Example sentences of "[conj] [is] best known " 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 As for MTM ( which took its name from US actress Mary Tyler Moore , its founder , and is best known in Britain for Hill Street Blues and Lou Grant ) Mr Gatward said it would take between 18 months to two years before the company was turned around .
3 As for MTM ( which took its name from US actress Mary Tyler Moore , its founder , and is best known in Britain for Hill Street Blues and Lou Grant ) Mr Gatward said it would take between 18 months to two years before the company was turned around .
4 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 .
5 American Technologies set up shop in Warsaw in 1990 , and is best known as one of two local distributors of printers from IBM Corp spin-out Lexmark International Inc .
6 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 .
7 This is one of the big three timber importers in the UK , but is best known to the public for its 191 Jewson outlets catering to the small jobbing builder .
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