Example sentences of "his [noun sg] for the [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | But today the man who wants to be next the Health Secretary did his bit for the local campaign . |
| 3 | It was his next appointment in March 1904 , to the embassy in Constantinople , which fired his enthusiasm for the Middle East and settled the subsequent course of his brief but eventful life . |
| 4 | The rebuff did much to undermine his enthusiasm for the Conservative party . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | His enthusiasm for the cloak-and-dagger business of detection seemed to have waned . |
| 7 | The speech outlining government policy at the opening of the parliamentary session was delivered by King Hussein himself — a move which was interpreted as underlining his support for the new government of Ibn Shaker . |
| 8 | Two centuries after Hale 's pronouncement , Pollock B. unequivocally expressed his support for the marital rape exemption in similar terms . |
| 9 | Mr Rifkind , the Transport Secretary , retained his Edinburgh Pentlands seat — a result seen as justifying Mr Major 's decision to confront demands for devolution and separation by emphasising his support for the continued union between Scotland and the rest of the UK . |
| 10 | I understand perfectly well why that should be so , as the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) made clear in the Second Reading debate his support for the higher education reforms , which account for quite a large part of the bulk of the latter part of the Bill . |
| 11 | I and my right hon. Friend are grateful for his support for the underlying principle of the Bill . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Falkenhayn wavered , finally gave his permission for the new attack , and even allocated a fresh division for it . |
| 14 | He expressed his admiration for the educational efficiency of the Jesuits and politely renounced his allegiance to their church . |
| 15 | If the answer was ‘ stoppin' ‘ , the labourer would be given an extra shilling to fasten his contract for the next year , but he still had the rest of the day off to attend the merrymaking at the Hirings . |
| 16 | However , I quite enjoyed describing the horrors of my creation , and shared with Edward Young , the architect , his revulsion for the hideous house , covered in peeling stucco , as chilling within as without . |
| 17 | The TV presenter looked across at the sergeant , as though registering his presence for the first time . |
| 18 | Clearly he was saving his powder for the next negotiating battle in the GATT talks . |
| 19 | He played for Surrey second XI at 20 and made his debut for the first XI in 1947 , when he played five matches . |
| 20 | He scored 120 and 74 not out on his debut for the 2nd XI , against Kent at Chelmsford . |
| 21 | The left-arm spinner made his debut for the Welsh county against Oxford University in The Parks . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Les Conn : ‘ So anyway ’ , I said to David , ‘ I think you 'll have to have your hair cut , otherwise you wo n't get this programme on television ’ , to which he replied that he would n't cut his hair for the Prime Minister . |
| 24 | Dennis Hopper , who got John Lee to put some of his spooky moanings onto his soundtrack for The Hot Spot , figures that this singer ‘ proves you can take a steady diet of fried chicken well into your 70s and still try to get all those pretty young things into a hot tub . ’ |
| 25 | The very circumstance , however , which made the public schools a perfect vehicle for propaganda — their isolation , through the boarding system , from the outside world and the idiosyncratic influence of families — ensured that Dr Arnold , in his crusade for the personal salvation of his charges , could enjoy no more than a limited success . |
| 26 | He had the difficult task in 1832–3 of reconciling his sympathy for the Whig government with pressing for the sort of positive action on emancipation which was acceptable both to a majority in the political and parliamentary class and antislavery militants in the country . |
| 27 | True , the new Secretary of State for the Environment laid stress , from the outset , on the need for economic regeneration , and indicated his sympathy for the voluntary sector in the tackling of urban problems . |
| 28 | Then he shook his feet free of the stirrups and , lifting his horse for the last time , sent it rearing into the enemy mass to crash and sink amongst them . |
| 29 | DEVALUATION of the pound , deep cuts in military spending , phased withdrawal of the Army from Northern Ireland and tax increases on earnings over £26,000 a year were proposed by Mr Ken Livingstone yesterday as he launched his bid for the Labour leadership as the candidate for the party 's hard-Left . |
| 30 | Also absent was Taylor , to the anger of some delegations who accused him of delaying proceedings while he strengthened his bid for the interim presidency . |