Example sentences of "know in " in BNC.

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1 Obviously you can not know in advance which type of mat will be used at a particular tournament , so you should do your final training on any type of mat , just to get used to the feel , and then try to use any free time you may have on the actual competition areas to get a little practice in beforehand .
2 Susan wondered how she would feel if he did ; or if she touched him or let him know in some other way that she was there ?
3 We will let you know in the September magazine just how good the Ventures were and what went on .
4 He would know in an instant if the Bogeyman made a move , or if anyone left the kitchen by the doorway into the hall .
5 I do not yet know in what form this particular section will be published , whether as a foreword or as an interpolation into the body of my work , but I can begin to see that even here I can make something triumphant out of necessity .
6 I would have liked to see the bungalow demolished on TV so that people who violate the laws will know in future what can happen . ’
7 He pointed out that schools which took up the offer would not know in advance how much the discount would save them .
8 And when ye would set out for Castille , let all the people know in secret , that they make themselves ready , and take with them all that they have , so that none of the Moors in the suburb may know thereof ; for certes ye can not keep the city , neither abide therein after my death .
9 One possible way of getting round the problem of the ‘ doorstep ’ explanation is to write a letter to people in the sample to let them know in advance of the survey and the coming call by an interviewer .
10 This translation is tedious but essential work , as the nurse and the team must both know in which direction they are to proceed .
11 We do not know in detail whence the monks were recruited ; but on the whole they seem mainly to have come from the upper classes , and perhaps from the families of substantial town-dwellers .
12 It is remarkable indeed how little understanding we have of warfare in this period ; and we shall never know in detail how medieval kings acquired and held their power unless we can find out more precisely how they recruited their armies and led them .
13 Yet it remained critically important that every potential litigant should know in what court , and in what manner , his pleas might be heard .
14 Barnett will however know in his own mind that he has to replace the 2,000 runs scored by the departed Azharuddin if Derbyshire are to be effective challengers .
15 If so , estimate how long this will take , call the candidates for interview that much earlier than you would otherwise have done , and let them know in the letter that they are to be given a tour first .
16 When you have reached your decision let the chosen candidate know in writing .
17 Here was someone who would help her push the car into the side of the road , who would know in which direction lay the nearest house , who would be a companion on her walk .
18 He could smell in imagination what Liz had never let him know in actuality — the smell of sour milk and dirty nappies , could picture the dreadful lack of peace and privacy .
19 The right code can only be issued to them if the tax inspector knows about their National Insurance pension ; so it is very important for your parents to let the Tax Office know in advance if they are going to receive a National Insurance retirement pension .
20 Buffalo will know in the next couple of days whether Kelly will be fit to face Houston again in the first round of the play-offs next weekend .
21 As Johnson-Laird has pointed out we customarily understand and use words in context whose meanings we do not know in any exact sense :
22 They did n't know much but they told you what they did know in the most cryptic way possible to whet your appetite and make you speculate .
23 Second , if one does know in advance that the celebratory flowers are to be pressed , there are various details that can be given to the florist in question that will make one 's task much easier .
24 Because you will know in advance when you need the cash , you can use a 90-day-notice account or even tie it up for five years for a better return .
25 ‘ I do n't know in which way he has handled it but I know he wo n't be feeling the pressure at all . ’
26 Rome taught that the Scriptures were insufficient to contain all truth which men should know in order to obtain salvation , unless they were accompanied by Roman Catholic tradition .
27 Special diets are catered for , but please let the proprietors know in advance .
28 How can the researcher possibly know in advance what the important questions are ?
29 We often simply do not know in what ways people in the past were drawing on ideas about obligations , rights or duties when they provided assistance for their kin ( Medick and Sabean , 1984 , pp. 20–1 ) .
30 But if one is dealing with anything other than empirical knowledge of this kind — if , in short , one does not personally know in the sense just explained — the only honest thing one can say is that one does not know .
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