Example sentences of "[noun sg] best know for " in BNC.
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1 | ALANNAH MYLES : ‘ A Song Instead Of A Kiss ’ AOR , Grammy-winner best known for her ‘ Black Velvet ’ hit , issues a taster from her forthcoming second LP |
2 | The idea was originated by Guinness and produced by a team of technical experts led by Anthony Daniels , an actor best known for his role as the golden robot C3PO in the Star Wars series of films . |
3 | In the revival he 's acting alongside a previous Charley 's Aunt Patrick Cargill , the veteran actor best known for the ITV comedy series Father Dear Father . |
4 | FISONS , the ailing drugs group best known for asthma and hayfever products Intal and Opticrom , has sold its UK consumer health arm . |
5 | LIFE is a group best known for its anti-abortion stance , but its activities as a pressure group and charity extend into other areas . |
6 | His is a fury fanned by insensitive press coverage of homosexuality and the Aids epidemic ; the director best known for films like Caravaggio has leapt at the opportunity of reacting against ‘ licensed queer bashing ’ . |
7 | Didcot in Oxfordshire is a town best known for its power station , so it probably does n't figure in most people 's top ten tourist destinations . |
8 | A town best known for its links with the railways is trying to turn itself into a garden city . |
9 | It was also during this period that we had the strangest set of photographs taken of us , by Peter Christopherson who worked for a design company , Hipgnosis — whose offices were at the back of our Denmark Street HQ — and who later joined Throbbing Gristle , a band best known for tabloid spreads on their occult practices . |
10 | CHINKS of light are at last starting to shine through the high street gloom , reports Courts , the furniture stores business best known for its irritating TV ads . |
11 | MR CHRISTIAN SLATER is a 22-year old Hollywood thespian best known for his performances in Heathers , Young Guns II and Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves . |
12 | Among fellow Americans , Joel Scholz is another outstanding artist/designer best known for his long train of delicately coloured birds , and his flying ‘ Geisha Girl ’ . |
13 | Capita Group , the management services company best known for collecting poll tax and operating TV licence detector vans but which makes most of its money operating computers for local authorities , has been given a new lease of life by John Major 's re-election . |
14 | Sucralose , developed over 20 years by T&L and its US partner Johnson & Johnson — the pharmaceuticals company best known for Band Aid and baby powder — is expected to be cleared for use by the US Food & Drug Administration this autumn . |
15 | This week he adds yet another job to his blossoming portfolio with the chairmanship of Mishcon de Reya , the solicitor best known for its litigation and entertainment work . |