Example sentences of "know of [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know of similar things happening in , that are equally bad if not worse , and nobody seems to be able to get any action at all , out of police , District Council , or , so |
| 2 | But in fact we know of existing animals with a whole range of light-sensitive organs , from those which can merely detect whether the animal is in the light or the dark , through organs capable of detecting the direction of the incident light , up to proper image-forming eyes . |
| 3 | We know of innumerable kinds of things that could not possibly be the answer to our question ; we know , then , what God is not , but nothing at all of what God is . |
| 4 | We know of other stars whose brightness changes periodically , over a timespan of hours , weeks or years . |
| 5 | We are inclined to think they are pretty typical , given our less detailed work at other football grounds and what we know of other groups of schoolchildren . |
| 6 | However , we know of two firms who make similar dovecotes together with other garden ornaments : Roseney Farm Designs , Lanlivery , Bodmin , Cornwall ( Tel : 0208 872664 ) and Forsham Dovecotes , Goreside Farm , Great Chart , Ashford , Kent ( Tel : 0233–820 229 ) . |
| 7 | That 's fine , I 'd had , on the subject of this boycotting timber , erm I know of two instances at least where Oxford City Council are still using tropical hardwoods , and I wonder , I mean , you know , obviously it goes against the grain of the signing of the tropical hardwood . |
| 8 | I know of many clusters which I can resolve with my × 20 binoculars , but not with × 12 or lower . |
| 9 | There were no violent incidents of that magnitude at Twickenham for the Calcutta Cup match , but I know of many Scots who found the atmosphere unpleasant and have decided not to attend future rugby internationals in London . |
| 10 | We know of many violations of the Labour Code , women employed in hard physical labour which should legally be carried out by men . |
| 11 | We know of such things , but we do not concern ourselves with them . |
| 12 | Burun Khan may have told you that we know of such machines , but do not concern ourselves with them . |
| 13 | All of the uses that I know of diagnostic computers are involve the doctor talking to the patient , looking at the patient , taking symptoms and then going and using the computer in a similar way that we perhaps might go and ask for an x-ray . |
| 14 | Unity of organization which by its nature will be a very longterm matter and unity in doctrines not of the substance of the faith , and we all know of significant divisions there , do not affect the central doctrine . |
| 15 | It is vital that people know of secondary methods of contraception , and we investigate here the current extent of this knowledge . |
| 16 | However , I know of repeated pleas for action and the despair of so many small firms , one of which resulted in yet another suicide of someone whom I knew , resulting from business failure . |
| 17 | I know of some competitors who fight from a fully sideways-facing straddle stance . |
| 18 | He was concentrating furiously now , for , he thought , if I know of these places , then surely it must be because people have been able to talk of them . |
| 19 | Of course , it is natural to examine a text in the light of what we know of ambient domains — its author , the period in which it was written , and so on — and to regard it as exemplifying or representing something of more general interest . |
| 20 | In fact , I now know of three occasions when he did use a double . ’ |
| 21 | From what we know of primitive races it is highly probable that the incentive for producing these paintings was magical , the object being to fix in paint on the wall or ceiling of a cave an event — usually the slaying of an animal — which it was hoped would be effected in the future elsewhere . |
| 22 | The teachers ' industrial action has limited this particular development , and the evaluators know of seven events which were either postponed or cancelled during the two years of the evaluation ; it is also probably the case that attendance at those events that did run was less than it would have been in happier times . |
| 23 | I know of several cases in which the proposals were sent in , the occupational therapist 's assessment was given and everything was in order except that an unwarranted contractor had been chosen . |
| 24 | ( I miss out the word puking from this Shakespearean phrase since I know of few instances in which a baby has strained the cassock of the clergyman baptising it , though doubtless readers may know of one . ) |
| 25 | But from what we know of local practices It would seem that she must have been crucified Very near an ant-hill . |