Example sentences of "[adv] know for their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Francesco Primaticcio and Niccolo del'Abbate are better known for their work outside their native city , and an outsider , Dionys Calvaert , adopted Bologna to exert great influence on the next generation of painters . |
| 2 | Microprose are better known for their comprehensive Simulations such as F-15 II Strike Eagle , and Gunship 2000 , their latest release is a strategy type Role Playing Game called Darklands . |
| 3 | They are best known for their pantomimes and comedy and felt the need for a change . |
| 4 | Geophysicists are perhaps not best known for their romantic souls , and when they invented the dire appellation subduction zone , they probably overlooked the fact that precisely because of all this subterranean frenzy , each one is an area of quite extraordinary beauty . |
| 5 | ‘ Not best known for their reliability , mind , travelling about the country , never being in one place for more than a few weeks , got to be careful there . ’ |
| 6 | Fleeces are probably best known for their ability to protect plants from quite severe frost . |
| 7 | While at this end of the neck the Grover adjustable machineheads are smooth , and although budget guitars are not exactly known for their tuning stability , this guitar is reassuringly accurate . |
| 8 | VICE-CHANCELLORS are not normally known for their speed of action and this is how it should be : universities are reflective , discursive communities . |
| 9 | Christians today are not normally known for their candour about doubt or for their confident ability to resolve it . |
| 10 | TICKET touts are not known for their flair for public relations . |
| 11 | The Democratic Unionist Party is in the curious position of being dominated by evangelicals and hence being more favourable to temperance and sabbatarianism than the Official Unionists and at the same time being better supported than the Officials by working-class loyalists who are not known for their piety and who are prepared to support acts of criminal violence . |
| 12 | That way , they query nothing and never answer back ; as a result they are not known for their political judgement , but , during the Depression they were jolted into social awareness . |
| 13 | Two disciplines not known for their loving attachment to high , or any other height , technology . |
| 14 | Rickenbacker , who incidentally celebrate their 60th anniversary this year , are not known for their impetuosity when it comes to new guitar and bass designs . |
| 15 | In the familiar world in which we live , ducklings are not known for their propensity for attacking farmers ; they are classed among the victims of the killing process . |
| 16 | Mind you , not known for their generous pay awards , these Councils according to the government are a main obstacle to economic hope and prosperity in Britain . |
| 17 | With the auction taking place in the hangar nearest the airfield flightline , the auctioneer fought a verbal battle at times with the public address system on the airfield and the constant opening and closing of the hangar doors , the latter not known for their quietness ! |
| 18 | Barnsley are not known for their fancy football or flair , but they 're well drilled and organised and Oxford just could n't find a way through . |
| 19 | The players , not known for their tolerance of youth , have shown him , on occasion , bared teeth . |
| 20 | Always known for their use of innovative fabrics , the pair are now concentrating on marrying active sportswear ideas to formal shapes . |
| 21 | He has been savaged throughout his visit to Rome by an unusual alliance of fundamentalist Protestants and Tory MPs not usually known for their theological knowledge or zeal . |
| 22 | In Britain , his followers are well known for their ownership of Mentmore Towers , the palatial former home of the Earls of Rosebery . |
| 23 | Farmers are well known for their conservatism . |
| 24 | When Hannah made her first public bow , she was constantly in the company of an elderly white cow called Her Ladyship and her love for this awkward beast touched a certain public soft spot — the British are well known for their protective , caring attitude toward animals . |
| 25 | S&S are also well known for their Anti-Virus Toolkit , the industry standard package for dealing with this new threat . |
| 26 | Some pioneers ( Ron James was a famous example ) were well known for their peerless protection ability . |
| 27 | Clinique , well known for their superb skin care products have formulated Skin Supplies For Men . |
| 28 | The Brynteg group are , of course , well known for their high-quality Taff Vale carriage restoration project . |
| 29 | A number of other young men in the Town Boys group were well known for their ability to drink impossible-sounding quantities of beer . |
| 30 | Capricorns are well known for their blunt mannerisms . |