Example sentences of "[conj] [is] [adv] know for " in BNC.

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1 But the bird that is best known for extracting insects from wood by means of a tool is the woodpecker finch of the Galapagos Islands .
2 Mlle Adjani , who made her first film , Faustine , at the age of 16 and is best known for The Story of Adele H , is now working on new film projects and promoting Christian Dior .
3 Birthright is a charity which funds research projects to improve the health of women and their babies , and is best known for its work on pregnancy and childbirth .
4 Fiona Price & Partners Ltd is an all-women company of financial advisers and is well known for having an almost all-female clientele .
5 Mitcham which contains a number of interesting Georgian houses , is now a separate borough and is well known for its historic cricket green and its lavender factory .
6 Tony Farrow has been building one-off yachts for 20 years and is well known for the trimaran Colt Cars GB , Geoff Panell 's Admiral 's Cup triallist Itzanotherpurla re-named Red Stripe and more recently used by the RAF as a test bench under the name of Oracle Arrow in preparation for this year 's Admiral 's Cup .
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