Example sentences of "has [adv] been know for " in BNC.

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1 Collagen has long been known for its hydrating power and as a source of nutrients for the skin , but its penetration into the epidermis has always been limited by its high molecular weight .
2 It has long been known for its very good annual conferences , and for giving the Eleanor Farjeon Award .
3 Singapore has long been known for its campaigns against littering , smoking , spitting and jay-walking , but it may be the only place in the world trying to toilet train an entire nation .
4 Originally bred as a draught animal , its milk has always been known for its quality ( if not quantity ) and it can fairly be called a dual-purpose breed .
5 It has even been known for an esteemed binder 's ticket to be transferred from a battered volume to a more handsome specimen with which he had no demonstrable connection .
6 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 !
7 In what must rank as one of the most petty letters ever to emerge from the SFA , an organisation that has never been known for its broad-mindedness , the secretary demanded that the ball be returned .
8 SCO has never been known for its realism .
9 Saddam has never been known for doing something for the benefit of others .
10 Besides , Goshawk Squadron has never been known for doing things half-heartedly , has it ? ’
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