Example sentences of "know [prep] no " in BNC.
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1 | He is looking for that quality which you must allow me to call ‘ modernity ’ ; for I know of no better word to express the idea I have in mind . |
2 | Yet I know of no picture in which the mid-day heat of Midsummer is so admirably expressed ; and were not the eye refreshed by the shade thrown over a great part of the foreground by some young trees , that border the road , and the cool blue of water near it , one would wish , in looking at it , for a parasol , as Fuseli wished for an umbrella when standing before one of Constable 's showers . |
3 | I know of no world champion boxers who stand rooted to the spot . |
4 | Behind the geniality and the ebullient showmanship , something ‘ passionate and austere ’ — I know of no other testimony which strikes that necessary note so firmly . |
5 | On a clear dawn or a copper sunset I know of no other mountain which has quite such dramatic appeal . |
6 | The authors know of no experiments in which the strengths of sexual drive and sexual receptiveness have been systematically studied throughout the whole 24 hours . |
7 | I know of no natural movement you could reinforce . ’ |
8 | We know of no program that can generate printed output of comparable quality . |
9 | I know of no one who could spare her that , who could make a tasteful picture , but You . |
10 | ‘ So , you know of no one from that time who would have wished your husband dead ? ’ |
11 | I know of no religion so fundamentalist as to dispute the facts up to this point . |
12 | Despite one doctor 's comment ‘ I know of no specific evidence to show that aromatherapy is of any real clinical value ’ aromatherapy can indeed be practised on a clinical or down-to-earth scientific level . |
13 | I know of no plans by the British nuclear industry to abandon reprocessing or to store fuel for 100 years . |
14 | For example , racehorses abort all too frequently , which is particularly galling after a large stud fee , but I know of no accurate information about the comparative frequency of abortion of the four types of conceptus ( horse , donkey , mule and hinny ) . |
15 | But I know of no other performance that encapsulates the charmed essence of this infuriatingly diffuse music with such surety and projection . |
16 | Whilst I know of no specific legend attached to them , the Tingle Stone and the Twizzle Stone , both in Gloucestershire , are very suggestive of just the sort of effects which have been reported at standing stones in recent years . |
17 | Other than the three I have described , I know of no muzzles that have any claim to efficiency . |
18 | I know of no authority for the proposition that an ordinary crime committed in the House of Commons would be withdrawn from the ordinary course of criminal justice . |
19 | I know of no other cichlid anywhere in the world with a comparable tail pattern , and we have no idea what has led to its evolution in this species . |
20 | I know of no fencing of the type you describe — and even if there were , you would be spending a lot of cash to install a feature that you plainly would not want , were it not for the heron 's attentions . |
21 | We know of no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodic fits of morality |
22 | ‘ But I know of no sociological survey that shows that . |
23 | We know of no statutory regulations or taxpayer 's rights . |
24 | God 's communion and kingdom know of no masters and slaves — only lovers . |
25 | its advisors and affiliates know of no circumstances under which this license agreement with would attract any taxation . |
26 | Hunter ended his description with a comment on Maria and a hint as to his charges to Martin Van Butchell : ‘ This body … yet promises exceedingly well , nor do I see any great improvement to be made ; a number of experiments must be made before I embalm any other body , such as finding the exact proportion of moisture Paris Plaister will take up etc. but at present I know of no other Process at all useful and considering the trouble you must have during all these Processes now laid down , you ought not to undertake it under 100 Guineas . ’ |
27 | ‘ I know of no Lord Paramount of Scotland save His Grace David the Second , King of Scots . ’ |
28 | I suspect that at the back of his mind there lurked a phrase from Beowulf , about those very similar monsters Grendel and his mother : no hie faeder cunnon , ‘ men know of no father for them ’ . |
29 | Sergeant Martin Ashle of Pasa Robles police said : ‘ At the moment we know of no reason for the attacks . |
30 | I 'm sorry , Mr Spratt , that I know of no cure for either her disorder or yours , except , perhaps , tolerance . |