Example sentences of "be known for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ! |
| 2 | The problem of toxics and blue-green algae had been known for a century in countries like Australia and the US where it occurred naturally . |
| 3 | It has been known for a woman going into labour to suddenly perceive the connection between herself , her mother , mother 's mother , all the mothers of her line stretching back to the beginnings of time , and all the daughters that will follow after . |
| 4 | In her days as a schoolteacher she 'd been known for the quickness of her wit and her clarity of thought . |
| 5 | It has been known for the hinges on a canopy to fail or for poorly designed and faulty catches to fail in flight , resulting in a lost canopy . |
| 6 | ‘ That depends on whether or not we get the green light for a full series , and that wo n't be known for a couple of months . |
| 7 | But the final figure may never be known for the flats were notorious for sheltering illegal immigrants . |
| 8 | Accused number eight , as Mrs Mandela will be known for the duration of the trial , muttered barely inaudible replies to the magistrate who made sure she was following the proceedings . |
| 9 | Working womens ' organisations you get co-opted on and the , we were known for the way , the business-like way we run our meeting you know . |
| 10 | , that we adopt what is known for the present ; and |
| 11 | At Connaught Brown there are fourteen new abstract paintings by William MacIlraith ( 24 March-20 April ) who is known for the picture surfaces which he achieves with a special wax and pigment technique . |
| 12 | Sentences could require in excess of 9 hours for a result ( or crash ) during which time it was known for the system to refuse logins to other users due to insufficient swap space . |