Example sentences of "known for her [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joanna Lumley may be better known for her recent performance in ‘ Absolutely Fabulous , ’ but she is also president of Farms for City Children . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Peggy La Riviere is well known for her wide variety of made-to-measure knitting machine and accessory covers and cases . |
| 4 | Shortly after the Berlin Wall came down , a leading East German art historian , well known for her extensive work on Socialist Realist painting , was invited to lecture on the subject at a West German institute . |
| 5 | Known for her quirky classicism , Lawley Duffey 's shoes include a good square-toed loafer in denim . |
| 6 | Despite her lauding of other Victorian virtues , Mrs Thatcher was known for her un-Victorian dislike of rail travel and was typical of those of her rising generation in placing a car high on her list of social desiderata and symbols of prosperity . |
| 7 | She is best known for her probable authorship of the anonymous pamphlet An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex ( 1696 ) , frequently ascribed to Mary Astell [ q.v . ] . |
| 8 | But , like the others , she 's been corralled here by one slightly harassed-looking comedienne rapidly becoming better known for her serious stance on food safety . |
| 9 | Ellie , a silent watcher , and still hurting from all the accusations being hurled around upstairs , and who was n't exactly known for her commanding presence , took one look at Terry 's tear-stained face , and offered quietly , ‘ Will you let me have a look ? ’ |
| 10 | Sabine Grzimek is known for her exciting treatment of surfaces . |