Example sentences of "knows of " in BNC.

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1 I 'm really just trying to find out if anyone knows of somewhere decent . ’
2 Harry thinks that this fruit house is almost unique ; that is , he knows of one other which started off the same but has since been altered .
3 The police are anxious to hear from anyone who has lived in or visited the house recently or who knows of anyone who has done so .
4 Unwin knows of only Collier and Yearsley ; of Yearsley he makes the comment : ‘ [ We ] can only judge her achievements sympathetically in the manner that Johnson judged a woman preaching . ’
5 Sadly both have now stopped functioning but if anyone knows of any similar groups I am sure there would be a lot of interest .
6 It is as though the land knows of its own beauty , of its own greatness , and feels no need to shout it .
7 [ I ] t can hardly be said that our constitution knows of such a thing as any specific right of public meeting … .
8 Well , if she knows of any place where … ’
9 Fedorov knows of it .
10 I have a memory , half forgotten from that time of youth and magic , that knows of a secret garden .
11 He is appealing for anyone who saw the caravan or knows of its whereabouts to contact him .
12 ‘ Ask him , ’ I said , ‘ if Sheridan Lorrimore has ever been in any trouble that he knows of , apart from assaulting an actor at Toronto , that should have resulted in Sheridan going to jail . ’
13 Everyone knows of someone who is said to have paid £500 for a horse advertised in the local paper and ended up with a star .
14 No-one would argue with the statistics — marriage breakdown has reached epidemic proportion , so the CMAC must make sure that everyone knows of its existence .
15 A correspondent knows of one witness to the February 1992 sighting in Mrs Topliff 's house , and this person stated that it was merely a large domestic cat .
16 If anyone knows of further cases please tell them urgently .
17 Mayhew , who has a lot of contact with players at first class and international level , maintains he knows of no first-class players in New Zealand using steroids or performance-enhancing drugs .
18 He knows of at least one competitor who is prepared to accept this price .
19 ‘ Yes , but she and Dr Heatherton take nothing to do with one another now ; everyone knows of it , though nobody is certain why .
20 Any surplus is paid to the defendant — unless the under sheriff knows of other writs of fi .
21 Although most people are aware of the tremendous selection of fabrics on the market , not everyone knows of the vast range of papers that are currently available .
22 AI knows of at least 15 others detained in connection with this crackdown , but the true number of arrests could be higher .
23 Anyone who knows of architects , architectural technicians , or their dependents , who are suffering distress from some misfortune could help them by putting them in touch with the ABS at 66 Portland Place London W1N 4AD , telephone .
24 Ahmed Ashaf knows of no official investigation into his case .
25 If she reads this , or if any one reading it knows of her present whereabouts or has any information which would help me contact her , would they please let me know by writing to me at .
26 Even if he knows of the flaws Tzeentch cast into their making — which he almost certainly does — Drachenfels will still want the four Crystals of Power .
27 Classic Warbirds would like to appeal to anyone who has , or knows of , any Typhoon or Tempest components and Napier Sabre engine parts to contact them .
28 Ordinary soldiers , who had enlisted with equal patriotic fervour , took comfort in simple but pungent humour , typified by Bruce Barinsfather 's cartoon showing ‘ Old Bill ’ , a war veteran , taking refuge in a shell hole and remarking to a young recruit , ‘ Well , if you knows of a better ‘ ole , go to it . ’
29 GATES KNOWS OF NO MOVES TO FORCE MICROSOFT RESTRUCTURE
30 Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said in a televised interview with CNBC-TV that he knows of no effort by the US Federal Trade Commission to force a restructuring of Microsoft , despite its ongoing probe : ‘ I certainly have n't heard any suggestion that they 're even considering something that would change the structure of our company , ’ Gates said ; he also warned on the Business Insiders programme that Microsoft Corp will not be as profitable in the long-term as it has in recent years — ‘ The kind of profit margin we 've had in the past will be very unlikely for us to achieve in the future ; we 've said after tax margins probably wo n't stay over 20% in the mid to long-term , and they could go quite a bit lower than that in the short-term , ’ the company 's chief executive declared .
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