Below you will find example sentences with "direct knowledge". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Direct Knowledge in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: direct
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 5
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29 words

Words in this phrase

direct knowledge

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • direct can mean: Proceeding without deviation or interruption. Frequent word
  • knowledge can mean: The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

people with direct knowledge of the 6× aging death direct knowledge of the 3× person with direct knowledge of the 2× allegedly with direct knowledge 1× came to direct knowledge of aging 1× employees had direct knowledge of the 1× has no direct knowledge of child 1× official with direct knowledge of the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a person with 2× an egyptian senior 1× china opposes a 1× chinese artificial intelligence 1× following it i 1× he asked the 1×

Common sentence endings:

deal said monday 1× describe private conversations 1× fans in seats 1× kiwi farms website 1× knowledge of this 1× matter have said 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

people 6× matter 5× aging 4× death 4× person 4× sources 4× two 4× reported 3× citing 3× cessation 2× stay 2× outlet 2×

Related phrases

direct sum direct product direct current direct flights direct sequel

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around direct:

direct sum 14× direct product 11× direct flights 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

direct flights direct current dire consequences diplomatic ties diplomatic relations diplomatic missions

Just after it in the phrase index:

direct product direct sequel direct sum directly affects directly elected directly onto

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

direct sum direct product direct current direct flights direct sequel

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "direct knowledge" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 29 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as people with direct knowledge of the, aging death direct knowledge of the, people, matter and aging stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with direct sum, direct product, direct current, direct sum, direct product and direct flights, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with direct knowledge

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

He is in search of a successor, people with direct knowledge of the matter have said. (16 words)

An Egyptian senior government official with direct knowledge of the talks, said: “Wagner obsesses them (American officials). (17 words)

The four employees had direct knowledge of the situation and provided their accounts independently, according to the report. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company Megvii's plans for a $500 million Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) are back on track after its application was cleared by the city's stock exchange, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. (42 words)

A person with direct knowledge of the lists confirmed to Business Insider that Netflix is using its new viewership metric to calculate them, in that a „view“ counts if an account watches at least two minutes of a movie or series. (41 words)

McCarthy, who won the title as Green Bay’s coach at the home of the Cowboys nine years ago, has agreed to become the ninth coach in Dallas team history, a person with direct knowledge of the deal said Monday. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

Following it, I came to direct knowledge of aging & death, direct knowledge of the origination of aging & death, direct knowledge of the cessation of aging & death, direct knowledge of the path leading to the cessation of aging & death.

An Egyptian senior government official with direct knowledge of the talks, said: “Wagner obsesses them (American officials).

He met up with her for dinner at his prestigious golf club in Bedminster, N.J., as per an anonymous source with direct knowledge of this.

His closest staff, including security, were expected to stay the night at the Gemelli Hospital, a person with direct knowledge told the BBC earlier.

Leviss’ treatment and her stay at the facility have amounted to a bill worth roughly $200,000, the outlet reported, citing unnamed sources allegedly with direct knowledge.

Microsoft is in the works to launch a version of its search engine Bing, using the artificial intelligence behind OpenAI-launched chatbot ChatGPT, The Information reported on Tuesday (Jan 3), citing two people with direct knowledge of the plans.

The former president avoided making a public endorsement at McDaniel’s request, according to those with direct knowledge of the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.

The four employees had direct knowledge of the situation and provided their accounts independently, according to the report.

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The scheme meetings will now take place on Sept 26, instead of Monday, but three people with direct knowledge of the matter said many creditors had already registered their vote by a deadline last Wednesday to submit forms.

The sources, who have direct knowledge of the matter, asked not to be named as they were not authorised to speak to the media.

Sources with direct knowledge shared with the outlet that Kris understandably was very upset when she found out about the tragic news.

While Epik may not agree with content that may be on its website, Epik has no direct knowledge of child sexual abuse material on the Kiwi Farms’ website.

A person with direct knowledge of the lists confirmed to Business Insider that Netflix is using its new viewership metric to calculate them, in that a „view“ counts if an account watches at least two minutes of a movie or series.

A person with direct knowledge of what was discussed on the call said Trump believes the NFL season — scheduled to begin Sept. 10 — will start on time with fans in seats.

China opposes a forced sale of TikTok’s operations in the U.S. and would rather see the popular video app shut down, Reuters reported Friday, citing three people with direct knowledge of the matter.

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company Megvii's plans for a $500 million Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) are back on track after its application was cleared by the city's stock exchange, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

He asked the developers to give him time to fix things, according to two people with direct knowledge of the October 2013 meeting.

He is in search of a successor, people with direct knowledge of the matter have said.

Jordan Clarkson is staying and Derrick Favours is coming back, according to people with direct knowledge of the transactions.

McCarthy, who won the title as Green Bay’s coach at the home of the Cowboys nine years ago, has agreed to become the ninth coach in Dallas team history, a person with direct knowledge of the deal said Monday.

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