Example sentences of "[adv] be know for " in BNC.
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1 | Commanding Generals rarely are known for their sense humility . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | It has long been known for its very good annual conferences , and for giving the Eleanor Farjeon Award . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 ’ . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | Because the polling system is new and complex , the results will not be known for several days , but most observers expect the local party 's candidates to come in far behind the Popular Front and other unofficial groups . |
10 | The spread is estimated to be , say , 160 basis points above the gilt but will not be known for certain until issue day . |
11 | In the best traditions of the state 's statistics , a truthful answer will not be known for several years ( ie , when it is of little practical use ) . |
12 | The precise outcome of these changes will not be known for a little while , but regrettably it will almost certainly result in a lower financial provision for IT and many other areas in the longer term , and quite probably a significant lower level of commitment to new grants in all areas in the current academic session , since the sharpest adjustment needs to be made for 1991/92 . |
13 | effects would not be known , would not be known for a considerable period of time . |
14 | THE RESULT of a post-mortem examination on a man who died after collapsing at a rave party will not be known for another 48 hours , police said yesterday . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | they , they 've always been known for marvellous skin have n't they , the erm |
18 | I could be wrong , and if Kelly plays I sincerely hope he has a good game for if he does n't he may not recover from it , as he will always be known for ‘ screwing it when the Republic needed a win in Windsor ’ . |
19 | Renault cars have traditionally been known for their comfortable , well-controlled ride quality and their crisp , responsive steering . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | 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 ! |
22 | ‘ That depends on whether or not we get the green light for a full series , and that wo n't be known for a couple of months . |
23 | All the people of Israel then are to know for sure that this Jesus , whom you crucified , is the one that , that God has made Lord and Messiah . |
24 | Mail coaches &c. unable to travel … the long continuance of so severe cold Weather having scarce been known for the last Century . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | It had never been known for them to stay less than three hours — not that Mum minded . |
27 | In terms of healthy eating , the staples of American diners and fast-food outlets have never been known for their goodness . |
28 | SCO has never been known for its realism . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | Saddam has never been known for doing something for the benefit of others . |