Example sentences of "[adj] for his [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silverman explores the way Lawrence 's homosexuality promotes an erotic identification which is itself crucial for his psychic participation in Arab nationalism ; of how , in effect , he discovered himself within the Other . |
| 2 | After two laps Grandon fell back slightly leaving Lyons and Murray to forge ahead with Murray seeming set for his first victory in the province . |
| 3 | A kiss on the head and she was off , leaving him the more deprived for his brief spell in the full sunny glow of her attention . |
| 4 | Aston Hall , which sadly was demolished in 1970 , was built and occupied in the 1740s by William Wilberforce — grandfather of the William Wilberforce famous for his anti-Slavery Bill in Parliament . |
| 5 | He was celebrated for his speeches in verse to the Senior Common Room and he was quietly famous for his annual pantomimes in verse ; these were unusual dramatic pieces . |
| 6 | Mrs Levine argues with some conviction and at great length that the break-up of Asquith 's romance with Venetia was centrally shattering to the prime minister , was directly responsible for his flaccid performance in the contemporaneous creation of the 1915 Coalition , and indirectly led to the decline of his grip and power and to the end of the Liberal party as a governing force . |
| 7 | Héctor Sambrizzi , the Argentine air attaché in Washington , was dismissed on July 16 for his alleged involvement in an improperly awarded defence contract . |
| 8 | He was a member of the Institutions of Civil and Mechanical Engineers , becoming a Telford medallist of the former for his outstanding paper in 1897 on locomotive efficiency trials on the Caledonian Railway . |
| 9 | Not only was it more convenient for his financial deals in international negotiations to be done there , but he needed more dancers . |
| 10 | John Ashworth was notable for his outstanding leadership in helping the University to overcome cuts in government funding . |