Example sentences of "know for [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the best exercise I know for eliminating inches from the waistline . |
| 2 | Capita Group , the management services company best known for collecting poll tax and operating TV licence detector vans but which makes most of its money operating computers for local authorities , has been given a new lease of life by John Major 's re-election . |
| 3 | After recently ditching their long-time manager ANTHONY BOGGIANO , they somehow managed to attract the attention of self-styled svengali SIMON NAPIER-BELL ( better known for managing MARC BOLAN and WHAM ! among others ) . |
| 4 | Homer Scott was delighted when he saw the building for the first time at the May Day meeting and even the course bookmakers who are not known for lavishing praise on anything , are impressed by what has been built . |
| 5 | Chico Mendes was internationally known for organising Amazon 's rubber tappers to defend their livelihood against the encroachments of landowners and timber merchants . |
| 6 | It was Thomas Paine who is said to have suggested United States of America as the name for the new country but he is perhaps best known for abolishing slavery in Pennsylvania 1780 and for his important written works including ‘ The Rights of Man ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Everyone in the area knew him and followed him everywhere , as he was well known for bringing provisions and medical supplies . |
| 8 | The contents of the jiffy bag were n't important but they were genuine , and the solicitors were well known for handling City problems . |
| 9 | ‘ Back in Holland , I 'm known for making movies which very broad sexual and political statements , and they are my statements , ’ he adds . |
| 10 | ‘ The NFU is well known for representing farmers , and it 's necessary for the BHA to be easily understood as representing the hospitality industry in all its forms , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Besides , Goshawk Squadron has never been known for doing things half-heartedly , has it ? ’ |
| 12 | But the bird that is best known for extracting insects from wood by means of a tool is the woodpecker finch of the Galapagos Islands . |
| 13 | Miss Hepburn , best known for starring roles in such 1960s ' classics as My Fair Lady and Breakfast at Tiffany 's , recently toured refugee camps in famine-ravaged Somalia as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nation 's children 's fund . |