Example sentences of "he [adj] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , his phenomenal memory for facts and figures ( he has been known to correct Scottish former international rugby players on the score at half time of matches they had played in ) , combined with a genuine interest in people , made him ideal for the part and , from the day he joined TMcL a year before qualifying , his career took off . |
| 2 | We all wish him well for the future . |
| 3 | The judge left the bench and stepped down to the floor of the court to congratulate Mr Robinson and wish him well for the future . |
| 4 | Maj. Miguel Nieto , the Chief of Operations of the National Police , was dismissed on June 18 and his immediate arrest was ordered , following government investigations which held him responsible for the failure of the security forces to quell the disturbances . |
| 5 | Scott gave Ruskin little praise in his later writings and held him responsible for the introduction of the ‘ Italian mania ’ into the Gothic Revival . |
| 6 | He is designated Commander-in-Chief , making him responsible for the safety of US troops abroad and for dealing with any threat to the nation 's security at home . |
| 7 | The onset of World War I made him responsible for the design and erection of explosives plant for the Ministry of Munitions , as well as plants for heavy chemicals , dyestuffs , intermediates , and synthetic drugs which , until that time , had been imported from Germany . |
| 8 | In the first instance , the section permitted a chief officer of police who reasonably apprehended that a procession ‘ may occasion serious public disorder ’ to impose such conditions ‘ as appear[ed] to him necessary for the preservation of public order ’ . |
| 9 | This means that to prove the requisite degree of mens rea for an affray , it will he sufficient for the prosecutor to prove that the defendant knowingly took part in a fight . |