Example sentences of "[be] notable for its " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , western policy has been notable for its lack of order , particularly towards Russia . |
| 2 | The old part of the town is home to one of the most famous Venetian harbour promenades in Greece and the modern town is notable for its busy indoor market , and the only one in Crete . |
| 3 | This 1919 film is notable for its stunning expressionist sets and super plot twist at the end . |
| 4 | Quite apart from the misreporting here , and the extraordinary exaggeration — the tribunal cost nowhere near three billion naira — the piece is notable for its complete lack of concern for the facts . |
| 5 | The Mass is notable for its assimilation of Baroque contrapuntal elements — further evidence of Mozart 's recent preoccupation with Bach and Handel . |
| 6 | Few craft activities of the early Anglo-Saxon period have left any archaeological traces except in their finished products , and metalworking is notable for its near absence . |
| 7 | In contrast , ‘ Der Lindenbaum ’ is notable for its beautiful ‘ mezza voce ’ and the singer 's luminous tone . |
| 8 | Above all , this interpretation is notable for its unity of approach : wife and husband think and perform the songs as one , with the kind of instinctive understanding found in that other notable partnership — that of Pears and Britten on mid-price Decca . |
| 9 | Set on the beautiful sandy beach at Negambo , the modern Browns Beach Hotel is notable for its cuisine and entertainment . |
| 10 | Monks Wood is notable for its nightingales . |
| 11 | It is safe to say that the traditional Marxist ‘ base and superstructure ’ is notable for its absence in Foucault , but it is less clear what he thinks is the role of economics in social and penal change . |
| 12 | In June and July M. watsonii is notable for its upwards-facing creamy white flowers and prominent crimson anthers , not to mention its almost overpowering fragrance . |
| 13 | LEFT : The garden at Bodnant in Gwynedd is notable for its collection of rhododendrons , magnolias and camellias among a wide range of trees and shrubs ( National Trust Photographic Library/Ian Shaw ) |
| 14 | Margaret Hoby 's diary — the earliest known by an Englishwoman — is notable for its depiction of the domestic disciplines of Elizabethan Puritanism . |
| 15 | Firstly , her book is notable for its attempt to combine good living with economy . |
| 16 | La Doriclea ( 1645 ) is notable for its number of choral scenes , which were clearly sung by genuine choruses — unlike the cori which were commonly no more than ensembles of soloists . |
| 17 | Guitar is notable for its complete absence and even keyboards are minimally used . |
| 18 | Coutances is notable for its unity of design , internally and externally . |
| 19 | The Class 89 was notable for its lack of teething troubles , sadly not experienced by the two other new electric designs . |
| 20 | ‘ Symptom substitution ’ was notable for its absence , and the ‘ underlying psychological problems ’ seem to have been a result rather than a cause . |
| 21 | The fourth in the series , Thunderball , was notable for its underwater effects , tongue-in-cheek humour , the unveiling of Bond 's moon buggy and the spin-off merchandising the movie cultivated . |
| 22 | The final communiqué was notable for its extraordinary length and a good deal of self-congratulation ( as when it referred to ‘ the age-old tradition of tolerance and universality ’ which the assembled countries personified ) , yet no-one could deny its significance as a symbol of the Third World renascence . |
| 23 | His theatre in Plymouth ( demolished 1939–41 ) was notable for its extensive early use of cast iron . |
| 24 | The different impressionism of Debussy 's La Terace des Audiences de Claire de Lune , General Levine and Jardins Sous la Pluie ended a recital that was notable for its highly musical restraint and total lack of overt virtuosity for its own sake . |