Example sentences of "probably best know [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To his non-political contemporaries , however , Sparke was probably best known as the compiler of Crums of Comfort , a collection of prayers for such crises as death , poverty , and war , which went through forty-four editions from its first publication in 1628 to the last in 1755 . |
| 2 | Herringman is probably best known as the publisher of John Dryden [ q.v. ] , but his first enterprising move was to purchase the stock of John Holden , who had died in May 1652 , and to set up business at Holden 's former shop at the Blue Anchor in the Lower Walk , New Exchange , during 1653 . |
| 3 | In Britain , the ideas of Beccaria are probably best known through their influence on Bentham . |
| 4 | Probably best known for his classic suits , his entire collection exudes a cool elegance . |
| 5 | RONALD EYRE , who has died aged 62 , was an accomplished stage , television and opera director , though he was probably best known for his investigation of religious themes . |
| 6 | Easily Accessible : Banbury lies on the edge of the Cotswolds and is therefore ideally situated for walking , but it is probably best known for both the nursery rhyme ‘ Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross , To see a fine lady , upon a white horse ’ and for its special cakes made from a 300-year old recipe . |
| 7 | Fleeces are probably best known for their ability to protect plants from quite severe frost . |
| 8 | Sage , as a company , is probably best known for its accounting and financial software — there ca n't be many PC users in our readership that have n't heard of the Sterling and Sovereign range of programs — but still manages to produce a workmanlike networking product . |
| 9 | The 64-year-old actor is probably best known for playing larger than life council labourer Selwyn Froggit on TV in the 1970s . |
| 10 | He introduced other things — the Marionette Theatre shortly after his arrival , the archaeological digs at Bakewell , First Form camps on Mull , hiking expeditions to the Lake District , the Dolomites , Venice , the Pyrenees , Spain , Greece , and — probably best known of all — Corsica , every Easter from 1960 to 1977 . |
| 11 | Used for tableware in the past , pewter is now probably best known in the form of drinking tankards . |