Example sentences of "is [adv] know for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pople is widely known for his contributions to bonding theory and the development of computer programs in quantum mechanics . |
| 2 | Mr Faulds is better known for the way he says things ( ie very loudly indeed ) than for what he says . |
| 3 | His first known job was of advising on the course alterations at Pyecombe in Sussex in 1902 , but he is better known for designing from scratch some of the country 's most stunning courses — Carnoustie , Dalmahoy , Blairgowrie and Royal Blackheath , plus many , many more . |
| 4 | Possibly it is better known for inaugurating and managing the Leven Wild Water Test which are the forerunner of all wild water racing in Britain . |
| 5 | Since Comshare is better known for its well-established Commander EIS product , it would be no surprise to find that many of its corporate FDC users began , like British Aerospace , as EIS users . |
| 6 | Thomas Telford is better known for such engineering feats as the Menai Suspension Bridge or the Caledonian Canal , or roads and bridges throughout the Highlands . |
| 7 | Exactly what happened is not known for certain , but the most likely scenario is that Crabb was intercepted by Russian frogmen and taken on board the Ordzhonikidze through a ‘ wet chamber ’ . |
| 8 | Even if the exact number of rounds in the game is not known for certain , in real life it is often possible to make a statistical guess as to how much longer the game is likely to last . |
| 9 | It is not known for certain at what moment of time afterwards she looked at her fingers , in order to gaze admiringly at the ring . |
| 10 | It is not known for certain if the male and female form a pair bond . |
| 11 | The exact date is not known for certain , but is either July 12th or 19th 1958 . |
| 12 | Whether we get linguistic ability from our genes , or by imitating others or just from general intelligence is not known for sure . |
| 13 | Although it is not known for certain whether Yazid was present at Karbala , he is cast by the Shiites as the author of the incident , and the name is to this day a favourite Shiite epithet for a Sunni adversary — it was used in this sense during the 1980s war by the Tehran leadership when referring to that in Baghdad . |
| 14 | Chillida , from San Sebastian , Spain , is best know for his monumental works in natural materials , such as wood , iron and marble , but he also produces collages and engravings . |
| 15 | In Britain he is best known for the remarkable Byker Wall housing scheme in Newcastle-upon-Tyne . |
| 16 | It is best known for its mouth-watering digestive biscuits , but some staggering statistics graphically illustrate the incredible production rate at United Biscuits . |
| 17 | The latest of SAVE 's publications is Bright Future : The Re-Use of Industrial Buildings , written with the architect Francis Machin , who is best known for his futuristic conservatories , but whose conversions include the transformation of my own barn into a library and office . |
| 18 | Mr Chandler is best known for his book ‘ The Visible Hand ’ , published in 1977 , which chronicled the rise of managerial capitalism in America and won him a Pulitzer prize . |
| 19 | To most people , Turing is best known for his work on the theory of computing machines , but in time his work on the theory of morphogenesis may be seen as equally important . |
| 20 | The construction and development industry is best known for this and there were notable scandals in the 1970s which linked architects ( such as John Poulson ) , who were highly dependent on local authority orders , to key local politicians ( such as T. Dan Smith ) , who had some influence over their allocation . |
| 21 | The 19th century explorer and illustrator , Walter Hood Fitch is best known for his flamboyant yet accurate drawings which have made a lasting contribution to our knowledge of the plant world and to the art of botanical illustration . |
| 22 | It is best known for persecuting Indian peasants , especially the lower castes or ‘ Untouchables ’ , who may have stolen from a neighbour or have demonstrated dirty habits . |
| 23 | The former Maesteg coach is best known for his work at what was once known as Cardiff College of Education whose former student include Lyn ‘ the Leap ’ Davies , Gareth Edwards and John Bevan and more recently , John Devereux and Tony Copsey . |
| 24 | Mlle Adjani , who made her first film , Faustine , at the age of 16 and is best known for The Story of Adele H , is now working on new film projects and promoting Christian Dior . |
| 25 | The 19th century explorer and illustrator , Walter Hood Fitch is best known for his flamboyant yet accurate drawings which have made a lasting contribution to our knowledge of the plant world and to the art of botanical illustration . |
| 26 | Although the area is best known for its superb Ordovician basic pillow lavas , the rock sequence also spans a large part of the history of the Lower Palaeozoic Welsh Basin . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | WACC has long-standing connections with the Center , which is best known for its quarterly magazine Media&Values . |
| 29 | He is best known for his series of paintings , begun in 1946 , which celebrated the life of the outlaw Ned Kelly , who appears with a huge square helmet on his head in the burning wastes of the outback ; ‘ Rousseau and sunlight ’ was how Nolan characterised his own intentionally naive style . |
| 30 | Goldin is best known for her 1986 book , The Ballad of Sexual Dependency , an account of her intimates in the seamy Seventies nightlife of New York and Provincetown . |