Example sentences of "[pron] reputation as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this year Mildred was older and hopefully wiser ( at any rate she was more full of good intentions than ever ) and she was quite determined to lose her reputation as the worst witch in the school . |
| 2 | Mrs Bottomley , with her reputation as the Cabinet 's ‘ golden girl ’ , came bottom of the pile in a Gallup survey for the Daily Telegraph . |
| 3 | Such occurrences have been rare at the Masters but we must eliminate them entirely if our patrons are to continue to merit their reputation as the most knowledgeable and considerate in the world . ’ |
| 4 | The Branch has formed a local Management Committee to operate the Lodge on behalf of the Association within agreed guidelines and , judging from the number of applications specifically for The White House , Bexhill-on-Sea will retain its reputation as the retirement centre of the South . |
| 5 | Its reputation as the most beautiful bay on the west coast of Scotland has developed in recent years , not fostered by press and media publicity but by the enthusiastic recommendations of those who have been there . |
| 6 | Throughout the black ‘ homelands ’ and adjacent African territories of modern Southern Africa the station continues to bear its reputation as the beginning of the migrant trail to labour in the ‘ white ’ economy . |
| 7 | SOUTH Africa 's State President , Mr FW de Klerk , yesterday suffered the first serious blow to his reputation as the great reformer by appearing to acquiesce in a cover-up of political murders carried out by state agencies , including the police . |
| 8 | Whittingham 's four-goal blast confirmed his reputation as the most lethal striker outside the Premier League . |
| 9 | Tony Mitchell made a rapid second ascent to keep his reputation as the man who has done everything . |
| 10 | The torrent of tears became a flood of determination to confirm his reputation as the world 's best young golfer . |
| 11 | Branson already knew enough about Laker , his entrepreneurial flair , his reputation as the champion of ‘ the ordinary man ’ in air travel , to regard him as something of a hero . |
| 12 | Although Stark , uniquely at that date , had experimented with a severe part-Wren , part-Russian neo-baroque at the steeple of his St George 's church , Glasgow ( 1807 ) , his next major design , the Greek Doric Judiciary Buildings in Glasgow 's Saltmarket established his reputation as the pioneer of the Greek revival in Scotland . |
| 13 | Tel reached into a desk drawer , confirming his reputation as the fastest cheque-book east of Chancery Lane . |