Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] an [adj] choice " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , John summoned up courage to ask permission to use different music : Ravel 's two-handed piano concerto in G. Presumably he was happier working with that , but few people found it an apt choice for the subject of the ballet , about a witch who destroys her lover . |
| 2 | Chapman 's impressive record at Northampton and Leeds — and the fact that he was out of work — made him an ideal choice . |
| 3 | It was his success in this role which made him an obvious choice for prime minister , an essentially ‘ managerial ’ post . |
| 4 | It was that experience , allied to his next job as arts minister , that made him an obvious choice to become Major 's first Heritage Secretary . |
| 5 | His increasing climbing experience plus his renowned strength and stamina made him an obvious choice for the first New Zealand expedition to the Himalaya in 1951 . |
| 6 | His paintings of Spain also made him an apt choice of artist for V. S. Pritchett 's The Spanish Temper ( 1954 ) and for Cedric Salter 's Introducing Spain ( 1953 ) for which he reworked an earlier drawing of Alicante . |
| 7 | He says that the bright colours , as well as the subject matter , made it an ideal choice . |