Example sentences of "[adv] know for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A rather less celebrated thespian , Miss Liz Lynne , 43 , best known for voice-overs and her work as Mr Ashdown 's voice trainer , follows Sir Cyril Smith into Parliament for Rochdale . |
| 2 | Six years ago he met his wife , English actress Victoria Tennant , best known for Winds of War with Robert Mitchum , when they co-starred in the film All Of Me . |
| 3 | His is a fury fanned by insensitive press coverage of homosexuality and the Aids epidemic ; the director best known for films like Caravaggio has leapt at the opportunity of reacting against ‘ licensed queer bashing ’ . |
| 4 | Both of them were already known for silences . |
| 5 | Audrey , 63 , widely known for roles in Roman Holiday and Breakfast At Tiffany 's , had recently returned from a tour of famine-hit Somalia , representing UN children 's fund UNICEF . |
| 6 | For all at once she could feel sweeping in on her a sense of utter desolation , the like of which she had n't known for years . |
| 7 | This is well known for predators ( especially birds ) which form a searching image ; see , for example , Cooper ( 1984 ) . |
| 8 | This is well known for metabisulphites and sulphur dioxide ( see p 291 ) . |
| 9 | Leven Canal is well known for miles around by fishermen . |
| 10 | Remember that I used to be very well known for sports shots . |