Example sentences of "[conj] knowing [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It blames current top management and the board itself for not understanding how bad the problems are or knowing how to solve them . |
| 2 | Honestly , I do n't think it matters knowing how to program , or knowing how to make the machines actually work . |
| 3 | I said , ‘ I think you should know how to cook a few things , in case they ask you to feed the children , ’ but she seemed to think that knowing how to make a Marmite sandwich would be enough . |
| 4 | We also reject the belief that knowing how to use terminology in which to speak of language is undesirable . |
| 5 | It was shown on page 195 that knowing how frequently a record is accessed can lead to reduced seek times . |
| 6 | Alasdair MacCormick , who runs Law Practice Management , a consultancy which advises on the selection of computer systems , feels that knowing how computers work is not important . |
| 7 | Letters do not correspond exactly to sounds , with the consequence that knowing how to pronounce a word does n't necessarily mean you know how to spell it ( and vice versa ) . |
| 8 | It does not necessarily follow that knowing more about alcohol will automatically result in more responsible drinking attitudes and behaviour , that is , the second course objective . |
| 9 | We should also recognize that there is more to producing and understanding meaningful language — to communicating — than knowing how to make or recognize correct sentences . |
| 10 | He smiled , as if knowing why she 'd attempted a joke , and turned her around , leaning her into his body . |
| 11 | If knowing how to go on in a discipline is largely a matter of rule-following , it remains the case that the rules are as much socially imposed by the disciplinary tribe as they are by epistemic considerations ( Becher 1989 ) . |
| 12 | Slowly , as if driven , and knowing full well what she was doing , Meredith pulled off her hat and released her own hair again as he neared the end of the duckboards , still gently guiding the old lady and chatting to her courteously . |
| 13 | I quote it in full , in tribute to the whole glorious regiment of women shoppers , firm of purpose and knowing exactly what they want : |
| 14 | As regular readers will know , the core to my teaching is one basic thing ; to feel the clubhead through your hands , which in turn means feeling and knowing exactly where the clubhead is throughout the swing . |
| 15 | Politics taught him the arts of learning quickly , bluffing and knowing when to shut up . |
| 16 | But staying in control and knowing when to stop is the key . |
| 17 | What our children need from us is reassurance , so that they can live safely , knowing the real risks and knowing where they can go if they are worried . |
| 18 | There are others who never will , and you 'll have a constant battle to establish you right to have a share in making decisions , and knowing where the money goes . |
| 19 | It is generally thought that it is helpful for managers and clinicians to be aware of the variations between maternity units and knowing where their own unit stands . |
| 20 | Jumping probation and knowing where to get mace cannisters — yeah , I knew people who had graduated from that particular school of life . |
| 21 | You 're into facts and figures and knowing people and knowing where to get |
| 22 | They have uni-dimensional minds , thinking only in monetary figures and knowing only how to subtract costs from revenue . |
| 23 | But successive generations of young people have embarked on their sexual experimenting without knowing very much about themselves — their own bodies , what turns them on , how they function sexually — and knowing virtually nothing about their partners . |
| 24 | Getting used to acting with the voice only and knowing how to use the microphone are basic features of good radio technique . |
| 25 | The voice teaching and knowing how to keep yourself ready vocally ; that really is the most important thing , which you do n't realise when you start out . |
| 26 | It is , in fact , the English language ; and knowing how to use it … ’ |
| 27 | Recalling a time when I had had a staff of seventeen under me , and knowing how not so long ago a staff of twenty-eight had been employed here at Darlington Hall , the idea of devising a staff plan by which the same house would be run on a staff of four seemed , to say the least , daunting . |
| 28 | Having now learned the language and basic skills and knowing how to judge the potential of land , you are well equipped to choose and buy a holding . |
| 29 | Two things enable you to create good programs : knowing what the sounds you hear are made up of and knowing how your rack works . |
| 30 | I have never felt so unhappy in my life as I did on that short airlift to Dibrugarh , leaving Burma almost entirely in the hands of the Japanese , and knowing how many hundreds of people were stranded on the railway line below Myitkyina . |