Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He has proved a better confidential secretary than to give revealing answers , despite his weakness for the opposite sex — however beautiful , ’ Ven replied . |
| 2 | Badran 's resignation was reportedly precipitated by royal disapproval of his sympathy for the fundamentalist Moslem Brotherhood , whose members had held five seats in his government [ see p. 37976 ] . |
| 3 | In those Thatcherite times , there was little mention of his sympathy for the one-nation Tory , Iain Mac-leod . |
| 4 | Gibbons is believed to be planning a realignment of portfolios , elevating the environment and lowering the life sciences in the OSTP hierarchy , but only one of his choices for the four vacant associate directorships has as yet been cleared by the White House and nominated by the president . |
| 5 | On March 21st , a despatch from Falkenhayn admitted that Rupprecht had been right about the British not being able to take the offensive , and at the same time it ordered the withdrawal of three of his divisions for the general reserve . |
| 6 | Once you 've pondered the crucial question of which is the bigger — Mount Everest or Blessed 's supremely affable ego , then the best course of action is simply to let the saltily ribald tidal wave of his enthusiasm for the Big Hill and its history wash over you . |
| 7 | Much of his career in fact seems to have been devoted to Amazon-slaying , but it is significant that if heroes like Heracles represent the revolt of the son against the phallic mother then they also give evidence of their dependency on her when we find our hero forced to don women 's garb and do women 's work as proof of his love for the Lydian queen Omphale , while she wears his lion 's skin , brandishes his club and spanks him with her slipper if his handiwork does not please her . |
| 8 | A priestess of Isis , the beautiful Ayesha had broken her vows for love of a Greek soldier Kallikrates who , in his turn , was in danger because of his love for the Egyptian princess Amenartas . |
| 9 | They uncover the gap left in Thomas 's intellectual development by the death of Ashcroft Noble and his own sense of the inadequacy of his preparation for the nine terms spent at University between October 1897 and his final viva voce examination in July 1900 . |
| 10 | In the meantime , Pennethorne had been working out the details of his proposals for the Foreign Office . |
| 11 | It was understood that , despite Sharif 's urging him to stay on , Yaqub Khan had been under intense pressure from sections of the IDA critical of his support for the US-led alliance in the Gulf . |
| 12 | Several nearby Frenchmen started belatedly to the rescue , but the guilty knowledge of his responsibility for the impending disaster had lent Joseph 's legs extra speed . |
| 13 | Today he spoke of his ordeal for the first time.Shortly before midnight on Sunday he 'd checked and locked up the pub as normal . |
| 14 | Some of Tallis 's Latin motets were turned into English anthems in the same dubious way , though the bulk of his music for the English rite is original . |
| 15 | Details of his transactions for the first month are given . |
| 16 | Gallaudet College conferred on him the Honorary Degree of B.D. in recognition of his work for the deaf , and he was appointed an Officer of the French Academy . |
| 17 | But Steve Lunn 's superb solo effort four minutes from time , the best goal of the match , brought Shilton out of his dugout for the first time to summon all hands on deck . |
| 18 | Thus when the girl secretary who was to become Dostoevsky 's wife rang the bell of his flat for the first time , the door was opened by an elderly woman servant with a green shawl thrown over her shoulders . |
| 19 | The critical factor was the depth of his contempt for the Fourth Republic . |
| 20 | His height he tended to disguise with a slight stoop , and he made no secret of his contempt for the desk-bound staffs who had mushroomed far behind the lines . |
| 21 | His continued absence increases speculation that Arsenal 's David Seaman will step out of his shadow for the first time in 18 months against the Poles next week . |
| 22 | It was a great encouragement to us all to hear David talk of his burden for the young people of Sao Paolo , Brazil . |
| 23 | Nurturing this side of the business — with dramatic success — has occupied most of his time for the past 10 years . |
| 24 | Mr Trump would not reveal details of his financing for the proposed purchase which comes at a time of growing concern among US regulators over the heavy debt loads the carriers are acquiring . |
| 25 | She was the very embodiment of his desire for the unknown , the unknowable , the other . |
| 26 | Closing his eyes , he forced himself to think of his hatred for the colonial French . |
| 27 | That 's the point that Hughie has set as one of his objectives for the next twelve months , is to get the group acting as one team , and not five or six separate teams . |
| 28 | I have expressed a general thanks to all counsel but special thanks should be recorded to the Official Solicitor and to Mr. Michael Nicholls of his department for the rapid response to my cry for help and for the superb way in which the Official Solicitor and Mr. Butler , who holds his brief , have responded . |
| 29 | This hypothesis is a consequence of his search for the inherent necessities of human thought , following his dictum that " a theory , the ultimate in understanding , must satisfy the following formal conditions : it must confront the facts from the position of an antagonist , of course , but it must itself be based not on fact but on some absolute and inevitable exigency " ( 1984 : 23 ) . |
| 30 | We had a final drink with Nils while he checked the list of his requirements for the prop-shaft alterations , then we went out into the night , walking quickly through the bitter blustering of the wind back to our billet . |