Example sentences of "his rise to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His rise to prominence in sport commenced with the establishment of the Birmingham Canoe Club in the early 1950s . |
| 2 | He was fifty when his rise to prominence began soon after the accession of Amenophis III , whom he was to serve for thirty years before he died at the age of eighty . |
| 3 | His rise to prominence in political leadership was punctuated by long periods of withdrawal enforced by the colonial government : in this respect he was like Nehru during these same years , also held incommun-icado by the colonial power . |
| 4 | His business prospered , but his rise to prominence in printing circles was attributable to his contacts with the Tory party . |
| 5 | His rise to prominence came during the first Dutch war ( 1652–4 ) . |
| 6 | Whereas in his rise to power , Nicolae Ceauşescu had needed to make deals and alliances with other , equally ambitious , apparatchiks , once at the summit , he needed to dispose of them to preserve his position and to protect it from intrigue . |
| 7 | It is possible for you to gain the former ( knowledge of Napoleon III 's rule , for instance ) and not the latter ( appreciating the various factors in his rise to power , the expansionist nature of his economic policy and the paternalism of his social policy , etc . |
| 8 | Although Saddam 's War is essentially about his rise to power , it does also consider the nature of the US response to the crisis last August . |
| 9 | Anyone who suggested that his rise to fame was undeservedly achieved by nepotism and favouritism , would be referred by Beatty to a piece in Time magazine which read , ‘ With facial and vocal suggestion of Montgomery Clift and the mannerisms of James Dean , he is the latest in the line of hostile , moody , sensitive , self-conscious , bright , defensive , stuttering , self seeking and extremely talented actors who have become myths before they are thirty . ’ |