Example sentences of "[adv] [been] know for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Collagen has long been known for its hydrating power and as a source of nutrients for the skin , but its penetration into the epidermis has always been limited by its high molecular weight . |
| 2 | It has long been known for its very good annual conferences , and for giving the Eleanor Farjeon Award . |
| 3 | Singapore has long been known for its campaigns against littering , smoking , spitting and jay-walking , but it may be the only place in the world trying to toilet train an entire nation . |
| 4 | The area has not been know for fashion stores for a long time , but the new Criterion building is the location of Sogo , the new drive-in fashion store . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Mexicans have always been known for heavy drinking because traditional forms of alcohol are cheap , peasants often making their own , and this is a classic way of forgetting the drudgery of poverty . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | they , they 've always been known for marvellous skin have n't they , the erm |
| 11 | Renault cars have traditionally been known for their comfortable , well-controlled ride quality and their crisp , responsive steering . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It has even been known for a company to respond to a request for information six weeks after the initial query and then to complain that their product had been left out ! |
| 14 | Mail coaches &c. unable to travel … the long continuance of so severe cold Weather having scarce been known for the last Century . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It had never been known for them to stay less than three hours — not that Mum minded . |
| 17 | In terms of healthy eating , the staples of American diners and fast-food outlets have never been known for their goodness . |
| 18 | SCO has never been known for its realism . |
| 19 | That was an intervention from her conscience but she had never been known for obstinacy in the past , and it was puzzling to account , really , for her awkward persistence about Grace . |
| 20 | Saddam has never been known for doing something for the benefit of others . |
| 21 | Besides , Goshawk Squadron has never been known for doing things half-heartedly , has it ? ’ |