Example sentences of "noted for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Telekia speciosa , from southeastern Europe and western Asia , is a perennial noted for its bold pile of large , long-stalked , heart-shaped leaves and its suitability for waterside planting although , like Inula magnifica , it is satisfactory in most deep rich soils . |
| 2 | Noted for its long-stalked heart-shaped leaves , shade tolerance and suitability for waterside planting . |
| 3 | ’ . Initially I was puzzled , until I realized he thought I had cut off my shirt sleeves , for in his force ( noted for its disciplined enforcement of a correct uniform presentation ) , all uniform shirts had long sleeves . |
| 4 | Born in 1844 to a family noted for its piety and scholarship , Lazarus had decided to emigrate to Canada in 1869 , having heard reports of the young country 's potential : its federation was then but two years old . |
| 5 | WHEN Ron Dennis , the managing director of McLaren International , goes to the trouble of stressing that his team intend to continue giving Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost impartial treatment during the final two races , such a commendably even-handed approach immediately arouses suspicion in a sport governed by an organisation which is not exactly noted for its equitable methods . |
| 6 | Football is , of course , already a television sport in France , where the satellite station Canal Plus is noted for its quality of production — and the football industry for the size of its wallet . |
| 7 | In a genre noted for its shoddiness and sensationalism , this playing memoir of a season with Millwall in the mid-1970s stands out as a truthful and often painful account of the player 's lot . |
| 8 | Savernake is famed for its lichens and the Forestry Commission is noted for its love of lichens on old trees . |
| 9 | Ancient landmarks , that remind the inhabitants of its past are the church , which is part thirteenth century and which is primarily noted for its soaring spire . |
| 10 | Its wool was not as fine as that of Merinos from Spain , or the southern hemisphere , but it was noted for its hardiness and foraging ability . |
| 11 | Efford , challenging Peter Bottomley in marginal Eltham , is a London taxi driver — a breed not noted for its left-wing sympathies . |
| 12 | AT LAST month 's Conservative local government conference , Michael Portillo delivered a speech noted for its intellectual rigour and its steadfastness to Right-wing ideals . |
| 13 | During the 16th century it was heavily involved with the wool trade , as well as noted for its production of mustard . |
| 14 | Scotland 's only native dairy cow , this graceful breed is noted for its balanced , well-attached udder , excellent milking capacity ( UK average milk yield 5,000–6,000kg at 3.9 per cent butterfat ) and adaptability to a wide range of climates . |
| 15 | By the mid-seventeenth century the rather humid Cunningham region of northern Ayrshire in southwest Scotland was already noted for its Dunlop breed of dairy cattle ( and their Dunlop cheese ) . |
| 16 | In the early years of the twentieth century it was noted for its hardiness and the bullocks ' ability to feed to heavy weights , while the cows won many Royal Show prizes for butterfat yields , though the quantity of milk was low . |
| 17 | Noted for its cleanliness , it was owned by Mrs. Jenkins , although the work was done by her daughter and son-in-law , Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Bevis . |
| 18 | Then came the William IV public house , an old two-storied building noted for its sideline of hiring handcarts for tuppence an hour . |
| 19 | This group has long been noted for its breadth of vision but nevertheless it took them some time to realise the unique advantages of the photosynthetic ‘ mechanisms ’ in plants and thereby to derive what may be an original approach to the problem . |
| 20 | The ley starts from a wayside cross next to a crossroads , goes through Saintbury Church , noted for its pagan survivals , through a Bronze Age round barrow , a Neolithic long barrow sited in the middle of an Iron Age fort , through a Saxon pagan cemetery , and an eighteenth-century beacon tower , ending at an ancient farmstead , Seven Wells — which was the subject of a fictional book on witchcraft by Hugh Ross Williamson entitled The Silver Bowl . |
| 21 | It was noted for its lively horse and cattle fairs . |
| 22 | It is particularly noted for its excellent food and tranquil friendly atmosphere . |
| 23 | Being a member of the Bede Singers , a small group noted for its charitable work , was a great joy to him and his loss to both the Catholic Players and to them is great indeed . |
| 24 | Much noted for its courage , the camel-lepard was widely reproduced in early English heraldry to communicate the virtues of diligence and bravery . |
| 25 | Graves has also reaped the benefit of design for Disney : two hotel commissions in Florida , the company headquarters in Burbank ( noted for its over-scale plaster images of the seven dwarfs propping up the temple-like roof pediment ) as well as the blockbuster at Euro Disney . |
| 26 | The IRA blast knocked out the five operating theatres in the regional orthopaedic hospital which is also noted for its care of geriatrics . |
| 27 | The adventures of Gorden Kaye , Carmen Silvera and Co must have lost something in their translation for French TV and the entire 'Allo 'Allo saga was screened in 40 days on the subscription channel Canal Plus , noted for its screening of naughty films . |
| 28 | East Anglia is noted for its imaginative village signs . |
| 29 | It then goes on to the Shoulder of Mutton Hill , noted for its flower rich grassland . |
| 30 | He passed theatres sleepy with morning , and walked on to Singleton 's bookshop , noted for its excellent array of new books and old books , and for its service to customers looking for something special in the way of rare editions . |