Example sentences of "know [prep] no [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know of no watch or clock movement that follows that sequence . |
| 2 | I know of no animal of its size which can disappear so completely as an otter ! |
| 3 | I know of no herb whose pungency is more refreshing and calming to inhale , yet its medicinal applications give no indication of these properties . |
| 4 | ‘ He had cause , by his own admission , and we know of no other who had . |
| 5 | I know of no instance , and counsel were not able to find one , where power is conferred on a junior minister . |
| 6 | Now I know , know of no law of economics which would permit that , would you be prepared for us to pay a lot out of tax payers ' resources to give to the Soviet people , to help their economy , to help them survive this very difficult transition period ? |
| 7 | We know of no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodic fits of morality |
| 8 | ‘ I know of no art gallery in which the president of the board is the museum director , the curator and the person in charge of the renovations of building and the art school . |
| 9 | I 'm sorry , Mr Spratt , that I know of no cure for either her disorder or yours , except , perhaps , tolerance . |
| 10 | I know of no set of criteria that could be drawn up to include such a tragic case . |
| 11 | Re-employment has been shown to produce measurable improvements in health , but I know of no study of the effects of joining a workfare scheme . |
| 12 | I know of no authority for the proposition that an ordinary crime committed in the House of Commons would be withdrawn from the ordinary course of criminal justice . |
| 13 | I know of no authority which supports it . |
| 14 | Sergeant Martin Ashle of Pasa Robles police said : ‘ At the moment we know of no reason for the attacks . |
| 15 | ‘ You know of no reason why he should take his life ? ’ |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | I know of no religion so fundamentalist as to dispute the facts up to this point . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I know of no world champion boxers who stand rooted to the spot . |
| 20 | We know of no program that can generate printed output of comparable quality . |
| 21 | We know of no basis in principle for this submission and we reject it . |
| 22 | 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 . |