Example sentences of "not know for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TICKET touts are not known for their flair for public relations . |
| 2 | The Democratic Unionist Party is in the curious position of being dominated by evangelicals and hence being more favourable to temperance and sabbatarianism than the Official Unionists and at the same time being better supported than the Officials by working-class loyalists who are not known for their piety and who are prepared to support acts of criminal violence . |
| 3 | That way , they query nothing and never answer back ; as a result they are not known for their political judgement , but , during the Depression they were jolted into social awareness . |
| 4 | Two disciplines not known for their loving attachment to high , or any other height , technology . |
| 5 | Rickenbacker , who incidentally celebrate their 60th anniversary this year , are not known for their impetuosity when it comes to new guitar and bass designs . |
| 6 | In the familiar world in which we live , ducklings are not known for their propensity for attacking farmers ; they are classed among the victims of the killing process . |
| 7 | Mind you , not known for their generous pay awards , these Councils according to the government are a main obstacle to economic hope and prosperity in Britain . |
| 8 | With the auction taking place in the hangar nearest the airfield flightline , the auctioneer fought a verbal battle at times with the public address system on the airfield and the constant opening and closing of the hangar doors , the latter not known for their quietness ! |
| 9 | Barnsley are not known for their fancy football or flair , but they 're well drilled and organised and Oxford just could n't find a way through . |
| 10 | The players , not known for their tolerance of youth , have shown him , on occasion , bared teeth . |
| 11 | Michael Heseltine has remarked that the BBC was ‘ not known for its independence ’ . |
| 12 | Tough it may be , but Washington is one who defied the odds to achieve world status in a sport not known for its liberal representation of blacks . |
| 13 | We 're not known for our pace . |
| 14 | The system outlined by Lord Donaldson , a man not known for his left tendencies , bears marked similarities to those operated in a number of eastern bloc countries . |
| 15 | Soon Richard Darman , the budget director not known for his light touch , will resume his attack . |
| 16 | The NME succumbed to The Smiths success by parading a lengthy Smiths interview by Biba Kopf , a writer not known for his enthusiasm for the Smiths . |
| 17 | Mr Ueberroth may have spoken a bit too bluntly for his own good — and was not known for his sensitivity in dealing with the urban poor . |
| 18 | Charles Dickens was not known for his brevity . |