Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] reputation [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It owes its position to the fame of Sillery which , equally overrated , owes its reputation to the vines of Verzeray . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Musgrave owes his reputation to the role he played in the complicated and imperfectly understood politics of the western Anglo-Scottish borders during the 1530s . |
| 4 | With Sironi 's inclusion in the Tate Gallery 's ‘ On Classic Ground ’ , and a general reappraisal of European art between the wars , it is a timely decision and brings out of retirement Estorick , now eighty and recently living in New York and Barbados , who built his reputation in the art market by buying Futurist and Surrealist paintings shortly after the conclusion of World War II . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Given their reputation in the 1970s , who would have thought that British car workers would match their counterparts in Japan or Germany as they do now , not only for productivity , but for quality as well ? |
| 7 | In urban South Africa , the group published the famous newspaper the World , which enhanced its reputation during the Soweto disturbances in 1976 . |
| 8 | Wimpey Environmental has built its reputation on the quality of its measurement work , and it is this element that distinguishes us from our rivals . |
| 9 | At the Dunn Nutrition Laboratory in Cambridge , Dr John Cummings has built his reputation on the importance of dietary fibre ( or what he calls non-starch polysaccharides ) . |
| 10 | Thus speaks a man who has made his reputation in the pop genre . |
| 11 | As chairman of the British Railways Board ( 1963–5 ) , Beeching had made his reputation in the public sector by the impressive way he had tackled the thankless job of modernizing the outdated rail network . |
| 12 | Throughout most of those countries the universal view is that Britain should do more to enhance its reputation through the fund . |
| 13 | Tel reached into a desk drawer , confirming his reputation as the fastest cheque-book east of Chancery Lane . |
| 14 | Whittingham 's four-goal blast confirmed his reputation as the most lethal striker outside the Premier League . |
| 15 | The still somewhat restless Club had one more change to make — to replace its President , who never quite regained his reputation after the Extraordinary General Meeting of 1982 . |
| 16 | Only two out of 15 well-known media pundits , whose outspoken role in the campaign Bush has ridiculed , have staked their reputation on the President winning a second term . |
| 17 | She has been coughing but she worked with sufficient sparkle at Lambourn on Saturday to persuade trainer Barry Hills that she is ready to put her reputation on the line . |
| 18 | While he has staked his reputation on the tangled European question , his government has behaved dismally , using legalistic chicanery rather than sustained argument to force its case through parliament . |
| 19 | The moral is , deal with an expert who will lay his reputation on the line and back his opinion with a receipt . |
| 20 | One bounced cheque could ruin your reputation with the shop and will lead to bank charges — probably including one for a letter from the manager . |
| 21 | Against a backdrop of lurid publicity , the university is delving into the truth of the affair , anxious to protect its reputation in the face of some startling claims . |
| 22 | Tony Mitchell made a rapid second ascent to keep his reputation as the man who has done everything . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He had gained his reputation in the mountains of North Africa , but he was what the Americans call a ‘ hard nose ’ with little respect for civilians . |
| 26 | He attempted to restore his reputation in the Champion Stakes , but the sparkle had gone and he was beaten a length and a half by Lorenzaccio . |
| 27 | The torrent of tears became a flood of determination to confirm his reputation as the world 's best young golfer . |
| 28 | There are the lost jobs , the lost money and the lost prestige as London battles to maintain its reputation among the world 's financial centres . |
| 29 | The history books will list the world records , Olympic title and the record number of sub four-minute miles , but that alone does n't do justice to the man who consistently put his reputation on the line , changed our notions on the possible longevity of a miler 's career and who , I believe , was the inspiration that heralded the greatest decade in the history of British middle distance running . |
| 30 | During 1990 Brazil sought to improve its reputation over the destruction of the rainforest . |