Example sentences of "[noun sg] to know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | State definitions of needs do n't include the opportunity to know about God . |
| 2 | And that 's what I would have thought was proper for the board to know about . |
| 3 | A person who is tested at a STD clinic may also expressly say that they do not wish their GP to know about it , which may be important later if the GP is ever asked to write a medical report about that person . |
| 4 | In theory , each of these has the capacity to know to be a medium and even large scale business , and to take on the corporate giants in the course of time . |
| 5 | This is only as one might expect -at all times and in all places — for it is always a problem in art history or archaeology to know to what degree certain persons can be held responsible for the appearance of particular aspects of design ( especially where one is dealing with aspects of arrangement , structure , and figural types ) . |
| 6 | As more women take up exercise , there is an urgent need to know about its effects on the outcome of pregnancy . |
| 7 | Indeed the need to know about the earlier and later stages of a child 's education becomes imperative when schools have to plan the next stage of learning on the basis of achievement so far , when teachers have to evaluate and — if appropriate — change their own teaching , when parents have to be told in detail how their children are progressing and when LEAs , parents and governors have to have information which allows the performance of the school as a whole to be evaluated . |
| 8 | It is a joy to know of the support of our mentor at every stage , to talk to him , to exchange ideas , to consider the next step , in fact , anything at all . |
| 9 | ‘ What was Alain 's father like ? ’ she asked at last when her desire to know about Alain overcame her shyness . |
| 10 | I am sorry to bother you with my problems , but as my real mother , I feel you have a right to know about your daughter 's situation . |
| 11 | I wo n't go into detail about the Press 's usual defence about our right to know about people who are , effectively , on our payroll . |
| 12 | The boy was a wicked little bastard , but he had the right to know about his mother 's illness . |
| 13 | Andrew Lees , campaigns director of FoE , said : " While the public has a right to know about what companies are allowed to put down the sewers , the details of their actual discharges are kept secret " . |
| 14 | Last night Darlington Labour candidate Alan Milburn said : ‘ Trainees and the general public have a right to know about the success or failure of Government training schemes . |
| 15 | We recognise that those who live and work in the vicinity of our plants have the right to know about our activities and we are doing our very best to provide them with the information they require . |
| 16 | What have you the chance to know about other than your work ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You will be the next person to know of it , be assured , Archdeacon . ’ |
| 18 | I should not wish the young King to know about it or see , for he would not find it to his liking ; but I fear , so white is the stone , that he can not fail to see it from Mathefelon . |
| 19 | Besides , I do not wish Dorothea 's friend to know of my arrangements . |
| 20 | It is impossible for the voter to know in advance whether it is his ballot paper which is going to contribute to the result of the election in this way but if voters do not express enough preferences then there is a risk that at some stage in the count their vote will become non-transferable and therefore exercise no further influence upon the result . |
| 21 | Much less , when he wanted the world to know of his love , would she allow him to introduce her to his parents . |
| 22 | This was one that I did n't want the maid to know about , so I cleaned it up myself . |
| 23 | ‘ I suggest that it is not a matter which a man wishes his employer to know about . ’ |
| 24 | The most important thing to know about them is that they work synergistically with minerals : that is they enhance each other , adding up to more than the individual sum of their parts . |
| 25 | And this would be an insupportable thing to know about oneself , if one thought that this implied some superiority over the people around one . |
| 26 | If the reserve price had not been notified and the bidder had no reason to know of it , then the bidder will have an action against the auctioneer for breach of the auctioneer 's warranty of authority . |
| 27 | Peter and Paul do not want Mummy to be ill or to have HC themselves , but at the moment there is no sure way to know for everyone . |
| 28 | Finally , it is also important for an officer to know about the processes which give rise to the particular effluents in his patch , since this helps the business of containment and on the spot diagnosis in an emergency . |
| 29 | This ones by , er actually you are the first members of the public to know about it . |
| 30 | It is a good idea to know at the outset whether the members of the critical mass will be willing and able to respond appropriately to the change ; then , if it is determined that certain members are unwilling or unable , that situation can be planned for and dealt with . |