Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] know for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although best known for motor insurance , Direct Line writes two other classes of insurance : household and creditor . |
| 2 | Above : Although best known for his portrayal of the manic Basil Fawlty , John is described by colleagues as sensitive , thoughtful and serious |
| 3 | Although best known for such delicious things as ‘ Sweet honeysucking bees ’ , his greatest work is to be found in serious madrigals like ‘ All pleasure is of this condition ’ and ‘ Thou art but young ’ . |
| 4 | Among the Peers was the Marquess of Zetland , aged 54 and better known for his love of horse racing . |
| 5 | David Mills , the erstwhile head of the Hazardous Chemical wing of Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) — and well known for his criticisms of the lack of effective policing of what he defends as largely sound rules — says that placing high-temperature incinerators in some sort of hierarchy of risks is ‘ a terribly subjective business . ’ |
| 6 | The abbot of St Martial 's , the leader of the 1177 " crusade " against the Brabançons and well known for his loyalty to the Dukes of Aquitaine , took refuge in the abbey town of La Souterraine . |
| 7 | Although nominally neutral , he was a firm supporter of the ruling National Democratic Party of President Hosni Mubarak and well known for his hostility towards opposition groups , in particular towards Moslem fundamentalist parties . |
| 8 | At the same time , however , the man appointed as Minister , Gabriel Arias Salgado , was a rigid Catholic and well known for the fanatical campaigns against sin and temptation in literature , cinema and theatre that he had master-minded from the Department of Popular Education in the 1940s . |
| 9 | Coun. Mrs Rita Fishwick , Mayor of Darlington and well known for her love of animals , presented the framed certificates . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Columbia , now owned by Japan 's Sony , has become as well known for the high spending of its management team , Peter Guber and Jon Peters , as its films ; Mr Peters has now taken a back seat . |
| 12 | Harry Bradshaw , who died in December at the age of 77 , was probably as well known for the manner in which he failed to win the 1949 Open as his considerable success elsewhere . |
| 13 | Maybe this annual event will become as well known for rare and fine records as it is for books . |