Example sentences of "known for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's a real danger in the field of design these days that you become known for a specific style , like a particular type of chair , for instance , and that is all that people will ever want you to do . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Jason Donovan has known for a long time that The Face is not rich , and we have repeatedly offered to apologise unreservedly for the article , ’ the statement added . |
| 3 | ‘ Jason Donovan has known for a long time that The Face is not rich , and we have repeatedly offered to apologise unreservedly for the article , ’ the statement added . |
| 4 | It had been known for a long time that histamine was responsible for producing many allergies and the first antihistamine drug was produced in France in 1937 . |
| 5 | We 've known for a long time that when you can talk on the run , the miles just fly by . |
| 6 | Other diuretics have been known for a long time , especially arsenical compounds of mercury . |
| 7 | You do n't expect that from people you have known for a long time . |
| 8 | The art ( therapy ? ) of Reflexology is founded on the principle that massaging the feet can affect the health of other parts of the body , a fact which acupuncture has known for a long time . |
| 9 | We have also known for a long time that morphine cures diarrhoea . |
| 10 | I noticed how happy people were , which was something I had n't known for a long time . |
| 11 | The toxic nature of some animals has been known for a long time and man has utilised their venoms and poisons for various purposes . |
| 12 | The effect of early experience on the mating preferences of birds and mammals has been known for a long time . |
| 13 | It has been known for a long time , and has led to the more modern practice called ‘ foliar feeding ’ , in which the purpose is not so much to correct deficiencies , but to encourage a boost in performance , yield and so on by spraying major element solutions on to the leaves in the same way . |
| 14 | We have known for a long time that there is no one right way to analyze a proposed capital investment . |
| 15 | Managers have known for a long time that demographics matter , but they have always believed that population statistics change slowly . |
| 16 | It has been known for a long time that , partly due to their immense size , elephants can hear much lower sounds than we can . |
| 17 | As I 've mentioned already in the context of metaphors of memory , the phenomenon of ‘ animal electricity ’ and its relation to neural activity had been known for a long time — at least since Galvani 's demonstration in Bologna in the 1790s that electrical pulses caused a frog 's legs to twitch . |
| 18 | She had known for a long time now . |
| 19 | The owner was a small exter named Fif , a ball of orange fur with tentacles , whom I 'd known for a long time in various planets . |
| 20 | These are called reaves and , while they have been known for a long time , their age , extent and probable purpose have only recently been recognised . |
| 21 | We 've both known for a long time how we feel about each other and all the reasons why nothing can ever come of it . |
| 22 | He had known for a long time , but had refused to admit it to himself . |
| 23 | at last the confirmation of something he had known for a long time . |
| 24 | Your friends usually are the one you have known for a long period of time , for example at work or at university . |
| 25 | Culpeper was famous for his optical instruments , especially microscopes , but also known for a wide variety of mathematical instruments in silver , brass , ivory , and wood , although it is difficult to determine at what point he moved from being a maker to a retailer . |
| 26 | I 'm known for a particular dish : snails with nettle sauce . |
| 27 | This is , in effect , what had already been known for a considerable time as a ‘ cantata ’ for six voices , four viole , two violini , and string and keyboard continuo , in four strongly contrasted sections ( solo and tutti ) preceded by a sinfonia . |
| 28 | effects would not be known , would not be known for a considerable period of time . |
| 29 | The great advantage of having a fixed date er for these European elections on the ninth of June , a date that 's been well known for a considerable time now , should be the certainty for the electorate , that they know not only the date of that election but the geographical boundary er of the constituency in which they live er the candidates that they can choose from and of course in relation to European elections , the number of er members of the European parliament that there will be representing the United Kingdom . |
| 30 | The six , who include Anne Demeulemeester and Dirk Bikkembergs , are known for a free and direct style that shocks some people . |