Example sentences of "known [prep] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Peeping Tom ’ is well known for its cheerful yellow flowers . |
| 2 | ‘ Nicholson 's is known for its high standards . |
| 3 | The company was acquired last year by the regional brewer Riva , best known for its Dentergens wheat beer . |
| 4 | Half Moon Putney 93 Lower Richmond Rd , SW15 ( 788 2387 ) Better known for its jazz , but a good , wholesome venue for rock nonetheless . |
| 5 | Boursin , best known for its Boursin soft cheese and Boursault brands , made a net profit of £3.4m in 1988 on sales of £30m . |
| 6 | WENSLEYDALE , better known for its cheese than its housing problems , is facing a serious shortage of houses which is forcing young people to move away from one of the most picturesque parts of the Yorkshire Dales , according to a survey published this week . |
| 7 | The allegations that Mr Singh , a former Congress ( I ) finance minister , had stashed millions of dollars in a numbered St Kitts account , were made in August in the Arab Times of Kuwait , not previously known for its scoops about India . |
| 8 | It is best known for its mouth-watering digestive biscuits , but some staggering statistics graphically illustrate the incredible production rate at United Biscuits . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | South Korea is known for its ship building . |
| 11 | Known for its gleaming and airy entrance lobby , bedecked with trees and tropical plants which became a night-time illumination , the building was regarded as one of the more tasteful and less controversial of the City 's recently constructed edifices . |
| 12 | TODAY will see the opening shots in a fierce £130million battle for control of the Norfolk Capital hotels group , best known for its St James Club in London . |
| 13 | Matsushita is one of the world 's major manufacturers , well known for its Panasonic , Technics and National brand names . |
| 14 | Included in the sale is James Burrough , best known for its Beefeater gin , which was bought by Whitbread little more than two years ago ; the Buckingham Wile Company , which distributes Beefeater , Cutty Sark Scotch , and Benedictine in the US ; and the Atlas Peak vinyards in California . |
| 15 | In a business known for its egos , Beatty has somehow persuaded major starts to show up almost incognito . |
| 16 | Stock , Aitken and Waterman 's achievements in the four years since they had joined forces were — even in an industry known for its hyperbole — sensational . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Michael Heseltine has remarked that the BBC was ‘ not known for its independence ’ . |
| 20 | This hotel is well known for its high standard of cuisine . |
| 21 | The Reisch is well known for its excellent standards of service and friendly welcome . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In addition to the sheep and wool market , Hawkshead was well known for its cattle market . |
| 24 | Ambleside was known for its importance in the wool trade before the granting of the Market Charter in 1650 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Sheffield was already known for its knives by the fourteenth century — Chaucer refers to the miller in The Canterbury Tales as carrying a ‘ Sheffield thwitel ’ ( a large knife ) . |
| 27 | Originally bred as a draught animal , its milk has always been known for its quality ( if not quantity ) and it can fairly be called a dual-purpose breed . |
| 28 | In what must rank as one of the most petty letters ever to emerge from the SFA , an organisation that has never been known for its broad-mindedness , the secretary demanded that the ball be returned . |
| 29 | At the mouth of the Patuxent River on the bay 's western shore , there is a dollop of land called Solomons that is known for its commercial fishing community — the bay 's watermen ’ . |
| 30 | The Body Shop , well known for its environmental concerns , increased its giving sevenfold to £240,000 between 1987 and 1990 . |