Example sentences of "[vb pp] he [adj] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This quote from Jean Aurenche , who co-scripted Tavernier 's first three features , identifies the driving force which informs all the director 's work , and has made him one of the leading European directors today . |
| 2 | His discipline , his dedication , and his pursuit of excellence may not have made him the most charismatic of world class players , but it has made him one of the most respected . |
| 3 | McAvennie 's peroxide reign has made him one of the most recognisable anti-heroes in Scottish football . |
| 4 | His amusing analysis of human frailty has made him one of the folk world 's more unlikely heroes — a bard who takes the knocks but never shows the bruising . |
| 5 | The Hatchet had not lost those qualities which had made him one of the most respected , and feared , members of the underworld . |
| 6 | A hugely impressive return of eight goals from just 11 games is a true reflection of his amazing turnaround and it has already made him one of the buys of the season , even at that sizeable price tag . |
| 7 | Televised Saturday successes in the Golden Spurs Handicap Chase at Doncaster , Sandown 's Scilly Isles Novices ' Chase and the Arlington Final at Newbury have made him one of the most popular finds of the season among the nation 's punters . |
| 8 | About the time this match took place , Tonks was in the IRB meeting room alongside the French delegate and was not impressed that they had not made him aware of the game — if they in fact knew about it . |
| 9 | When they had walked back to the car , his father had offered him one of the fish . |
| 10 | Eventually , most of his estates in Northumberland were entailed upon the Percy family , who may indeed have advanced him some of the money he needed in 1332 . |
| 11 | And in his 36 years in the profession , this approach has landed him several of the hottest potatoes going : campaigning for the British Institute proposals from the Scottish side ; merging his firm Thomson McLintock with Peats ; introducing graduate intake only at the Scottish Institute ; working on the Likierman report on professional liability ; and , last but by no means least , heading up the then newly-formed APB at a time when , in the public view , auditing was becoming increasingly discredited . |
| 12 | Mill Reefs victory had proved him one of the greatest European racehorses of the age . |