Example sentences of "was know for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was known for his brilliance , for his razor-sharp mind and for being a wonderful preacher . |
| 2 | Kendal was known for ermines , coatings , duffel , blankets and much more , including a prosperous stocking trade . |
| 3 | Ambleside was known for its importance in the wool trade before the granting of the Market Charter in 1650 . |
| 4 | Despite her lauding of other Victorian virtues , Mrs Thatcher was known for her un-Victorian dislike of rail travel and was typical of those of her rising generation in placing a car high on her list of social desiderata and symbols of prosperity . |
| 5 | Vera Loomis , the ninety-two-year-old who lived at number 92 and was known for some reason as Got All the Things There Then ? had offered plum wine or home-brewed lager and Susan Doyle , who was reported to watch News at Ten while her husband pleasured her , had suggested lemonade shandy . |
| 6 | The oldest continuous herd , the Creetown , was founded in 1919 , but the variety was known for at least a century before that , when the feral Ardrossan herd of White Park cattle became extinct in 1820 . |
| 7 | Mary poured herself a cup of tea and savoured the aromatic smells of good food for which this house was known for miles around . |
| 8 | Alexander III was known for his love of disguises , masques and jests . |
| 9 | When she bent over Sarah there was no sign of sympathy , yet she was known for her kindness . |
| 10 | He was known for his rugged good looks , and his best roles were in the Forties films The Ox-Bow Incident , Laura and The Best Years Of Their Lives . |
| 11 | Before she died tragically in 1977 , Ree Morton was known for her elaborate decorative tableaux , often involving a kind of stiffened fabric called ‘ celastic ’ . |
| 12 | The development of clones from the rosettes present at the beginning of the study was also recorded in detail so that the clonal parent was known for almost every rosette present in the quadrats at the end of the study . |
| 13 | In his time Richard D'Oyly Carte was known for opulent and daring productions of all kinds . |
| 14 | Son of cartoonist William Heath Robinson , Dom Basil was one of the pioneers of the pottery at Prinknash Abbey , Gloucestershire and was known for his work in sculpture and stained glass . |
| 15 | She was known for her acerbity , her cucumber sandwiches , and her insistence on decorum . |
| 16 | He was known for wanting to be photographed from every conceivable angle and vigorously applauded when making his inflammatory speeches , and I was looking forward to seeing in the flesh this extraordinary man of whom my parents had brought me up to disapprove . |
| 17 | He was known for the refined dandyism of his appearance , the flutterings and oscillations of his bearing , his heavy drinking , and his intense shyness . |
| 18 | Milner was known for his charm and the ease with which he made friends . |
| 19 | Throughout her career she was known for her powerful and abrasive manner : what Beatrice Webb described as her ‘ shrewd and capable but contentious ’ style , her ‘ insolently critical attitude towards all persons and institutions ’ , and her ‘ sharp satirical tongue ’ . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In Scotland she was known for her " push " , her ability to spark off ideas in those with a similar mental agility , her determination to get things done . |
| 22 | St Tropez was known for its beaches , and normally she could spend hours just soaking up the sun and watching the other people parading , but she felt too unsettled to do much more than lie on her towel , playing aimlessly with the sand and trying to convince herself that she did not want anything more out of Piers than he was prepared to give her . |
| 23 | Sentences could require in excess of 9 hours for a result ( or crash ) during which time it was known for the system to refuse logins to other users due to insufficient swap space . |
| 24 | Champion , who was known for his chipping and putting and who was a noted teacher of the game . |
| 25 | The new Information Minister was Mohamed Khojali Saliheen , who was known for his religious broadcasts under the Nemery regime . |
| 26 | Aksoy , who was a member of the SDPP , was known for his outspoken opposition to women wearing headscarves and the conversion of the St Sophia museum into a mosque [ see above ] . |
| 27 | Iranian-born Khoei , a scholar who had written more than 90 books on theology , was known for his adamantly apolitical stance . |
| 28 | Of the other candidates , Funar was mayor of Cluj-Napoca where he was known for anti-Hungarian measures [ see p. 38922 ] ; Dragomir had been chosen as NSF candidate on July 25 after Petre Roman , former Prime Minister and leader of the reformist NSF [ see p. 38881 ] had refused to stand for the presidency ; Manzatu , a professor and founder of the Republican Party ( RP ) , was formerly connected with the Ceausescu leadership ; and Druc , formerly Prime Minister of Moldova , campaigned solely on the unification issue . |
| 29 | Reports said that the Dec. 6 attack on the mosque was effectively abetted by the guards , some 200 paramilitary troops of the state-controlled Provincial Armed Constabulary ( PAC ) which was known for its pro-Hindu leanings ; they had allegedly stood aside and allowed militants to demolish the mosque 's structure . |
| 30 | He was known for combining his talent for organisation with a burning faith in Jesus present in the Eucharist . |