Example sentences of "[am/are] famous for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Allan Edwards , director of the Anglers Co-operative Association , would be opposing all applications to abstract more water from the chalk streams of southern Yorkshire , which are famous for their wild trout . |
| 2 | Sheep graze up to its walls , mellow with yellow lichen , and the reedy dykes which surround it are famous for their marsh frogs , whose operatic baritone can be heard a mile away on May nights . |
| 3 | Benbecula and the Uists are famous for their association with Bonnie Prince Charlie , immortalised in ‘ The Skye Boat Song ’ . |
| 4 | Fletchers are famous for their forward planning , and so it was off to another aquatic centre , this time for some mortar to bed down the perimeter slabs . |
| 5 | From Mangrove swamps — the tropical equivalents to our saltmarshes — these unusual fish are famous for their ability to shoot insects above the water level . |
| 6 | The fenoderee possess phenomenal strength and are favoured by farmers for helping with heavy agricultural tasks , in particular they are famous for their skill and thoroughness in harvesting crops , and have been known to thresh a barnful of corn in one night . |
| 7 | The northern provinces of the Empire are famous for their bowmen and traditionally have a high proportion of these warriors in their armies . |
| 8 | Seafood is popular and the Aeolian islands are famous for their shellfish , especially the spiny lobster . |
| 9 | Le Creuset enamelled cast-iron dishes are famous for their hardwearing good looks . |
| 10 | It is difficult to believe that , among the tumult in the cave , either mother or baby would be able to recognise one another 's voices , but bats are famous for their skill in disentangling the echoes of their high-frequency squeaks and using them as a way of navigating . |
| 11 | The Rococo Gardens in Painswick are famous for their annual carpet of snowdrops . |
| 12 | FOOTBALLING people are famous for their turn of phrase , but I was still intrigued to see the reason given by Graham Taylor to justify his choice of Paul Ince as England 's latest captain . |
| 13 | ‘ We are famous for our soups , and we do n't use any oil in them , vegetable or otherwise . |