Example sentences of "[adv] famous for his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apache , already famous for his distinctive streetwear and chains , said : ‘ These are just the right clothes to wear . |
| 2 | Dr Barham is a polymer scientist in the Department of Physics but is fast becoming more famous for his public lecture on The Physics of a Black Forest Gateau . |
| 3 | He is most famous for his political philosophy , which is embodied in his Elements of Law , completed by 1640 though not published until 1650 ; in his De Cive ( ‘ On the Citizen ’ ) of 1642 ; and , in particular , in his Leviathan ( 1651 ) , a classic and perenially studied account of man 's move from a primitive state of nature , in which life is ‘ solitary , poor , nasty , brutish , and short ’ , into an organized society , with absolute power vested in the hands of a supreme authority . |
| 4 | Pascal , Blaise ( 1623–1662 ) A French theologian and mathematician , Pascal is most famous for his unfinished Pensées ( Thoughts ) , in which , by means of brilliant , pungent remarks , he attempts a vindication of Christianity through a series of perceptive observations whose psychological insight and aphoristic style anticipate the approach of the brilliant atheist Nietzsche in the nineteenth century . |
| 5 | He was celebrated for his speeches in verse to the Senior Common Room and he was quietly famous for his annual pantomimes in verse ; these were unusual dramatic pieces . |