Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gibbons is believed to be planning a realignment of portfolios , elevating the environment and lowering the life sciences in the OSTP hierarchy , but only one of his choices for the four vacant associate directorships has as yet been cleared by the White House and nominated by the president . |
| 2 | On March 21st , a despatch from Falkenhayn admitted that Rupprecht had been right about the British not being able to take the offensive , and at the same time it ordered the withdrawal of three of his divisions for the general reserve . |
| 3 | STAKIS STRONGMAN Stakis chairman Sir Lewis Robertson tells of his plans for the group |
| 4 | Speaking of his plans for the future , Mr Tait , a former secretary to the Scottish Institute , told ACCOUNTANCY : ‘ We will be continuing with our international strategic plan . |
| 5 | She had been so much a part of his plans for the future that he was now thinking of countries where they could farm together . |
| 6 | A request which Sir Ludovick Grant of Grant received from one of his friends for the removal of a revenue officer to another port stated the case quite frankly : |
| 7 | In particular , he began to harp on the conservative themes that would provide the centrepiece of his campaigns for the governorship of California and which he would eventually carry with him into the White House . |
| 8 | In the meantime , Pennethorne had been working out the details of his proposals for the Foreign Office . |
| 9 | He published little , but elaborations of his proposals for the exploitation of technical innovation and the regulation of trade are found in abundance in such archives as the Hartlib papers and Shaftesbury papers , and his views were seriously regarded , even though his reputation suffered as a result of a bitter controversy with ( Sir ) William Petty [ q.v . ] . |
| 10 | It is easier to understand the attractiveness of his doctrines for the mass of people if we bear in mind that Wycliffe had claimed that property was sinful . |
| 11 | Leonora , depressed rather than frightened , moved to the shelter of his arms for the remainder of the journey . |
| 12 | Details of his transactions for the first month are given . |
| 13 | Adam got out of the van and felt in the pocket of his shorts for the key . |
| 14 | Hofland was apparently still hopeful , although a list of his qualifications for the work gives as air of desperation to his letter . |
| 15 | Of his prospects for the rest of the tournament , he said : ‘ When you have the best eight players in the world , every match is like the final of a big tournament . |
| 16 | WHILE HANGING ten with the Beach Boys ' Dennis Wilson ( who described Charlie as ‘ the magician ’ ) , Manson managed to charm him into accepting one of his songs for the band 's '20/20 ’ LP . |
| 17 | He takes on Kenya 's former Olympic champion Paul Ereng in Hengelo , Holland , next Sunday and expects a hard race as part of his preparations for the World Championships in Stuttgart at the end of August . |
| 18 | Section 5 of the Partnership Act makes each partner an agent of his co-partners for the purposes of the business of the firm . |
| 19 | That 's the point that Hughie has set as one of his objectives for the next twelve months , is to get the group acting as one team , and not five or six separate teams . |
| 20 | We had a final drink with Nils while he checked the list of his requirements for the prop-shaft alterations , then we went out into the night , walking quickly through the bitter blustering of the wind back to our billet . |
| 21 | The fruit of his labours for the RIIA was a volume of nearly 2,000 pages ( An African Survey , 1938 ) which immediately became the basis of intensive discussion at the Colonial Office and which secured for Hailey , until 1943 , an unrivalled position of influence in the Office 's debate on the future of Africa , which he himself had been instrumental in bringing into being . |
| 22 | João went off hunting in the Alentejo with his friends for the last three days before the wedding , so Sara had little opportunity to get to know him better . |
| 23 | In self-confident mood , Franco pressed ahead with his plans for the Law of Succession . |
| 24 | When he arrived with his parents for the interview the headmaster took him to a field where a few golf holes were laid out , handed him a wedge and a bucket of balls , and told Jack to hit some shots at one of the greens while he organised some tea for his parents . |
| 25 | For Oldfield , exacting a satisfactory arrangement with Virgin had become a point of principle , inextricably entwined with his feelings for the man whom he had long regarded as friend and protector , and his need to prove something to himself : ‘ It had got to a point where I said I ca n't respect myself unless I 'm prepared to stand up and fight Richard . |
| 26 | The day before the Sale Arthur Crawford arrived with his plants for the Sale , suddenly as if by magic , turning a whole section of the pews into a beautiful living garden — perhaps the most appropriate way of all to support this particular cause ? |
| 27 | Ben Bateman ( far right , seated ) , poses with his colleagues for the 1922–23 Palace team photograph . |
| 28 | JAMES WAANA , of Thailand , does not have to read Rudyard Kipling to know that ‘ there is neither East nor West … ’ when he comes ‘ face to face ’ with his rivals for the Embassy World Championship . |
| 29 | Even though a stand-in stepped into his shoes for the scene where he uses the snappers as stepping stones . |
| 30 | There was at least a proviso that she should be asked for her written consent before the company was set up but otherwise she was not mentioned in his plans for the future of the schools . |