Example sentences of "well known for its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That part of Parma , around Borgo delle Colonne , was apparently well known for its brothels , and I often used to see heavily made-up women in tight skirts and high-heeled shoes decorated with silver stars parading up and down ; I assume now that they were what the Parmigiani used to refer to as putane , whores . |
| 2 | One , reported in Flight International , was to find three senior aerospace engineers for Canadair , the leading Canadian aeronautical manufacturer , well known for its Challenger corporate jet , CL-215 water bomber and advanced military surveillance systems . |
| 3 | Bath is a beautiful city well known for its spa , its Roman baths and the excellence of its Georgian architecture , an example of which is the supremely elegant Crescent . |
| 4 | Not only are the men and women involved people of remarkable courage and strength , but unlike Imperial Typewriters or Spiralynx it is a strike of black workers in an area well known for its tradition of left wing trade union organisation . |
| 5 | In addition to the sheep and wool market , Hawkshead was well known for its cattle market . |
| 6 | Well known for its preservation of textiles , leather and tablets . |
| 7 | Matsushita is one of the world 's major manufacturers , well known for its Panasonic , Technics and National brand names . |
| 8 | At different times , the town was well known for its stocking frame knitters , the substantial brick works at the Mythe , as well as , during the 19th century , its large brewery , originally founded by David Jones , and later taken over by Blizard and Colman . |
| 9 | Morley became well known for its music ( Sir Michael Tippett ) , its theatre and ballet ( Rupert Doone ) , and its art ( Eric Ravilious , q.v. , and Edward Bawden ) . |
| 10 | The village will be a huddle of 100 American-style houses designed by Wigfall Group Practice , a firm already well known for its addiction to timber-frame construction . |
| 11 | The village is well known for its flowers , and has been rewarded several times with a place in the Britain in Bloom Competition . |
| 12 | The diversity of the components of a textile effluent is very great , probably only matched or exceeded by that of the tanning industry , which is well known for its variability . |
| 13 | I mean , sometimes , as Lord of the Manor , I have to order one but my court is well known for its leniency . |
| 14 | Wales is well known for its wool and woollen products . |
| 15 | The prevalent merchant culture in the early Italian city-republics , notably in Florence — one of the largest cities in Europe at the time and one which is well known for its lauda tradition — provided the ideal climate for the development of the lay companies . |