Example sentences of "have know for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I have known for many years , through long observation , that truth IS stranger than fiction .
2 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 .
3 I am sure that my hon. and gallant Friend , whom I have known for many years and for whom I have a great affection , would agree that about half the best people are women .
4 He said Alan Winmill is somebody I have known for many years I regard him as a man of intergrity .
5 We in the childrens services have known for two years that something more must be done and we must pay our staff more .
6 Well , well the rest of the country are beginning to realise , what Leeds fans have known for three years .
7 We have known for twenty-five years that Einstein 's general theory of relativity predicts that time must have had a beginning in a singularity fifteen billion years ago .
8 John Rolfe , conference chairman , said : ‘ People within the industry have known for some time there is a need for such a gathering .
9 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 .
10 I am delighted to have heard anything worthwhile by Schillings , whose music I have known for some time in piano-vocal scores but have not encountered in performance .
11 The Major , a close confidant of the Princess , added : ‘ We have known for some time that some very senior members of the IOC have the knives out for our sport .
12 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 .
13 We have known for some time that this can not have been the case .
14 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 .
15 ‘ The decision to print elsewhere was a commercial one , for we have known for some time that the quality of our printing of newspapers leaves a lot to be desired , while our commercial printing side is first class .
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