Sentence examples for which was notorious from inspiring English sources

American forces took over the prison, just west of Baghdad, which was notorious during the Saddam Hussein government.

Freddy had been living in Willowbrook Hospital in Staten Island, which was notorious for its awful conditions.

The two extant regional telecommunications companies, Telecom and Telefónica, in 1989 90 had replaced the state-owned Entel company, which was notorious for decade-long waits for installations.

Late in the nineteenth century, America's variety theatre — which was notorious for the brawling, drinking, thieving, gambling, stripping, whoring, and cursing that went with it — was supplanted by the comparatively clean-cut vaudeville.

A site for the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia includes a lengthy virtual tour of the former prison, which was notorious both for its fortresslike appearance and its harsh 19th-century system of solitary confinement (www.libertynet.org/e-state).

The MP told the authors Cameron attended a dining club called Piers Gaveston, named after Edward II's lover and known for its debauchery, as well as being part of the Bullingdon drinking club, which was notorious for trashing rooms.

There is little value to be found in a market which is notorious for defining desperation.

Abbas had been put in Fara' Philistine prison, which is notorious for torturing inmates.

Sachs recounts in great detail Toscanini's rehearsal methods, which were notorious.

The portfolio will be taken by Ricardo Barros, a civil engineer by training from the Progressive party, which is notorious for corruption.

Karimova has held several high-level positions in her father's government, which is notorious for its human rights record.