Example sentences of "[not/n't] known for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The system outlined by Lord Donaldson , a man not known for his left tendencies , bears marked similarities to those operated in a number of eastern bloc countries . |
| 2 | Results are not known for at least four days , and to prevent the eggs going off the consignments are allowed through . |
| 3 | Soon Richard Darman , the budget director not known for his light touch , will resume his attack . |
| 4 | TICKET touts are not known for their flair for public relations . |
| 5 | The Democratic Unionist Party is in the curious position of being dominated by evangelicals and hence being more favourable to temperance and sabbatarianism than the Official Unionists and at the same time being better supported than the Officials by working-class loyalists who are not known for their piety and who are prepared to support acts of criminal violence . |
| 6 | This table gives the numbers of each moneyer 's coins in each hoard ; an x denotes that these are not known for certain . |
| 7 | Michael Heseltine has remarked that the BBC was ‘ not known for its independence ’ . |
| 8 | Exactly what happened is not known for certain , but the most likely scenario is that Crabb was intercepted by Russian frogmen and taken on board the Ordzhonikidze through a ‘ wet chamber ’ . |
| 9 | Even if the exact number of rounds in the game is not known for certain , in real life it is often possible to make a statistical guess as to how much longer the game is likely to last . |
| 10 | The NME succumbed to The Smiths success by parading a lengthy Smiths interview by Biba Kopf , a writer not known for his enthusiasm for the Smiths . |
| 11 | In the highly oxygenated water below a weir swim the little fish not known for nothing as the ‘ miller 's thumb ’ : the flattened head of the fish was often compared with the thumb of the miller , worn it was said from testing the flour . |
| 12 | That way , they query nothing and never answer back ; as a result they are not known for their political judgement , but , during the Depression they were jolted into social awareness . |
| 13 | Two disciplines not known for their loving attachment to high , or any other height , technology . |
| 14 | It is not known for certain at what moment of time afterwards she looked at her fingers , in order to gaze admiringly at the ring . |
| 15 | Rickenbacker , who incidentally celebrate their 60th anniversary this year , are not known for their impetuosity when it comes to new guitar and bass designs . |
| 16 | In the familiar world in which we live , ducklings are not known for their propensity for attacking farmers ; they are classed among the victims of the killing process . |
| 17 | It is not known for certain if the male and female form a pair bond . |
| 18 | Tough it may be , but Washington is one who defied the odds to achieve world status in a sport not known for its liberal representation of blacks . |
| 19 | Very soon he will be known as one of the greatest seducers of our times and in a town — Los Angeles — not known for the lack of competition . |
| 20 | Mr Ueberroth may have spoken a bit too bluntly for his own good — and was not known for his sensitivity in dealing with the urban poor . |
| 21 | Straight humeral shaft and convex deltoid plane : not known for Graecopithecus but present in Dryopithecus . |
| 22 | The exact date is not known for certain , but is either July 12th or 19th 1958 . |
| 23 | Exactly how it happened we still do not known for sure but you can find examples of the kind of organisms it produced in almost any patch of fresh water . |
| 24 | If you are contemplating having sex with someone who you have not known for very long , and do not know much about , you are strongly advised to use a condom during intercourse . |
| 25 | This approach has been popular with teaching staff who are not known for being slow to complain about their administrative load . |
| 26 | Then he remembered Wittisham was one of Emma Pryde 's portégés and that Emma was not known for encouraging entirely vacuous young men . |
| 27 | Three million unemployed , homelessness and poverty on a scale not known for a generation . |
| 28 | Whether we get linguistic ability from our genes , or by imitating others or just from general intelligence is not known for sure . |
| 29 | Homer Scott was delighted when he saw the building for the first time at the May Day meeting and even the course bookmakers who are not known for lavishing praise on anything , are impressed by what has been built . |
| 30 | Mind you , not known for their generous pay awards , these Councils according to the government are a main obstacle to economic hope and prosperity in Britain . |