Example sentences of "know [adv] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Countess was known locally for her frequent visits to the sick and the infirm and never at a loss for a generous word or gesture . |
| 2 | Kirchberg is well known locally for its band and throughout the season they stage many concerts ranging from the serene to good old thigh slapping and yodelling nights out . |
| 3 | Spilsby is well known locally for its Theatre which regularly puts on performances to provide musical and dramatic culture in this rural township so inaccessibly far from the big city footlights . |
| 4 | in April 1729 , by which time he had a high reputation , particularly as a maker of surveying instruments , being known especially for his accurate division of scales . |
| 5 | However , many Serbs were reported to be disappointed with the refusal to introduce a more democratic political system in Yugoslavia 's largest republic , since all but staunch followers of the republic 's President , Slobodan Milosevic , were removed from the electoral lists , and three candidates from the Serbian LC 's umbrella organization , the Socialist Alliance , who were known only for their support of Milosevic , were selected to contest the presidential post in addition to Milosevic himself . |
| 6 | To take someone well-known , Claire Rayner has written a host of very successful novels as well as a range of medical and home health books , but she 's known best for her work as an agony aunt in newspapers , magazines and on television . |
| 7 | Three of the five were men : Richard Rolle , a hermit from North Yorkshire ; Walter Hilton , an Augustinian canon ; and an anonymous writer , probably a religious , known best for his treatise The Cloud of Unknowing . |
| 8 | Denver is known nationally for its collection of Native American art , one of the world 's most extensive , which the museum has assembled over the years on aesthetic , rather than ethnographic , criteria . |
| 9 | When companies such as Airship Industries , who are known internationally for their airships in advertising and military defence , were tipped in the press , there followed a flurry of buying , without the dealers having to work at it . |
| 10 | He is best known now for his Objections ( 1644 ) to Descartes 's Meditations , which are remarkable for the vituperative annoyance which runs through them . |
| 11 | It is known particularly for its stress on the overall health of the individual , community and society — called ‘ salud integral ’ . |
| 12 | He is best known today for his early friendships with the Impressionist elite of Renoir , Fantin-Latour , Manet , Cézanne and Monet ( with whom he shared a studio for a time and discussed the possibility of organising an exhibition of their friends ' works by the official salon ) . |
| 13 | Will New York 's taxi-drivers , known everywhere for their direct approach , heed this message ? |
| 14 | Not renowned for outstanding political skills or vision , Obuchi was known principally for his antipathy to Ozawa and his unswerving loyalty to Takeshita . |
| 15 | Wakehurst Place is a beautiful Elizabethan mansion known primarily for its exotic gardens . |