Example sentences of "[modal v] to know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the church has traditionally been reluctant to expose those to whom it delivers this service to public attention , the general assembly ought to know of the scale of the kirk 's response . |
| 2 | The requirement of knowledge in paragraph ( c ) is clearly of ‘ actual ’ rather than of constructive knowledge , though a person who ought to know of his animal 's vicious characteristics may , of course , still be liable for negligence . |
| 3 | We both thought there were so many things people ought to know about but were afraid to ask . |
| 4 | The Law Commission committee says that this principle is not good enough ; sellers should be under a legal duty to reveal everything they know and ought to know about their property — which would oblige them to carry out a survey before offering it for sale . |
| 5 | You may not have heard of it , but you ought to know about it . |
| 6 | He he ought to know about it though |
| 7 | Your parents are legally responsible for you and one of them ought to know about anything that might affect your health , either emotionally or physically . |
| 8 | ‘ Is there anything else like that I ought to know about him ? ‘ |
| 9 | ‘ And is there anything else I ought to know about you ? ’ |
| 10 | But they have changed in the last few years and there are some quite significant elements about personal allowances that you ought to know about , one of which is independent taxation , and this talk is actually personal allowances and independent taxation . |
| 11 | Christmas is coming and he thinks I ought to know about some little joints called Tiffany 's and Bloomingdale 's . |
| 12 | ‘ What 's the bit we ought to know about ? ’ she said . |
| 13 | " I think he ought to know about this . " |
| 14 | You 're from Paradise Street , you ought to know about that . ’ |
| 15 | These benchmarks would indicate to teachers the things which all children ought to know at a particular stage of their development . |
| 16 | You ought to know by this time that — in the language of popular fiction — he has eyes for no one but you . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You ought to know , ’ Anna said more gently , ‘ you ought to know by now that things you want do n't just fall off trees . |
| 18 | ‘ And you ought to know by now that it 's a waste of time . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ As a matter of fact , ’ Kitty said in a carefully careless tone , ‘ There is something you ought to know before that busybody Condon gets on to you about it . ’ |
| 20 | Someone we used to know at Plumford . ’ |
| 21 | Last week Frankfurt finalised the WOMBAT negotiations with Albania and Mongolia , and their currencies were absorbed into the Global Numismatic Unit ( GNU ) , so named because one specimen was ‘ minted ’ ( made in metallic hard-copy form ) into what our grandmothers used to know as a ‘ coin ’ . |
| 22 | so and they then erm I have got some friends I used to know as the little school but they 've left now . |
| 23 | Well because they used to know through the agent and of course them , them would have to hang , row down the river and hang about |