Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] be know for " in BNC.
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1 | Collagen has long been known for its hydrating power and as a source of nutrients for the skin , but its penetration into the epidermis has always been limited by its high molecular weight . |
2 | It has long been known for its very good annual conferences , and for giving the Eleanor Farjeon Award . |
3 | Singapore has long been known for its campaigns against littering , smoking , spitting and jay-walking , but it may be the only place in the world trying to toilet train an entire nation . |
4 | Originally bred as a draught animal , its milk has always been known for its quality ( if not quantity ) and it can fairly be called a dual-purpose breed . |
5 | It has even been known for an esteemed binder 's ticket to be transferred from a battered volume to a more handsome specimen with which he had no demonstrable connection . |
6 | 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 ! |
7 | In what must rank as one of the most petty letters ever to emerge from the SFA , an organisation that has never been known for its broad-mindedness , the secretary demanded that the ball be returned . |
8 | SCO has never been known for its realism . |
9 | Saddam has never been known for doing something for the benefit of others . |
10 | Besides , Goshawk Squadron has never been known for doing things half-heartedly , has it ? ’ |
11 | Mail coaches &c. unable to travel … the long continuance of so severe cold Weather having scarce been known for the last Century . |
12 | In 1947 when Frank had his insight the existence of muons had already been known for ten years and the existence of muonic atoms had also been predicted . |
13 | This is , in effect , what had already been known for a considerable time as a ‘ cantata ’ for six voices , four viole , two violini , and string and keyboard continuo , in four strongly contrasted sections ( solo and tutti ) preceded by a sinfonia . |
14 | they , they 've always been known for marvellous skin have n't they , the erm |
15 | It had never been known for them to stay less than three hours — not that Mum minded . |
16 | That was an intervention from her conscience but she had never been known for obstinacy in the past , and it was puzzling to account , really , for her awkward persistence about Grace . |
17 | Mexicans have always been known for heavy drinking because traditional forms of alcohol are cheap , peasants often making their own , and this is a classic way of forgetting the drudgery of poverty . |
18 | Renault cars have traditionally been known for their comfortable , well-controlled ride quality and their crisp , responsive steering . |
19 | In terms of healthy eating , the staples of American diners and fast-food outlets have never been known for their goodness . |