Example sentences of "know for his [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chillida , from San Sebastian , Spain , is best know for his monumental works in natural materials , such as wood , iron and marble , but he also produces collages and engravings . |
| 2 | Peach was best known for his geological fieldwork in Scotland with John Horne [ q.v. ] , |
| 3 | Among fellow Americans , Joel Scholz is another outstanding artist/designer best known for his long train of delicately coloured birds , and his flying ‘ Geisha Girl ’ . |
| 4 | The new Information Minister was Mohamed Khojali Saliheen , who was known for his religious broadcasts under the Nemery regime . |
| 5 | One of the gunmen had been instructed to kill Thakin Nu , who was elsewhere , but he could not bring himself to slay this man known for his religious piety . |
| 6 | Widely known for his anti-Maastricht politics , Fillon says that he wants to avoid ‘ getting bogged down at the EC level … whose cumbersome procedures put a damper on the research community ’ . |
| 7 | It 's part of the Info-World Secrets series of books , and author , Brian Livingston , is well known for his extensive experience with Windows installations and applications . |
| 8 | Associated in the past with Welsh National Opera , the conductor Andrew Greenwood proved a card-carrying Donizettian and the director , Patrick Mason , although no newcomer to opera , is best known for his brilliant staging of Dancing at Lughnasa . |
| 9 | It 's supposed to be the burial chamber of King Sil , a knight known for his splendid suit of armour made of gold . |
| 10 | Khan Abdul Wali Khan , the most prominent Pashtun political leader , is known for his close ties with the Soviet-backed government in Afghanistan . |
| 11 | He is best known for his epic poem Osman , which , although running to 11,000 lines , was unfinished at his death . |
| 12 | And finally — Editor Steve Windsor is not widely known for his psychic powers , but it does seem some of his predictions come true . |
| 13 | I had been trying to get a membership list for the Cicero Club , but the only other name I could come up with was George Macready , a scarfaced iceman who had a profitable share of the City 's gambling and was best known for his sword-extruding walking stick . |
| 14 | Known for his quirky sayings , Kahn taught his pupils always to ask the building what it wanted to be . |
| 15 | Tabs of Fuggles Fissenden was known for his strange custom of always leaving the Robin Hood public house backwards , this was because on a number of occasions having imbibed too freely , he fell forward on leaving , breaking his clay pipe , so for ever afterwards he removed himself backwards concerned not with his own safety but with that of his clay pipe . |
| 16 | Better known for his inflatable Dragon kites , Roger Pike , and his clubmate Peter Charlton , show how to make a very simple paradropper , or a twirling hemispherical drogue . |
| 17 | He says the style of Apollo Creed in ‘ Rocky ’ was based on Charles , known for his snaky swiftness as the Cincinnati Cobra . |
| 18 | Before today farmer Richard Cheshire was best known for his prize-winning sheep . |
| 19 | — GLENDALE Social Club doorman Brian Smith well known for his ghosthunting activities is also an expert gardener and is offering his services to disabled people and pensioners in Houghton , who are unable to do their own gardening . |
| 20 | Far from being dead , Detroit is getting a bit too much for flamboyant city police chief Gil Hill , who 's better known for his movie-acting skills — he played the dour Detroit police chief in Beverly Hills Cop I and Il . |
| 21 | Brozie Herrington was always known for his homemade sweets , and among the older generation " Brozies Homemade " were well known . |
| 22 | Wilko ( ex teacher ) is known for his deep thought and intellectual ways … and so is cuntona ( amonsgt other things ) . |
| 23 | Probably best known for his classic suits , his entire collection exudes a cool elegance . |
| 24 | Berge is known for his fierce defence of Saint Laurent . |
| 25 | Mesnel , known for his Anglophobic outbursts , was always at hand with a vitriolic comment about the ‘ perfidious Albion ’ and what he called ‘ the legendary hypocrisy of the English ’ . |
| 26 | Ben Elton , 32 , star of the BBC series The Man from Auntie , is known for his angry humour . |
| 27 | Mr Heseltine is known for his hard work and mental and physical stamina . |
| 28 | Grundy , a commentator known for his bilious disposition , had that afternoon returned from a lunch at Punch magazine and was himself feeling no pain . |
| 29 | And he is known for his after-match tantrums , which include an incident when he kicked down an advertising board . |
| 30 | The Ayrshire Tory MP is well known for his un-compromising attitude on a variety of topics — nows our chance to find out what he 's got to say about child-care provision and your chance to tackle him on the governments record to date . |