Example sentences of "well know for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Peeping Tom ’ is well known for its cheerful yellow flowers .
2 Florrie , 85 , well known for her rescue work with Greyhounds , lost her many coursing trophies collected over the years .
3 David Mills , the erstwhile head of the Hazardous Chemical wing of Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) — and well known for his criticisms of the lack of effective policing of what he defends as largely sound rules — says that placing high-temperature incinerators in some sort of hierarchy of risks is ‘ a terribly subjective business . ’
4 Hamnett 's defection comes at a time of high anxiety in the British fashion industry — but then she 's a woman well known for choosing her moments .
5 Later still he was well known for his work in education .
6 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 .
7 ‘ The NFU is well known for representing farmers , and it 's necessary for the BHA to be easily understood as representing the hospitality industry in all its forms , ’ he said .
8 Matsushita is one of the world 's major manufacturers , well known for its Panasonic , Technics and National brand names .
9 Columbia , now owned by Japan 's Sony , has become as well known for the high spending of its management team , Peter Guber and Jon Peters , as its films ; Mr Peters has now taken a back seat .
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 In Britain , his followers are well known for their ownership of Mentmore Towers , the palatial former home of the Earls of Rosebery .
12 You may think that there were quite a lot of us , but illegal hare coursers are not well known for verbal or physical reticence .
13 Flautist Tim Wheater , well known for playing with the group The Eurythmics , suffered an outbreak of lip blisters and ulcers which destroyed his ability to control the flute , and lost him a year 's income .
14 This hotel is well known for its high standard of cuisine .
15 The Reisch is well known for its excellent standards of service and friendly welcome .
16 They were also well known for cricketing flannels and white doeskins , as well as more usual products .
17 At the time Woodchester Mill was particularly well known for the production of Superfine Saxony Broadcloth .
18 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 .
19 In addition to the sheep and wool market , Hawkshead was well known for its cattle market .
20 Commenting upon the results of the survey , Richard Young , well known for his images of the Royals , commented : ‘ As long as the Royal subject is in full public view and the photographer is not doing anything he should n't , like trespassing , there is no reason at all why the press should be banned from taking their photograph .
21 Remember that I used to be very well known for sports shots .
22 Farmers are well known for their conservatism .
23 Whilst the company is well known for its handmade clay plain tiles , this will be the first time it has ventured into the expanding machine-made clay plain tile market .
24 Both Mac and Morrissey were well known for slagging off the entire rock world outside their own small circles .
25 He became quite well known for his extreme left-wing views and often aired them on rare visits home .
26 scholastic author well known for his ‘ Catechisms ’ on a variety of subjects .
27 The Mendip Hills stretch east–west as a flat-topped plateau to the south of Bristol , and the area is well known for having many caves cut into the limestone .
28 There is little remaining woodland , but the area is well known for the ornithologically important areas of Chichester and Pagham Harbours .
29 This is well known for metabisulphites and sulphur dioxide ( see p 291 ) .
30 Over three weeks McKee , well known for his masterclasses on screenplay writing , will aim to debunk horror , comedy and Ingrid Bergman in a new three-part strand in the Without Walls series starting March 31 .
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