Example sentences of "known for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm known for a particular dish : snails with nettle sauce . |
| 2 | In Dresden , long known for a softer line than elsewhere , the Mayor , Wolfgang Berghofer , announced after talks with 20 church and New Forum opposition activists that he was willing to discuss their nine-point proposal , and release anyone arrested who was not accused of violence within 24 hours . |
| 3 | The problem of toxics and blue-green algae had been known for a century in countries like Australia and the US where it occurred naturally . |
| 4 | ‘ Jason Donovan has known for a long time that The Face is not rich , and we have repeatedly offered to apologise unreservedly for the article , ’ the statement added . |
| 5 | ‘ Jason Donovan has known for a long time that The Face is not rich , and we have repeatedly offered to apologise unreservedly for the article , ’ the statement added . |
| 6 | It had been known for a long time that histamine was responsible for producing many allergies and the first antihistamine drug was produced in France in 1937 . |
| 7 | We 've known for a long time that when you can talk on the run , the miles just fly by . |
| 8 | Other diuretics have been known for a long time , especially arsenical compounds of mercury . |
| 9 | You do n't expect that from people you have known for a long time . |
| 10 | The art ( therapy ? ) of Reflexology is founded on the principle that massaging the feet can affect the health of other parts of the body , a fact which acupuncture has known for a long time . |
| 11 | It has been known for a tough roadman-sprinter to control the race in these big hills , not to lose much time on the Ballon , then rejoin the leading group , dominate them on the long downhill run into Mulhouse and win the stage . |
| 12 | We have also known for a long time that morphine cures diarrhoea . |
| 13 | I noticed how happy people were , which was something I had n't known for a long time . |
| 14 | It has been known for a woman going into labour to suddenly perceive the connection between herself , her mother , mother 's mother , all the mothers of her line stretching back to the beginnings of time , and all the daughters that will follow after . |
| 15 | It was a word that Masklin had only known for a year . |
| 16 | The toxic nature of some animals has been known for a long time and man has utilised their venoms and poisons for various purposes . |
| 17 | Oddly enough , his father , whom Peter had known for a much shorter time , was quite distinct in his memory , right down to the smell of Palmolive shaving cream and Gold Leaf cigarettes . |
| 18 | The effect of early experience on the mating preferences of birds and mammals has been known for a long time . |
| 19 | It has been known for a long time , and has led to the more modern practice called ‘ foliar feeding ’ , in which the purpose is not so much to correct deficiencies , but to encourage a boost in performance , yield and so on by spraying major element solutions on to the leaves in the same way . |
| 20 | The six , who include Anne Demeulemeester and Dirk Bikkembergs , are known for a free and direct style that shocks some people . |
| 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 | It 's been known for a very long time that from these cases you can isolate this organism C diphtheria bacterium which you saw in the practical classes and has this distinctive stayed property where er certain granules can be stayed up and also the arrangement of the cells is rather reminiscent of what called Chinese lettering . |
| 23 | We have known for a long time that there is no one right way to analyze a proposed capital investment . |
| 24 | Managers have known for a long time that demographics matter , but they have always believed that population statistics change slowly . |
| 25 | ‘ There 's a real danger in the field of design these days that you become known for a specific style , like a particular type of chair , for instance , and that is all that people will ever want you to do . ’ |
| 26 | It has been known for a long time that , partly due to their immense size , elephants can hear much lower sounds than we can . |
| 27 | I had the result this afternoon , but I 've known for a few weeks , really . |
| 28 | And then in nineteen forty two the secretary , the very well known for a number of reasons secretary of the Hosiery Workers , his name was , he was the J P and he was er er I would n't say he 's a a pillar of the Tory Party but he were n't far off , you , well he died . |
| 29 | As I 've mentioned already in the context of metaphors of memory , the phenomenon of ‘ animal electricity ’ and its relation to neural activity had been known for a long time — at least since Galvani 's demonstration in Bologna in the 1790s that electrical pulses caused a frog 's legs to twitch . |
| 30 | Mills was amoral and untrustworthy , but we 've known for a while now that he definitely worked for us . ’ |