Sentence examples for be understood to know from inspiring English sources

Like Grosseteste, Aquinas thinks that the causal capacities of things (their functions) must be understood to know what they are, but he sees no problem in working out how these forms do what they do within the actual world.

Their real identities have not been made public but British intelligence services and counter-terrorism police are understood to know who they are.

Dr Maxwell is understood to have known nothing of the £600 million fraud.

Tony Blair is understood to have known the Kazakh leader since 2001.

Facebook is understood to have known about firstcarquote for months and the product has been operational on the internet for weeks in a test form.

The identity of "Jihadi John", which was first made public by The Washington Post but subsequently confirmed by security-service sources, is understood to have been known to British and American security officials for several months.

While officers have not named either of the two suspects, they are understood to be Balakrishnan, 73, known to fellow activists as Comrade Bala, and his 67-year-old wife, Chanda, originally from Tanzania.

Sir John is understood to have confirmed that Steve Barker knew in advance they were to enter the country illegally.

Tens of thousands of pounds are understood to have been invested, with Tennison – known to all as "Reg" – said to have insisted the shares were a sure thing.

While foraging for information about Dad, all I've come to understand is how little I understand, to know how little I know.

There are many factors to be understood, in order to know which HA filler to use (Table 3).