Example sentences of "[verb] that [pron] know [Wh adv] " in BNC.

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1 There are some good points — like explaining that everyone knows how to keep their balance and that normal balance should be used when skiing .
2 The media seem unwilling to publish anything that might challenge the certitude with which editors , politicians , judges and others insist that we know how to increase measurable intelligence or that test data ‘ prove ’ , to use The New York Times 's word , that a poor environment causes familial retardation .
3 ‘ He did n't realize he 'd dropped a brick when he admitted that he knew where we were going .
4 But the worst silence of all is when we take it for granted that they know how much they are still appreciated and that the calloused hands or fingers are symbols to us of the love and caring poured into our lives .
5 Let him assume that she knows how annoying it is and does it to annoy — if you know your job he will not notice the immense improbability of the assumption .
6 We must assume that you know how to express yourself in sentences .
7 Ensure that you know where the resuscitation equipment is kept , what the emergency phone numbers are for fire and cardiac arrest and learn to use the oxygen and suction equipment .
8 If , as I have argued , it is normal and typical of human beings to have basic impulses to assist other creatures in distress , to find them appealing to view , and in some cases to enjoy their close proximity ( infants reach out naturally towards a puppy but get agitated by wasps or beetles ) , it does not follow that we know how to treat them .
9 Following reason in this way shows that one knows how to go on ( to use again Wittgenstein 's phrase ) within the discipline .
10 THAT self-preserver extraordinary , Saddam Hussein , has once again shown that he knows when and how to cut his losses .
11 She replied that she knew where he was but she did n't want to discuss it .
12 Beating the bounds , when the parishioners walked round the parish boundaries to ensure that everyone knew where they were in case of dispute , was associated with the Rogationtide crop blessing .
13 How could I forget that you know how to do most things , short of open-heart surgery ? ’
14 Assuming that we know how the phonemes of a particular word would be realised when the word was pronounced in isolation , when we find a phoneme realised differently as a result of being near some other phoneme belonging to a neighbouring word we call this an instance of assimilation .
15 It is assumed that anyone knows how to run a workshop , publicize a meeting , organize a local campaign , set up a committee — or whatever .
16 But with any luck it will take them some time to realise that we know how to play it better than they do . ’
17 No , but it means , it means that we know how we 've got to gear up
18 It is almost true to say that we know how the genetic program determines the shape of a ribosome .
19 ‘ So I ca n't say that I know where your mother is or why she left . ’
20 She began to feel that she knew where she was , a little : and after a while she too began to talk .
21 Check that they know where the lights in the room are , where the commode is and which door leads to the toilet .
22 As the effect is due to lack of information rather than any hard evidence of the situation , it can be removed by ensuring that everyone knows where the resources have been allocated and why .
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