Example sentences of "there [is] no knowing " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Nay , there 's no knowing how long this lot 's been coming down , nor how deep it is up yonder , ’ protested George .
2 Otherwise there 's no knowing just how many more he would have killed .
3 There is no knowing what he would have made of Cardenal 's reading of Matthew , somewhat further on .
4 Now there is no knowing when you may be needed and not everyone finds it easy to be on hand to talk or listen when required .
5 It is difficult to put these sums into context for there is no knowing what benefit has been achieved compared to what would have resulted from some other social expenditure .
6 There is no knowing in advance .
7 Had the besweatered Pakistanis held their catches there is no knowing to what depths of despair England might have sunk that evening .
8 In our Galaxy , only four have been seen during the last thousand years : in 1006 , 1054 , 1572 and 1604 , but there is no knowing when we will see another .
9 If he does make another comeback though , it would not be surprising if he wins a fourth title because , if he can get back behind a wheel six weeks after being so close to death , there is no knowing what the courageous Austrian can do .
10 There is no certainty that it will produce the best weights , and there is no knowing when to stop it , but it seems to work well in practice .
11 There is no knowing either whether the measures to prevent a depression would have worked in the years after the war , because the problems were inflation and a balance of payments deficit , just as the anti-Keynesians at the Treasury had predicted .
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