Example sentences of "[is] [adv] know for [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pople is widely known for his contributions to bonding theory and the development of computer programs in quantum mechanics . |
| 2 | She is best known for her rings with tall bezels towering above slender hoops . |
| 3 | The Belgian-born Hepburn is best known for her roles in such classics as My Fair Lady and Breakfast at Tiffany 's . |
| 4 | Now , Harwell laboratory is best known for its contribution to nuclear research but the scientist there have revealed a secret life . |
| 5 | Birthright is a charity which funds research projects to improve the health of women and their babies , and is best known for its work on pregnancy and childbirth . |
| 6 | To many people the Salvation Army is best known for its band and this certainly holds an important place in its life and worship . |
| 7 | Lemon is best known for his involvement with Sunderland ; he made over 100 appearances for the Roker men . |
| 8 | To most people , Turing is best known for his work on the theory of computing machines , but in time his work on the theory of morphogenesis may be seen as equally important . |
| 9 | The former Maesteg coach is best known for his work at what was once known as Cardiff College of Education whose former student include Lyn ‘ the Leap ’ Davies , Gareth Edwards and John Bevan and more recently , John Devereux and Tony Copsey . |
| 10 | Anthony Kerr ( vibraphone ) has worked in Europe with Louis Stewart , Georgie Fame and Kenny Wheeler ; Stan Sulzmann ( tenor sax ) is a featured soloist in Kenny Wheeler 's latest big band and known for his work with Clark Terry , John Taylor , Phil Woods and Gil Evans ; Wayne Bachelor ( bass ) leads his own quartet and has worked abroad with Courtney Pine , Steve Williamson and Jean Toussaint ; Stephen Keogh ( drums ) , now resident in Barcelona , is best known for his work with Louis Stewart , Hal Galper , Charles McPherson and Peter King . |
| 11 | Alanson is best known for his improvements in the technique of amputation , and his important suggestions for hospital reform were a vital adjunct to his new surgical methods . |
| 12 | Lombroso is best known for his theory , derived from Charles Darwin , that criminals were atavistic throwbacks to an earlier stage of evolution . |
| 13 | Lyotard , for example , is best known for his scepticism towards historicist universal narratives , advocating instead the possibility of a multiplicity of heterogeneous , conflicting and incommensurable histories . |
| 14 | He is best known for his series of paintings , begun in 1946 , which celebrated the life of the outlaw Ned Kelly , who appears with a huge square helmet on his head in the burning wastes of the outback ; ‘ Rousseau and sunlight ’ was how Nolan characterised his own intentionally naive style . |
| 15 | Lautner is best known for his pioneering of biomorphic styles , either in roadside , fast-food structures or on hillsides in the western United States . |
| 16 | Mr Chandler is best known for his book ‘ The Visible Hand ’ , published in 1977 , which chronicled the rise of managerial capitalism in America and won him a Pulitzer prize . |
| 17 | David Emanuel ( above ) is best known for his role in creating Princess Diana 's fairy tale wedding dress , and he is still a high-society favourite for his Ascot suits and Royal haute couture . |
| 18 | They have tended to conclude that the most effective method of increasing the risks is by increasing the certainty of detection rather than by increasing the severity of the penalty ( but not always ; Ehrlich , 1975 , is best known for his advocacy of stiffer penalties , especially the use of capital punishment ) . |
| 19 | The 19th century explorer and illustrator , Walter Hood Fitch is best known for his flamboyant yet accurate drawings which have made a lasting contribution to our knowledge of the plant world and to the art of botanical illustration . |
| 20 | The 19th century explorer and illustrator , Walter Hood Fitch is best known for his flamboyant yet accurate drawings which have made a lasting contribution to our knowledge of the plant world and to the art of botanical illustration . |
| 21 | He is mainly known for his work on the analytical centrifuge and related hydrodynamic techniques , both in terms of developing the methodology and applying this methodology to the study of macromolecular solutions . |
| 22 | Sue , who is well known for her contribution in Fuel Division , particularly in the field of Water Reactor and AGR fuel , and intermediate products such as UO2 powder and pellets , described her new post as a considerable challenge . |
| 23 | Dénise René , who is well known for her support of constructivist art during her forty years as a gallery owner in Paris , will be present however as winner of the Preis Art Cologne of DM20,000 ( see Around the Galleries , Cologne , p. 33 ) . |
| 24 | is well known for her charity work , raising much needed money for the local children 's hospice — Hope House . |
| 25 | He is also Chairman of the Financial and Stewardship Committee , a member of the vestry and of the church choir , while Judith is well known for her community work and embroidery . |
| 26 | The village is well known for its flowers , and has been rewarded several times with a place in the Britain in Bloom Competition . |
| 27 | The diversity of the components of a textile effluent is very great , probably only matched or exceeded by that of the tanning industry , which is well known for its variability . |
| 28 | I mean , sometimes , as Lord of the Manor , I have to order one but my court is well known for its leniency . |
| 29 | The prevalent merchant culture in the early Italian city-republics , notably in Florence — one of the largest cities in Europe at the time and one which is well known for its lauda tradition — provided the ideal climate for the development of the lay companies . |
| 30 | Wales is well known for its wool and woollen products . |