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

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1 I am quite new to this area and only know people to say hello to .
2 and what of the man who 's got to mastermind Swindon 's first season in the big time … many only know John Gorman as Hoddle 's assistant … so who is he … what 's he about …
3 I only know Edgar . ’
4 Perhaps a future valid contribution to this field could be made by a combination of experimental simulation of mechanical and chemical compaction in conjunction with the use of computer imagery in volume reconstruction ; at present we only know compaction is extremely effective at reducing both absolute volume and porosity in many sediments .
5 For she introduced me to a pleasure-land which transcended all hitherto known joys .
6 Certainly not the assembled princes who had all known Bel Shanaar too long and too well .
7 But experts warned computer users that Friday 13th viruses are only a tiny proportion of the 30 or so known types of virus which exist , and that they would be wise to keep taking precautions .
8 It is a not sufficiently known fact that the Victoria and Albert Museum houses one of the the world 's two most significant collection of glass , equal to that of the Corning Museum of Glass , New York State .
9 If we give to personally known recipients , we experience gratification while they experience obligation .
10 Many of the younger officers have come straight from training school and have only known Grendon Prison , they slip into the regime quite easily .
11 He had only known Heather for a few weeks , after all , and may well have been deceived by the impression she had created in Rhodes ' alien environment .
12 Melissa was about to retort that as she had only known Bonard for three days he could hardly be described as a friend of hers , when a surprised , ‘ Well , what do you know ? ’ from Jack made them both glance round .
13 By pursuing only known sale opportunities , there is greater chance that the reactive approach will lead an acquiror into a formal sale process , where the vendor has appointed professional advisers to handle the transactions on its behalf .
14 O. abyssicola closely resembles the holotype and only known specimen of O. granulifera Verrill : both have similarly shaped oral shields and ventral arm plates .
15 The UDA said it would target only known IRA men .
16 We had only known Sinar Surya as a lumpish extension of the land — as dependent on it as a baby is on its mother ; now she had come of age as she surged south to a thrilling new rhythm , new smells and new sensations .
17 It was incredible but true — incredible because she 'd only known Fen for a week — incredible because she 'd begun by disliking him — but true that she was in love with him .
18 It was soon overtaken by the profounder and better known works of Bonaventure , Albertus Magnus , and Aquinas .
19 William Gray , junior , the older son , had a nursery garden in Fulham , at Parson 's Lane , later Peterborough Road , but the better known Fulham garden of the period was the one established before 1700 by the elder William Gray and later taken over by Christopher .
20 He also hopes to climb the better known Vinson ( 17,057 feet ) .
21 This is not only the most westerly point of the mainland of Scotland but of Britain also , being further west than the better known Land 's End in Cornwall and incomparably finer , quite unspoilt and free of tourist invasions and commercial enterprises .
22 Several of the works depict the artist 's better known friends , notably the witty charcoal sketch of the top-hatted dandy ‘ Manet at the easel ’ from the Metropolitan .
23 It was , though , his rather better known colleague at Caltech , Linus Pauling , who proposed that the principle to adopt was that of structures that maximise the number of so-called hydrogen bonds between different amino acids in the polypeptide chain ( and who thereby forged the key which very rapidly unlocked molecular biology ) .
24 On the same day investors in the somewhat better known Gartmore heard that their fund management group was to be the latest to change hands .
25 In 1469 , during the reign of James III , Scotland was first described as an ‘ Impyre ’ — sixty-four years before the much better known claim of Henry VIII to the same effect .
26 On the other hand , better known authors may have specialised sources of information associated with them , such as A D.H .
27 His career shows many parallels with that of the better known Charles Turner Thackrah , but evidence of association is lacking .
28 ‘ They obviously knew Mr Gascoigne was away and planned the raid like professionals , ’ he said .
29 The other characters were a sold-out leftie academic ( who drew much knowing laughter from the first-night audience ) , a right-wing academic , a military automaton , and an Amstrad word-processor which enigmatically took the floor in a central scene .
30 Of course , the coroner personally knew Joscelyn , the tapster .
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