Example sentences of "know [pron] of the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Right and what do we know which of the other sides do we know ?
2 In addition , it is important to know which of the altered plasma factors in the diabetic state are responsible for enhanced platelet function .
3 He will liaise with the medical rehabilitation teams and with the ERCs to know something of the overall picture of the person 's employment problem .
4 It is vitally important to know something of the individual richness and variety of each religious tradition before becoming subject to the generalisations of those engaged in comparative religion .
5 ‘ Do you know anything of the Old Ones , or the carvings that are in the museum ? ’
6 In summary , the questions in studies of more and less have revolved around three issues : ( a ) whether children have full or only partial lexical knowledge about the pertinent word meanings ; ( b ) the extent to which children rely on non-linguistic strategies in the absence of lexical information ( clearly children know none of the pertinent meanings at first for a domain , and several studies have documented the kinds of non-linguistic strategies they then rely on in responding to instructions — see Clark , 1973b , 1979,1980 ; Donaldson and McGarrigle , 1974 ) ; and ( c ) whether children observe the principle of Contrast .
7 As we now know something of the appalling story of his hounding by cultural officialdom , the raucous irony of the middle works and the bitter blackness of the last become entirely comprehensible .
8 If any readers know anything of the current whereabouts of Tin Tin , Milly Molly Mandy , Jennings and/or Derbyshire , Rupert Bear , any of the Famous Five or Secret Seven , Billy Bunter , My Naughty Little Sister ( presumably now in freelance tax-free employment round the back of King 's Cross ? ) or any of the many others , I 'd like to hear about it .
9 He knew nothing of the other facts and , as he continued relentlessly , Jenna was pleased she had not told him .
10 She knew nothing of the real woman behind it .
11 But he knew nothing of the practical techniques of modelling and carving .
12 The man , whoever it was , knew nothing of the correct use of his weapon .
13 Those are the innocent victims , who knew nothing of the serious fraud .
14 Much to my shame I knew nothing of the Cambrian Railways as most of my interest up to then had been in the Southern Railways and to a greater extent industrial railways , and so decided that much research was necessary , which along with the commencement of renovations will form part of our next episode : - ‘ A NEW STATION IN LIFE ’ .
15 He said if anyone thought Michael Fallon knew nothing of the possible move ‘ they are absolutely out of their minds ’ .
16 For how could a reader who knew nothing of the original matter — the origin of the Silmarils , the rise and fall of Numenor , the triumphs and ultimate ruin of Gondolin , etc. — find a way in ?
17 In Green 's Tourist 's New Guide 1819 , p.4. he says ‘ The writer was encouraged to the pursuit of painting by Mr. West , but why he knows not , his few sketches were humble , his mind untutored , and he knew none of the requisite theories , but geometry , perspective and architecture ’ .
18 In my A stream class at " the convent " I knew none of the other girls and rarely saw my former classmates .
19 Mr Litmus was quite certain he had n't and knew none of the other teachers had either .
20 The organization claimed membership from all parts of the South , and its membership contained education specialists , lawyers , people from the media , and civil servants , at least one of whom knew something of the existing channels of power and communication between church and state in the national school system .
21 He knew something of the new music , but neither the movement as a whole nor Wagner 's particular achievement within it meant anything special to him .
22 Her father was a magician ; he knew something of the old magic , but he turned it against the little people to whom it belonged , and demanded their money , their livestock and even their children to appease the gods with rivers of blood .
23 I can then approach the overseas groups knowing something of the overall picture .
24 Back in Baidoa , little Issi knows nothing of the complex politics behind his hunger .
25 But the reader now knows something of the general setting of Libyan politics ; of the people involved and their problems , and it is possible to approach the topic of ideas and principles in the aftermath of the revolution .
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