Example sentences of "[adv] know of " in BNC.

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1 In fact , I only know of one in the whole of the UK . ’
2 They originally said they 'd be covering the works of 20 composers over the period 1984–2000 but , so far , I only know of the LPs ‘ George And James ’ ( Gershwin and Brown ) and ‘ Stars And Hank Forever ’ ( Sousa and Hank Williams ) .
3 In 1986–7 , an NCT survey found 70 active milk banks ; now they only know of a handful .
4 Firstly , we only know of the existence of these structures because of the waterlogged nature of the peat in which they are found , since without such conditions they would have rotted away and disappeared .
5 In the northern parts of Sulawesi the maleos obviously know of the presence of hot underground streams , using the heat in the volcanic gravel to incubate their eggs .
6 I personally know of a foreign company planning to establish a factory and recruit a thousand staff in Britain .
7 An increasing amount of documentary material , however , particularly among the evidence which led to the indictment of Weinberger , suggested that Bush had not merely known of , but also encouraged pursuit of the deal against the objections of Weinberger and the then Secretary of State George Shultz .
8 But nothing was hitherto known of their work .
9 Fishermen have long known of the association , and have traditionally used the presence of dolphins as a cue to finding schools of tuna .
10 Something unforeseen and urgent had happened , since Sean had obviously known of it yesterday afternoon , and there had been no opportunity for him to inform her .
11 The windows of the van were wide open and they had the radio on , not playing rock , which they both hated , but Mozart , one of the better known of the piano concertos .
12 He only knew of the life he had led in the baby-farming house , one of seventeen young children .
13 ‘ She not only knew of her big hits , but also about lots of other numbers on her various albums .
14 ‘ In Nigeria I only knew of Guinness as the stout and Harp lager so I have been surprised by the diversity of the company , ’ reflects .
15 She stressed that her client only knew of the cockroach problem the day before the complaint was made and had immediately bought powder to rid the restaurant of the insects .
16 Thus , when the police officer comes to make his decision he must do so knowing of the defendant 's preference and any reason the defendant may have given for it .
17 Ignorant me only knows of a Paris ‘ Conservatoire ’ , but I presume there must be such an august institution nearer to hand ( and foot ) .
18 As a boy , of course , I was not to know of such matters , such degradation , such humiliation and indignities .
19 He appeared genuinely not to know of Atkins and to be trying to be helpful .
20 She did n't look old enough not to know of the riggers .
21 " … I would think it a sufficient detriment to the confider that information given in confidence is to be disclosed to persons whom he would prefer not to know of it , even though the disclosure would not be harmful to him in any positive way . "
22 He did not know of one who had anything to thank the Flemyngs for , or old Menzies at the Castle .
23 ‘ There is nobody I do business with that does not know of my convictions , ’ Mr Carway told The Independent .
24 Mr Stockdale , however , said he did not know of Mr Carway 's record , despite having a long business relationship with him .
25 When it was taken up with the Headmaster he said that the boy 's name was not on the roll , they did not know of him .
26 Thirdly , our young painter would not know of any other artistic centre beside Paris and would not imagine that such a place might exist .
27 But Gaily knew that he would not go , not even once , to the club , though he did not know of any reason , beyond a feeling , a shrinking-back from an uncongenial world , a novelty , the element of surprise .
28 People from other lineages might not know of these particular marriages , but they had similar marriages of their own , similar reminders in their own genealogies that they had made a special and enduring peace with other lineages .
29 This last section of the questionnaire relates solely to training — the opinions were recorded of those who had used the services of the ATB in the past and the expectations of those who , until this study , did not know of the existence of the ATB .
30 It sounds as if your engine may have glazed bores and too much crank case pressure if the cap is blowing off I suggest you have a compression check I do not know of an auxiliary tank for a Ninety Indeed , I have the same problem as yourself I 'm a newcomer to Land Rover and recently bought a 1975 Series III88 inch .
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