Example sentences of "and his [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Haines had no friends in high places and his requests for administrative help were unheeded . |
2 | Now he does n't actually make the concession I think it 's consistent of what he says , that he ought to concede that direct democracy might be better at improving the citizens , because after all the citizens have much more to do on in service of the state but his view is that direct democracy has the opposite failure to guardianship , that while it might be better at improving citizens it 's absolutely hopeless in managing the affairs of the state and his reasons for that is that we need experts with experience in order to carry out the affairs of government and although these people ought ultimately to be held responsible to the people , people should n't sit in judgment them in every one of their decisions . |
3 | But while he captured the headlines with his anti-Soviet warnings and his proposals for Anglo-American co-operation , it is important to remember that in the short run his call for " a fraternal association " between the Anglo-Saxon powers was poorly received by a majority of Americans . |
4 | The question here , however , is one that occupied him and his colleagues for many years of sometimes acrimonious debate with mammalian psychologists : . |
5 | However , the antibacterial effect of the quinolones was not discovered by N. Barton and his colleagues for another 12 years . |
6 | It was clear that Hitler was mentally preparing himself and his assistants for all possible configurations of alliance and animosity . |
7 | So I used to encourage his own poetry , and his ideas for poetic themes , even when I knew they were poor or did not interest me . |
8 | The circuit was one of the first to stage hippodramas , employing Andrew DuCrow [ q.v. ] and his horsemen for this purpose . |