Example sentences of "in his [adj] years as " in BNC.
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1 | That seems to have been his view in his first years as archbishop . |
2 | But Mr Kohl , usually underestimated in his eight years as chancellor , has never looked more firmly in command or keener to carry on . |
3 | The journalist , attracted by Roosevelt 's easy charm , had failed to detect the underlying strength of character and iron determination that were clearly revealed in his 13 years as president . |
4 | In his fourteen years as a fancier he has converted a hobby into something of a triumphant campaign . |
5 | But was it not a position that he had found ideal in his 10 years as a recall man ? |
6 | In his thirty-two years as a gallerist in Cologne , Reinz has conducted a specialised programme consisting of work by Nay , Fautrier and Poliakoff , and by artists of the German Informel School of the 1950s and 60s : Hoehme , Gutz , Bruning , Schumacher , Dahmen and Sonderborg . |
7 | He is moving back towards the bad practice of selective tax shelters , which Mr Lawson had undermined in his five years as chancellor . |
8 | With Nottingham Forest bottom of the Premier League , manager Clough is reeling from the club 's worst start in his 17 years as boss at the City Ground . |
9 | In his early years as a clock-maker in London Fromanteel made lantern clocks of typical form with balance-wheel escapement , as well as some spring-driven table clocks . |
10 | In his four years as an MP Mr Devlin has kept up a high profile . |
11 | In his last years as News at Ten helmsman , he became a national joke-figure . |
12 | As we shall find , this distinction lies at the root of Anselm 's movements in his last years as archbishop . |
13 | It is evident that he did live there in his later years as the Minutes of 1771 agree to provide his successor with lodgings in Chelsea , ‘ until such time as Mr. Miller has quit his apartments in the greenhouse ’ . |
14 | In his seven years as a playing member of the team , Bates has twice helped Britain gain promotion to the World Group , in 1985 and again last year , and has once , in 1987 , had the disappointment of being relegated . |