Example sentences of "of his [noun pl] for [art] " 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 | I hold one of his wrists for a while , trying to find a pulse . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | STAKIS STRONGMAN Stakis chairman Sir Lewis Robertson tells of his plans for the group |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Then I told Springsteen not to invite any strangers in , or any of his friends for a party , put my flying jacket on and jogged downstairs to wind up Armstrong . |
8 | 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 : |
9 | He had dropped out of his studies for an English degree but stayed in Leeds because he enjoyed the social scene . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | In the meantime , Pennethorne had been working out the details of his proposals for the Foreign Office . |
12 | 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 . ] . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | Leonora , depressed rather than frightened , moved to the shelter of his arms for the remainder of the journey . |
15 | Details of his transactions for the first month are given . |
16 | Louise had hardly been out of his thoughts for a moment during the past six weeks while the relieving force , under the command of General Sinclair , had been advancing circumspectly over the plains . |
17 | Adam got out of the van and felt in the pocket of his shorts for the key . |
18 | ‘ But I do love you , ’ he said , impetuously for him ; he had always been measured with her , one of his charms for a girl who tended towards impetuosity . |
19 | Hofland was apparently still hopeful , although a list of his qualifications for the work gives as air of desperation to his letter . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Section 5 of the Partnership Act makes each partner an agent of his co-partners for the purposes of the business of the firm . |
24 | A man who wished to build a villa in Benghazi , but was frustrated by his expectation that , if he did , he would have no protection strong enough to prevent immediate expropriation , explained the collapse of his hopes for a more elegant and civilized life . |
25 | Close to the end of his life , Vincent referred approvingly to Tolstoy 's My Religion , and spoke of his hopes for a ‘ private and secret revolution in men from which a new religion will be born … something altogether new which will have no name , but will have the same effect of comforting , of making life possible , which the Christian religion used to have … ’ . |
26 | Mr Donnelly , consultant surgeon at Liverpool 's Cardiothoracic Centre , has told of his hopes for a three-year study to find out why Merseyside has become the lung cancer capital of the world . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | Although Gould might have increased his funds through sponsorship , he wisely insisted on remaining independent of any institution , reserving the rewards of his labours for no one but himself . |
30 | 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 . |