curtilage , buildings linked internally or by covered walkways , parades , precincts and other complexes divided into separate units ( Sch 6A , para 3(3) and ( 5 ) ) . |
| 28 | I do n't know that it matters . ’ |
| 29 | I generally do , I do n't know that it matters |
| 30 | ‘ Can a man be punished for breaking a law if he does not know that it exists ? ’ |