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

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1 In addition , it is important to know which of the altered plasma factors in the diabetic state are responsible for enhanced platelet function .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 She knew nothing of the real woman behind it .
6 The man , whoever it was , knew nothing of the correct use of his weapon .
7 Those are the innocent victims , who knew nothing of the serious fraud .
8 He said if anyone thought Michael Fallon knew nothing of the possible move ‘ they are absolutely out of their minds ’ .
9 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 ?
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 I can then approach the overseas groups knowing something of the overall picture .
13 Back in Baidoa , little Issi knows nothing of the complex politics behind his hunger .
14 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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