adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
most
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Thus ends the story of Reading's most notorious citizen.
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There is 544 Camp Street in New Orleans, the most notorious address in the chronicles of the assassination.
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The most notorious example in Julius Caesar was the scenes where Brutus reacts to the death of his wife Portia.
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The most notorious confrontation took place around a coking plant at Orgreave, near Sheffield.
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His most notorious story was a psychoanalysis of Rupert Murdoch based on material from sources including the office cleaners.
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Langtoft is perhaps most notorious for its record of freak weather conditions and violent storms.
■ NOUN
case
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The most notorious case concerns the 1,600 names on 31 Outhwaite syndicates.
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The notorious case of Michigan shows this issue at its most stark.
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The next strand led back to the notorious case of Crichel Down in 1954.
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The judgments in notorious cases which had decided that there could be unfettered administrative discretion were repudiated.
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Probably the notorious case of some rail coaches being moved by road came about in the same way.
example
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The most notorious example in Julius Caesar was the scenes where Brutus reacts to the death of his wife Portia.
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Cantril Farm in Knowsley, 8 miles from Liverpool, is one particularly notorious example .
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The Mexico-Australia, Paraguay-USA, and Paraguay-France matches a few years ago were other notorious examples .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Davis is a notorious woman hater.
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English soccer fans are notorious for their drunkenness.
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One of Britain's most notorious criminals has escaped from prison.
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the notorious flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He faced up to the notorious Chelsea Boot Boys with an electrified fence but was refused permission to switch it on.
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Hotels and catering are notorious for their low rates of pay.
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Sauteed quail livers with Madeira sauce are notorious in this regard.
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The crash happened at a notorious accident blackspot.
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The middle of United's notorious pitch was a swamp long before kick-off, posing the threat of stamina-sapping conditions.
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The Richmond case joins other notorious incidents of child-against-child violence in recent years.
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This portrait of self-destruction is told through the contrast of two singing sisters, one famous and one notorious .