Example sentences of "one knows for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Average income in the private sector is probably about three times that in the state sector , but no one knows for sure . |
| 2 | No one knows for sure when the levels become safe . |
| 3 | No one knows for sure . |
| 4 | That may be the constitutional position — though no one knows for sure as the situation has not arisen since Henry VIII created the C of E for this purpose — but it is certainly not one which is acceptable . |
| 5 | This is an extravagant way to behave , though it may be justified : no one knows for sure . |
| 6 | The number of destitute people with serious mental disorder now living more or less permanently in this way is reckoned to be 60–90,000 , but no one knows for sure : a large number of people but still a quite small proportion of the total number of people in our society in need of a home . |
| 7 | ‘ No one knows for sure . |
| 8 | ‘ No one knows for sure . |
| 9 | No one knows for certain how much the misuse of alcohol costs society , but it 's a great deal . |
| 10 | ‘ No one knows for certain , although plenty of theories have been put forward . |
| 11 | Half a million different laws ( although no one knows for certain how many ) have insured that the legal system is rigged , keeping the cost of formality far beyond the reach of the average small Peruvain entrepreneur . |