Example sentences of "for his personal [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | " For people who take a sober view of life , " he said , " a person is liberal who is prepared not to take thought for his personal interests but to expend all his energy on standing up for the juridical independence of every citizen and the freedom of every action which does not undermine the well-being and the tranquillity of society " . |
2 | Obviously , he was now quite a celebrity , and in 1948 was signed up by Radcliffe in the Central Lancashire League ; he stayed with them until the end of 1952 , set batting records which have never been beaten , even by Sobers , and was hugely popular , for his personal qualities as much as his cricketing skills . |
3 | The other was from the Vice President in charge of Overseas ' Operations , thanking him for his personal contribution to the expansion of European Component Operations . |
4 | In its ‘ threatening twilight ’ over a ‘ dead land ’ , this work of fiction meshed with Eliot 's anthropological reading to provide the means of expression for his personal agony in ‘ The Hollow Men ’ , and in The Waste Land . |
5 | He has cared deeply that his contemporaries and juniors should write well ; he has cared less for his personal achievement than for the life of letters and art . |
6 | A fellow Sinn Fein councillor , Joe Austin , said the attack might not have happened had Mr McGuigan been allowed a licence for a gun to use for his personal protection . |
7 | As for his personal problems during the seventies — well i guess we can have some fun about it but at least he got to meet ( well not just meet … ) two or three miss world's. |
8 | The man is also equipped with a reserve parachute and a container for his personal equipment . |
9 | It is futile to sing to the Lord with enthusiasm , thank him for his personal love , make room for prophecy that is specific and heartwarming , hear the challenging exposition of the Bible if in the end the call is simply not obeyed . |
10 | Thenceforth his symphonic music inscrutably presented the emotions — albeit largely ironically — that the State expected from its leading composer while the quartets provided an outlet for the emotions within and for his personal responses to the event taking place in the world around him . |
11 | Thirty years after his death in 716 , Boniface criticized him for his disregard of the laws of the Church and for his personal immorality and depicted him as struck with madness while feasting with his nobles , so that he died ‘ gibbering with demons and cursing the priests of God ’ . |
12 | For this reason a non-occupier can not maintain a claim in nuisance and an occupier 's right to damages for his personal injuries is ancillary to his claim for compensation for damage to his property . |
13 | If Pyro has a claim under the Act for his personal injuries , then Nancy will also be successful . |
14 | If reserved for his personal use , it might put him at a certain advantage over his employer . |
15 | Queen Mary 's son , the Duke of York ( later King George VI ) , had several in succession for his personal use . |
16 | Not for his personal use : the tetracycline , the methadone — it all finds its way back to the pharmacy at AMS . |
17 | But the cupboard in the corner , behind Rodney Shergold 's desk , was for his personal use . |
18 | It had been recovered from Lowestoft and adopted by Richie for his personal use . |
19 | First he pointed out his own editorial cubicle , then the adjacent one which he explained was for his personal assistant , Carmel Bedford . |
20 | The formula sets an amount for maintenance ( based upon income support rates ) , allows the absent parent an amount of money for his personal needs ( again set by income support rates and also including reasonable housing costs ) , and then requires the absent parent to pay half of his remaining income in child support . |
21 | All of Ferdinando 's wages went to Ellen , save for the smallest amount he kept for his personal pleasure . |
22 | She and Madeleine would make a fine pair of concubines for his personal pleasure . |
23 | It is indeed an element of all three offences that the conduct must be such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness , present at the scene , to fear for his personal safety ; and yet it is provided , for each offence , that ‘ no person of reasonable firmness need actually be , or be likely to be , present at the scene ’ . |
24 | Gandhi indeed could count on the British conscience for his personal safety , but he could never count on it for political concessions — and it is clear that at some level he understood this . |
25 | " Where I , or more persons who are present together use or threaten unlawful violence for a common purpose and the conduct of them ( taken together ) is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety , each of the persons using unlawful violence for the common purpose is guilty of riot . " |
26 | " Where three or more persons who are present together , use or threaten unlawful violence and the conduct of them ( taken together ) is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety , each of the persons using or threatening violence is guilty of violent disorder . " |
27 | This is intended to penalise fighting in that " a person is guilty of affray if he uses or threatens violence towards another and his conduct is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety . " |
28 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of affray if he uses or threatens unlawful violence towards another and his conduct is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety . ’ |
29 | Such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness to fear for his personal safety |
30 | Newspapers also cited , as an additional factor behind Pöhl 's departure , concern for his personal safety . |