Example sentences of "for him the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | New friendships , as much as politics and poetry , transformed for him the final years of school . |
| 2 | He will be able to handle a wider range of options with only mnemonic guidance — for him the minimum number of key-strokes for program control is appropriate . |
| 3 | In Lawrence 's Women in Love , completed in 1916 , Birkin contemplates the purchase of a ‘ clear , beautiful chair ’ which expresses for him the living thoughts of ‘ England , even Jane Austen 's England ’ , before these were destroyed by ‘ sordid and foul mechanicalness ’ . |
| 4 | He said it was for him the perfect realization of Sibelius as a passionate but anti-sensual composer . |
| 5 | For him the critical characteristic of the extended professional is : ‘ a capacity for autonomous professional self-development through systematic self-study , through the study of the work of other teachers and through the testing of ideas by classroom research procedures ’ . |
| 6 | Not for him the cynical moralities of Pauson , who presented humanity worse than it is , or the fidelity of the painter Dionysus to observable particularity : he was beauty 's slave , and beauty is made , he knew , not found . |
| 7 | Not for him the inane bromides of lesser managers ; outspoken wit and intelligence were the hallmark of his post-match reflections . |
| 8 | It did not have for him the magnetic feel of the two letters which were folded into his pocket , but it represented the tease of curiosity . |
| 9 | For him the high spot of the day was listening to the very earnest young man delivering an extremely good set of orders . |
| 10 | For him the high point of the ceremony was when he stood before the empty but impressive tomb of Cyrus the Great and addressed it grandiloquently in his flat , featureless voice . |
| 11 | Not for him the intricate miracles of Gothic architecture . |
| 12 | He would never set foot in Liberty 's , let alone Harrods — those haunts of the rich and the would-be rich represented for him the scornful laughter of the haves towards the have-nots . |
| 13 | Marx was very much concerned with conflict ; indeed for him the driving force of history is based upon conflict between different groups or classes within society . |
| 14 | He finds Miriam appealing and she holds for him the added attraction of being married and committed herself . |