Example sentences of "[adj] to know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've just done that to know with , we 've done that okay ? |
| 2 | Without such controls it is not possible to know with certainty whether any changes observed in the product are the results of incompatibility with , or inadequacy of , the package , or are due to the inherent instability of the product . |
| 3 | Clearly , business interests would be against any general proscription and particularly against strict liability , since then it ‘ would not be possible to know with any degree of certainty whether a proposed course of action was legal ’ ( Hopkins 1980b : 427 ) and that would deprive corporate executives of an essential precondition for entering or staying in the market , namely predictability . |
| 4 | It was not possible to know from the data available whether this was the defendants ' choice or magistrates declining to try them . |
| 5 | It is perhaps remarkable how predictable ( though not exactly inflexible ) the operation of a modern airliner is , even to the extent of it being possible to know within small limits what the pilots will be doing at any particular time . |
| 6 | ‘ Both the Eldar and the Slann should be grateful to know about this weapon which would one day be launched against them . ’ |
| 7 | It would be interesting to know with whom this initiative was discussed by those who advise the secretary of state . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Parents will be interested to know of the sort of records that will be kept on their children . |
| 10 | Having received many reports of disappointment with West Indian hotels that do n't live up to their high prices we would be interested to know of any that combine the following virtues : immediate access to unpolluted sea ; the possibility of snorkelling and windsurfing ; freedom from background music ; cotton sheets , with no polyester mixture ; edible food , and preferably , cottage-style accommodation . |
| 11 | Everyone associated with the game will know of the numerous titles won by Fred Daly , but possibly many will be interested to know of his achievements in The Open . |
| 12 | Although that is the end of the story of the Tennants of Laigh Corton and Ayrshire , readers may be interested to know about some of ‘ Wabster Charlie 's ’ descendants . |
| 13 | Q I am just about to leave school and would be interested to know about any available equestrian courses I can take . |
| 14 | I 'd be interested to know on what authority he changes the rhythm at 1′12″ — 1′19″ in the Dante and omits the ties near the end of the B minor Sonata ( track 12 , from 3′41″ ) . |
| 15 | Perhaps it was her artistic temperament — it was impossible to know for certain . |
| 16 | It is too early to know of any false negatives but these would probably arise only by laboratory or administrative error . |
| 17 | It will be crucial to know about the context(s) in which the system had been used . |
| 18 | ‘ Your relatives will be delighted to know of your contribution . ’ |
| 19 | Unskilled manual workers were also considerably less likely than average to know of a wide selection of credit sources ; sources which came higher up their list than average were moneylenders , mail order , tallymen , loans from finance companies , electricity or gas board schemes , and HP . |
| 20 | It is hard to know for sure why this is so , why this firmness of outline is so important for the reader . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Is not the problem for my hon. Friend that there are so many diverse views on nutritional supplements that it is hard to know from which set of experts one should take advice ? |
| 23 | Single girls of good family were not supposed to know of such things , but Sally-Anne , if not an active suffragette , knew about Miss Annie Besant , and those who said that women should not be tied to endless childbearing and that there were practical ways of avoiding it . |
| 24 | With the mystery unsolved , we finished our drinks and left , wondering if we had perhaps by chance witnessed some peculiar fertility rites which women were not supposed to know about . |
| 25 | The Cavalry commanders , Lord Cardigan and Lord Lucan , receiving this message , recognize that the definite articles signal a particular front of battle and particular guns which both they and Lord Raglan are supposed to know about . |
| 26 | The local workers are n't supposed to know about any of this . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , granny was n't supposed to know about that . |
| 28 | decimals , cos you 're supposed to know about decimals as well , so do that one on your calculator now , I know you 've just , you 've just worked it out the long way , so you just , and you do n't even need the one point nought , you can just put one , and then take away point , nought point two five . |
| 29 | Mr Kinnock has to be protected from questions because he is likely to give the wrong answers , even about specific Labour policies he is supposed to know by heart . |
| 30 | sat back in her chair and brought out the list of words which you were supposed to know after each book . |