Example sentences of "[to-vb] his [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was determined to become President in his own right , and he had a year in which to establish his fitness for the office . |
| 2 | In business sales cases the conflicting public interests are that a man is not at liberty to deprive himself or the community of his labour and expertise unreasonably and yet he must have a freedom to sell his business for the best price ; which may be only obtainable if he precludes himself from entering into competition with the purchaser ( see James VC in Leather Cloth Co v Lorsont ( 1869 ) LR 9 Eq 354 ) . |
| 3 | The blonde hostess leaned across him to re-charge his glass for the umpteenth time . |
| 4 | It was no secret that Michael Foot — believing that he had a duty to the late Dick Crossman to procure the publication of the diaries — was courageously prepared to accept this risk and to bare his breast for the dagger . |
| 5 | Similarly Fawn Hall , asked by North to alter memoranda to conceal his work for the contras , remembered feeling uneasy : ‘ but I believe in Colonel North , and I know that there must have been a good reason why he was asking me to do this , and I — I did as I was told . ’ |
| 6 | Harrison had never tried to conceal his dislike for the Major and Carew . |
| 7 | But it is almost certain Middlesbrough manager Lennie Lawrence , who has plans to strengthen his squad for the Premier League next season , will want to hold onto Ripley . |
| 8 | His name has been moderately conjured with by British academics , but there have been few attempts to systematize his work for the classroom , as has happened in the United States . |
| 9 | Miller went on to express his admiration for the depth of Leeds resources , saying ‘ They started with 3 internationals in Midfield , then put on another three in the second half ! ! ’ |
| 10 | This attitude also led him to express his distaste for the American-sponsored discussions on world trade , known as the Kennedy Round , that were currently being conducted within GATT : again , he suspected that they would produce a heightened American influence in Europe , something that would not be in Western Europe 's or France 's interests . |
| 11 | If the dispute is over the value of the security for the debt held by the creditor , the court may require the creditor to revalue his security for the purposes only of the demand . |
| 12 | I wish to underline his support for the United Nations in the new world order that everyone talks so much about these days , and especially his comments about the British Council , the work of the council , and the BBC World Service . |
| 13 | If Hastings ' performance did much to underline his candidacy for the Lions captaincy — no one else of his individual stature has a similar gift for bringing players together on and off the field — it also made a significant contribution in bringing the new Murrayfield to life . |
| 14 | In fact in its original Hebrew setting the shepherd referred to a totally different picture — one who actually cared for and was perhaps even prepared to give his life for the sheep , protecting them from very real danger from which they could not be expected to protect themselves . |
| 15 | HOW apt that party-changing Dr David Owen is to do his bit for the Tories now — having been sent to Serbia by the Prime Minister . |
| 16 | ‘ Latterly , the Admiral had a habit of working down there on papers and one might have expected him to have arrived earlier than indeed he did , in order to do his homework for the committee meeting . ’ |
| 17 | The rebuff did much to undermine his enthusiasm for the Conservative party . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought I had made that clear , ’ said Wheeler with no attempt at all to disguise his contempt for the Archdeacon . |
| 19 | The first designer to unveil his collection for the spring season was Rifat Ozbek , whose successor as designer of the year , is to be announced on Tuesday at the British Fashion Awards at the Royal Albert Hall . |
| 20 | If the answer was ‘ stoppin' ‘ , the labourer would be given an extra shilling to fasten his contract for the next year , but he still had the rest of the day off to attend the merrymaking at the Hirings . |
| 21 | Accordingly , the haulier had to endorse his receipt for the electronic goods ‘ items under order number 7532 missing ’ . |
| 22 | Campbell cracked five 6s and fourteen 4s in his 146 ball innings to lift his tally for the season to 615 . |
| 23 | Mr Aichi had had to withdraw his candidature for the governorship of Miyagi prefecture when it was revealed that he had been on the take . |
| 24 | Everything was now irradiated by this feeling , which was bound to affect his work for the good . |
| 25 | It is probably fanciful to cast Mrs Moore as Phaedra , or the P'daytabird as Theseus , but now Lewis was crossing the sea to see his father for the last time . |
| 26 | ‘ The direct cause of the Clapham Junction accident was undoubtedly the wiring errors made by Mr Hemingway , ’ the report says , adding : ‘ He has never sought to evade his reponsibility for the appalling consequences of his errors … not one word of excuse came from Mr Hemingway . ’ |
| 27 | All this activity left little time for photography but , even after returning to the States to continue his work for the FSA , Delano never lost sight of the fact that his introduction to Puerto Rico had been through a camera . |
| 28 | He condemned the " junta " in Tbilisi and vowed to continue his struggle for the restoration of " lawful authority " in Georgia . |
| 29 | A milkman who set up a round in competition with his old dairy firm has won a legal battle to continue his business for the time being . |
| 30 | The report lists dozens of safety violations and incidents of sabotage discovered by Blush 's staff to support his argument for the office 's continuing existence . |