Example sentences of "[n mass] of know " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last chapter we looked at some of the effects on people of knowing that a death is likely to occur and some of the anticipated grief reactions that can be recognized . |
| 2 | The specialist field of old master drawings has received extremely detailed study ; the drawings are interesting both in their own right and as a means of knowing more about artists ' practices . |
| 3 | After all I had never been here before , there was no means of knowing . |
| 4 | But Same should give the driver some means of knowing which lever works which hydraulic coupler . |
| 5 | She wished desperately that Ellen were in London that she might send Lizzie to judge how Oreste fared and what he understood , but as it was she had no means of knowing . |
| 6 | It is as if there is an element of delayed action with centesimals and we have no means of knowing what the final extent of reaction will be without waiting . |
| 7 | On the other hand , Jenner introduced vaccination when he neither knew nor had any means of knowing anything about viruses . |
| 8 | But most of them have no means of knowing how this happy outcome should be brought about . |
| 9 | Defences which may be available include : an Act of God ; the plaintiff 's consent ; or where the odour nuisance is a result of the act of a trespasser and the owner or occupier is ignorant of the nuisance , not having the means of knowing of the nuisance in time to prevent or abate its effect . |
| 10 | There was no path and they had no means of knowing where they were . |
| 11 | It is more than just the onset of literal night ; it is a night of the normal senses , allowing other means of knowing to arise . |
| 12 | The gardener who had worn a knotted handkerchief on his head , whoever he might have been , had had no means of knowing then or later that Adam intended to live there . |
| 13 | I was alone in the darkness in one of those old-fashioned six seater compartments , and I neither knew nor had any means of knowing whether my family was alive or dead . |
| 14 | They noticed that background radiation in the laboratory appeared to rise by up to 50 per cent while the experiment was running but they had no means of knowing whether or not this had anything to do with the experiment as the natural background radiation from cosmic rays can vary substantially during long time periods . |
| 15 | They did this over two weeks , but there was no means of knowing the energies of the neutrons , the essential information that would tell them whether they were from the fusion of deuterium and be the final proof . |
| 16 | ‘ Our little friend is still listening and we do n't know and have no means of knowing how sensitive its hearing is . |
| 17 | I have no means of knowing where at least half the accounts are . |
| 18 | Whether Anselm in 1093 knew anything about these intricate political manoeuvres , we have no means of knowing . |
| 19 | However the voting might go in these circumstances there could be no PR of wet , damp and dry votes , because there would be no means of knowing how far these had been attracted by the candidates ' presumed wetness , dampness or dryness . |
| 20 | Exactly how the liquidation of the Amalgamated Union was handled and what was salvaged from the wreck we have no means of knowing . |
| 21 | Only several weeks later , as she lay stifling in her cabin on a filthy steamer from Trebizond , did she reflect that the Kurd , in the whole time he had been with them , had executed Miss Fergusson 's commands with punctiliousness and honour ; further , that she had no means of knowing what had passed between the two of them that last night in the cave . |
| 22 | Who this Rigg was , unfortunately we have no means of knowing . |
| 23 | At present there was no means of knowing . |
| 24 | I had no means of knowing what sort of line I had kept on my cross-country stumble , but it had been NNE as near as I could make it . |
| 25 | This can be difficult because the consumer has no means of knowing what goes on ( or went on ) in the factory . |
| 26 | Nothing in the system tells the operator when he has reached the desired temperature ; he can influence the temperature but he has no direct means of knowing the result . |
| 27 | There is no means of knowing how near to the regularised life of Thurgarton he was at this date . |
| 28 | Another teacher told me , after attending in-service courses , that while the approach offers an exciting avenue to explore which pupils find rewarding and even mind- blowing , and many of the exercises are valuable as a means of self-awareness , she felt that pupils were being steered towards abandoning the mind as a means of knowing and just accepting the subjectivity of values which do not have to be justified . |
| 29 | Even where the lessor does have notice of the partnership , a failure to change the lessees may result in an apparent holding out of the outgoing partner as a continuing member of the firm , if the lessor has no other means of knowing of the change . |
| 30 | And is there a relatively simple means of knowing what the transfer value is that you are entitled to ? |