Example sentences of "to know for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The content of education must therefore be that which men would wish to know for its own sake . |
| 2 | There are some things which no one would wish to know for their own sake , some subjects which have no possibility of being endowed with general significance . |
| 3 | Wanting Rudd to apply his mind to motor racing again , Chapman gave him his famous 27-page handwritten list of ‘ things he needed to know for F1 ’ . |
| 4 | He did not want to believe that it was so , but he had to know for certain . |
| 5 | ‘ Therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls ; it tolls for thee . ’ |
| 6 | Is it the right of individuals to know for what they are responsible and for whom and to whom they are accountable ? |
| 7 | She says , ‘ What do you want to know for ? ’ |
| 8 | Peter and Paul do not want Mummy to be ill or to have HC themselves , but at the moment there is no sure way to know for everyone . |
| 9 | ‘ Some like to know for sure and some do n't . ’ |
| 10 | So his results were preliminary but it would only take a few weeks ' work , using the neutron spectrometer , to know for sure . |
| 11 | It is hard to know for sure why this is so , why this firmness of outline is so important for the reader . |
| 12 | ‘ I need to know for certain whether the Romanians do have him . |
| 13 | If one compares the latest exhibition at the Pushkin with those of the 1970s , the differences are only too obvious : then it was still possible in Odessa to buy a signed landscape by Jacob van Ruysdael ; several of Matisse 's works from his widow , or ( and it would be interesting to know for how much ) two pictures from the school of Pieter Coeck van Aelst . |
| 14 | What on earth do you want to know for ? ’ |
| 15 | If you move straight from chapter 5 to chapter 8 you will get a stark contrast between two theories of justification , and all you need to know for the moment is that I take the intervening chapters to provide a reason against any form of foundationalism . |
| 16 | They did not know then , were not to know for many years , were never fully to understand what it was that held them together — a sense of being on the margins of English life , perhaps , a sense of being outsiders , looking in from a cold street through a lighted window into a warm lit room that later might prove to be their own ? |
| 17 | But I 'd just like everyone to know for Daddy 's sake that he had nothing to do with it . |
| 18 | Had not wanted to know for good and certain . |
| 19 | ‘ If I were Newley , I 'd want to know for certain , even if I intended to go through with the deal . ’ |
| 20 | I should like to know for certain how … |
| 21 | It is enough to know for the moment that you are going … |
| 22 | N no er reference to access and land ownership which we need to know for the |
| 23 | Perhaps it was her artistic temperament — it was impossible to know for certain . |
| 24 | All the people of Israel then are to know for sure that this Jesus , whom you crucified , is the one that , that God has made Lord and Messiah . |
| 25 | ‘ What do you want to know for ? ’ she grumbled . |
| 26 | ‘ What do you want to know for ? ’ she asked . |
| 27 | ‘ I doubt whether you could understand how it feels to know for all eternity that the creations of hell are pursuing you , ’ Kopyion said . |
| 28 | It is very hard to know for the simple reason that very few records of justices ' out-of-sessions activities survive , and although sometimes these cases were heard by two or more justices at petty sessions , even the records of these hearings are scarce and incomplete . |
| 29 | Erm , what we 'd like to know for for all of our sake 's really , is who we are , and where we 're from , what we 're doing here , how long have we been doing whatever it is that we 're doing here , erm where we come from , a little bit abo about our history , and any details , usual points , that you just Er , my name 's David . |
| 30 | Okay that sort of covers I think what I need to know for for election stuff . |