Example sentences of "be know for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Alcohol , opium , cannabis , and tobacco have been known for centuries and the history of each fills many books . |
| 32 | Originally bred as a draught animal , its milk has always been known for its quality ( if not quantity ) and it can fairly be called a dual-purpose breed . |
| 33 | It had been known for some time that relations between Stephenson and Villa were strained because of the player 's insistence on living in his home-town of Newcastle , and several clubs , keen to secure him , were watching the situation closely . |
| 34 | In what must rank as one of the most petty letters ever to emerge from the SFA , an organisation that has never been known for its broad-mindedness , the secretary demanded that the ball be returned . |
| 35 | It has been known for centuries that music affects our state of mind and emotions , and so affects our body . |
| 36 | The latter phenomenon has been known for some time , Zwaardemaker recording several ‘ cancelling pairs ’ as far back as 1875 , which included : |
| 37 | Seeing God in everything has been known for nearly 400 years as pantheism , though the idea is as old as religion itself . |
| 38 | It has been known for a tough roadman-sprinter to control the race in these big hills , not to lose much time on the Ballon , then rejoin the leading group , dominate them on the long downhill run into Mulhouse and win the stage . |
| 39 | Variants of this reaction have been known for many years . |
| 40 | Variants of this reaction have been known for many years . |
| 41 | FLARES on the Sun have been known for many years to produce powerful bursts of X-rays , gamma-rays and charged particles . |
| 42 | The powerful hydrogen bonding capacity of fluoride , discussed by John Emsley , has been known for some time , but its potential for interfering with the vitally important hydrogen bonds between biomolecules has only recently begun to receive attention . |
| 43 | The most common victim of mobbing is the owl , and this phenomenon has been known for centuries . |
| 44 | It had never been known for them to stay less than three hours — not that Mum minded . |
| 45 | At one time so many people from the area were hanged at Newgate it had been nicknamed Jack Ketch 's Warren , and according to Paddy it had been known for as many as forty constables to march down with cutlasses to control disturbances . |
| 46 | The ancient Chinese believed that the electrical energy of the body flowed in specific channels known as the acupuncture meridians , and charts illustrating these have been known for several thousands of years . |
| 47 | Garlic has been known for its healing properties for more than 5,000 years . |
| 48 | On 2 February 1799 Parson Woodforde , by then in Norfolk , wrote in his diary : ‘ Such severe weather has not been known for the last sixty years till the present ’ . |
| 49 | Mail coaches &c. unable to travel … the long continuance of so severe cold Weather having scarce been known for the last Century . |
| 50 | It has even been known for an esteemed binder 's ticket to be transferred from a battered volume to a more handsome specimen with which he had no demonstrable connection . |
| 51 | It has been known for a woman going into labour to suddenly perceive the connection between herself , her mother , mother 's mother , all the mothers of her line stretching back to the beginnings of time , and all the daughters that will follow after . |
| 52 | In terms of healthy eating , the staples of American diners and fast-food outlets have never been known for their goodness . |
| 53 | The existence of the tape has been known for months and a copy of it was made available to a newspaper many weeks ago . |
| 54 | In 1947 when Frank had his insight the existence of muons had already been known for ten years and the existence of muonic atoms had also been predicted . |
| 55 | It has been known for staff to accept offers of jobs on the assumption that crêche places and hours will be organised to fit around the duties of employees . |
| 56 | The toxic nature of some animals has been known for a long time and man has utilised their venoms and poisons for various purposes . |
| 57 | This tradition happily has been continued by his successors whose duties have included presiding at the Annual General Meeting , an unpredictable , lively affair where it has been known for election to the Board to be determined by the toss of a coin ! |
| 58 | Where the ranges of the tiger and the Asian lion overlap , it has been known for the two to interbreed . |
| 59 | Around forty of these drawings have been known for years from books and exhibitions , but as things are , I am the only person in the world at the moment to have complete knowledge of what that collection was in its entirety . |
| 60 | The effect of early experience on the mating preferences of birds and mammals has been known for a long time . |