Example sentences of "not know the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several of them were bound in a strange dry leathery material , which Ace was happy not to know the origin of . |
| 2 | The three schoolmasters upon whom he looked back with gratitude tell something about the boy : ( 1 ) a clear-headed Anglo-Catholic priest with a rasp of a voice who taught classics , Henry Balmforth : ( 2 ) the librarian Burd , a true classical scholar , and the only master in the school said not to know the name of the captain of cricket : ( 3 ) a gentle teacher ( Hayward ) , more expert at moths and butterflies than adolescents . |
| 3 | The equivalent level of ignorance in another subject might be not to know the name of Shakespeare or anything at all about evolution or to have any skills of basic measuring or to know that Asia is a continent . |
| 4 | I also found ‘ lanisticola ’ more aggressive — that being relative , as my real ‘ livingstonii ’ seemed not to know the meaning of the word . |
| 5 | They may be above the age of criminal responsibility but children aged between ten and 14 are presumed not to know the difference between right and wrong , therefore incapable of committing an offence . |
| 6 | In many ways , she would prefer not to know the identity or motive of her captors . |
| 7 | He will be criminally liable unless he was so insane as either ‘ not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing ’ , or ‘ not to know that what he was doing was against the law ’ . |
| 8 | You see , she did not know the driver . |
| 9 | Yet for many years most Europeans did not know the system existed and it was no substitute for full EMU . |
| 10 | Owens may not know the course intimately , but he knows Hare 's game , which relies on consistent direction off the tee and accuracy on the green . |
| 11 | Owens may not know the course intimately , but he knows Hare 's game , which relies on consistent direction off the tee and accuracy on the green . |
| 12 | There is nothing to be said for propounding the philosophy of history if you do not know the date of the Battle of Waterloo . |
| 13 | When he said he did not know the date of Adam 's return , Lewis Verne-Smith had not lied to the police . |
| 14 | Brenda Duffy , of Keir Hardie Crescent , South Bank , Middlesbrough , said she knew the witnesses but claimed she did not know the trial was going ahead . |
| 15 | He did not know the man 's name but was certain he had seen him before and believed he knew where he worked . |
| 16 | He did not know the man 's name but the face was familiar . |
| 17 | He talked about getting married — of course he did not know the man recognised him , although it is not far from Rostock , where he lived then . |
| 18 | ‘ You , ’ said Rincewind , dismounting , ‘ do not know the half of it . |
| 19 | Since even Mr Kinnock does not know the secret of what he really thinks , what chance is there of anyone else finding it out ? |
| 20 | It could be that subjects who know the route well perform differently to those who do not know the route . |
| 21 | If you do not know the module password , your LIFESPAN Manager will be able to tell you who manages the module ( using option 1.7.0 — View Module Details ) and , from this user you can try to obtain the password to give you access . |
| 22 | If you do not know the module password , your LIFESPAN Manager will be able to tell you who manages the module ( using option 1.7.0 — View Module Details ) and , from this user you can try to obtain the password to give you access . |
| 23 | If you do not know the module password , your LIFESPAN Manager will be able to tell you who manages the module ( using option 1.7.0 — View Module Details ) and , from this user you can try to obtain the password to give you access . |
| 24 | I did not know the uncle well , but he knew my husband . |
| 25 | Léonie insisted , watching the blade fall quickly through the bread , that she did not know the person 's name . |
| 26 | She did not know the Rifleman well , yet she thought he was by far the best-looking man on the Prince 's staff . |
| 27 | He found himself glad that he did not know the location of Surere 's hide-out . |
| 28 | Other world is the half of your world which few mortals enter , for they do not know the way ; and it is ruled by powers of light . |
| 29 | The young man admitted in due course , when we had been driving for an hour , that he did not know the way and was totally lost . |
| 30 | Here they were hammering with a monotonous beat , the voices high but soft , small boys staring at her as she looked at them in panic , realising she did not know the way out of the maze of streets and could not ask . |