Example sentences of "[adv] his [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That which he projects ahead of him as his ideal is merely his substitute for the lost narcissism of his childhood — the time when he was his own ideal . |
| 2 | He stood , at least , for honesty in sexual dealings : hence his preference for the prostitute over the grisette . |
| 3 | The visit to Scotland , which reinforced both his affection for the beauty of that country and his interest in her history ( for he was always attached to small countries or communities which had clung to their traditions ) had produced the poem ‘ Rannoch , by Glencoe ’ , published in the New English Weekly , 17 October 1935 . |
| 4 | This approach , putting the music first , explains why Jarvefelt 's career blossomed at Santa Fe and in Sydney and also his appeal for the New York Met : operatic naturalism and story-telling are still the predominant aesthetic in all these places . |
| 5 | Hoving proved his own worst enemy , and eventually his taste for the tinsel and show of the art world overtook whatever feeling he had for the art itself , and he left the museum after his cherished Arts Communication Center ( to be funded by Walter Annenberg , with Hoving as its head ) , a nebulous film-studio-cum-information centre to be built in gallery space reserved for the European decorative arts department , was dissolved after much local criticism . |
| 6 | Much more serious , Nijinsky 's summer holiday and then his preparation for the St Leger had both been painfully interrupted by an attack of ringworm , which cost him almost all his hair . |
| 7 | He placed a strong emphasis on welfare measures , expressing again his concern for the victims of the Depression . |
| 8 | Poole was again his choice for the male role , with another of the young South African dancers , Patricia Miller , as Beauty . |