Example sentences of "[be] best know [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next ten years of international arguments about whaling are best known as the period in which many more countries joined or rejoined the IWC , when the Indian Ocean was designated as a whale sanctuary and when the sperm whale was effectively protected after 200 years of exploitation . |
| 2 | These developments are best known from the chalkland valleys of Wessex , but they certainly exist elsewhere , although they are poorly recorded , if at all . |
| 3 | His field work has been in the Cycladic and Orkney Islands , and he is best known to the public through appearances on BBC TV 's ‘ Chronicle ’ programme , and for his book Before civilisation ( 1973 ) , which transformed prehistoric chronology by applying the results of Carbon 14 dating . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Versace is best known for the razorsharp cut of his lightweight Cool Wool suits and for the baroque exuberance of his printed silk shirts , which combine cubist art with psychedelic putti and the goldwork of Cellini with Pop Art posters . |
| 7 | The church is best known as the birthplace of the Wichita Home and Away Mission ( WHAM ) . |
| 8 | Set in extensive gardens and parkland , this beautiful historic house is best known as the home of the poet , Lord Byron ( 1788–1824 ) . |
| 9 | Although the Port of Larne — Ireland 's Premier Gateway to Europe — is best known as the country 's busiest and most modern Ferry Port , it also features Lo/Lo facilities and handles bulk and general cargoes . |
| 10 | Mr Furbank is well-suited to the task , for he is best known as the biographer of E. M. Forster , and there was some similarity between the luminaries of Bloomsbury and the philosophes of the Enlightenment Salons . |
| 11 | Aberdeenshire is best known as the place to go for salmon fishing , and the Royal Dee is one of the finest salmon streams in Scotland . |
| 12 | Fascinating Gubbio is best known as the place where Saint Francis tamed a ferocious wolf . |
| 13 | Espey , the division 's president , is best known in the drinks industry for his 17-year sojourn at International Distillers & Vintners , where he was responsible for the launch of Piat d'Or , now the UK 's biggest branded wine , and Malibu , one of the UK 's largest speciality spirits . |
| 14 | It is best known from the presbytery garden at Chatillon-en-Diois in the French Alps , but has also been found in a single block in Poland , as a single specimen in Czechoslovakia , at a single locality in California and at not more than two or three other places in the world . |
| 15 | Prof He s is best known among the WACC membership in his capacity as General Secretary of the international ecumenical film organisation , Interfilm . |
| 16 | Corbett , who had a string of classical roles behind him but was best known as the star of Steptoe and Son on TV , played a married travelling salesman , Brian , who is having an affair and aches for his lover after a fortnight 's absence , only to find himself sharing a bedsitting room with a religious zealot , Arnold , played by Crawford . |