Example sentences of "[adv] know for [v-ing] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Unfortunately there have been presenters who became better known for hitting the headlines than their ability to turn washing up bottles into handy household objects .
2 The TV crews are today scheduled to move into the town more famous for fish than football , and begin the invasion of a club arguably best known for achieving the record Scottish Cup result , the 36-0 defeat of Bon Accord in 1885 .
3 He was best known for rebuilding the Milagres Chapel in Machico .
4 But Arudy has little to be said for it ; it is a small , mildly industrial town , best known for marking the spot where the glacier that once ground its way down the Ossau valley built a wall of debris , so causing the present-day Gave to make an abrupt swerve to westward .
5 His daughter , Mary Moore , who enthusiastically supported the exhibition and was guest of honour at the opening , is well known for opposing the approach to her father 's work and , above all to his house and studios at Perry Green , taken by the Henry Moore Foundation , which she considers to be over-institutional , insufficiently concerned with the memory of her father and out of tune with his intentions .
6 Jessner was well known for doing the classics in expressionist form .
7 Interior Minister José Luis Manzano ( appointed in August 1991 — see p. 38388 ) was replaced by Gustavo Béliz ( 30 ) , well known for leading a campaign against corruption .
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