Example sentences of "for his [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Straight and narrow Part one of David Stevens ' new series sets out the plans for his transformation of a long , narrow garden . |
| 2 | Minton had already sat for his portrait to another member of staff , Robert Buhler , for a sensitive , restrained likeness , but , with hindsight , it is Moynihan who fashioned the more telling icon ( Plate 15 ) . |
| 3 | Dr John Hill of Chemistry , another frequent winner , took a first prize for his portrait of ‘ Karen ’ , a lady framed by a parasol , indeed he took five prizes altogether . |
| 4 | He sits sideways on , in a Pose distantly related to that adopted by Whistler for his portrait of his mother , and holds a furled umbrella in one hand , a hat in the other , as he bends forward to peruse an Etty oil sketch , a copy of the Observer at his feet . |
| 5 | But Richard of York himself made no attempt to co-ordinate his movements with Cade 's , and the demands for his inclusion among the King 's advisers probably do no more than reflect dislike of the existing court faction . |
| 6 | There is widespread admiration for the Secretary of State 's persistence in tackling paramilitary terrorism and for his patience over the political talks . |
| 7 | David Mills , the erstwhile head of the Hazardous Chemical wing of Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) — and well known for his criticisms of the lack of effective policing of what he defends as largely sound rules — says that placing high-temperature incinerators in some sort of hierarchy of risks is ‘ a terribly subjective business . ’ |
| 8 | Behind them is David Mellor , soon to be appointed Minister for Fun — and later to be dubbed Figure of Fun for his fling with actress Antonia de Sancha . |
| 9 | A papyrus of the Middle Kingdom , Papyrus Prisse , recounts " The Instruction for Kagemni " , teachings of wisdom supposedly written for his benefit by his father and which demonstrate that Kagemni was still remembered in the Twelfth Dynasty . |
| 10 | Undoubtedly a principal reason for this was the Avignon popes ' expedient friendship with the king of France , whose clerical subjects the popes frequently taxed for his benefit after 1337 . |
| 11 | In 1941 Hitler sought to use Hungarian territory for his attack on Yugoslavia . |
| 12 | They had come for Russell for his attack on the man in the car . |
| 13 | The support given the previous day to German neo-Nazis in two regional elections there was the starting point for his attack on PR ; a first-past-the-post system and stringent policies on asylum and immigration were preventing an extreme-right emergence in Britain , so he argued . |
| 14 | His hands were very full with arrangements for his attack on Normandy , and there must also have been many discussions about the terms on which he would be willing to make peace with the papacy . |
| 15 | Anyone who watched the drubbing poor Neil Lyndon received for his attack on extreme feminism , No More Sex War , and has a taste for more of the same will relish Not Guilty : In Defence of the Modern Man ( Weidenfeld , February , £8.99 , 0 297 81216 5 ) , in which David Thomas reveals the fruits of his researches into how The Guys have been Really Hurting because of their treatment at the hands of women lately . |
| 16 | But Lukács 's importance here is not so much for his influence on the sociology of knowledge as for his merging of a Marxist conception of the relations between classes with concepts derived from the historicist tradition . |
| 17 | When the National Executive expelled Cripps for his part in the " United Peace Alliance " , it attacked him for his influence in the League . |
| 18 | He had to account for his presence on the cruiser , after all . |
| 19 | Parisian hostesses fought for his presence at their dinner-parties , opera galas and charity balls . |
| 20 | When Captain Owen commissioned Leven , a ship-sloop , and the brig Barracouta in 1821 for his survey of the east coast of Africa , Vidal was appointed first lieutenant in Leven . |
| 21 | The sailors rewarded Taff for his efforts with several packets of cigarettes . |
| 22 | By July , Wolfgang had been rewarded for his efforts with a formal appointment to the post he had filled in an honorary capacity — on and off — for the past three years , that of konzertmeister . |
| 23 | The Chairman welcomes Mr Pugh and thanks Mr Taylor for his efforts over the years past . |
| 24 | La Gazzetta dello Sport , Italy 's leading sports paper , gave Gascoigne a mere 5½ out of 10 for his efforts under a headline loosely translated as : ‘ Gazza-show : Same old tears and same old jokes . ’ |
| 25 | May I therefore pass on to the Prime Minister the good wishes of all my constituents for his efforts at Maastricht and hope that when he has finished there he will come up to Derbyshire and tell us all about it ? |
| 26 | Damon 's previous work with us has played an important role in our success and I 'm very happy to be able to repay him for his efforts in this way . ’ |
| 27 | What we and Holyfield do know is that Bowe offers a safer route , if not to heavyweight immortality then to respectful acceptance by his peers for his efforts inside the ring , in line with the respect his quiet dignity commands outside it . |
| 28 | Though Booth 's study did produce categories of poverty which showed that many people who were in employment were still below the poverty line , and Rowntree 's work was memorable , not only for the detailed way in which he examined the financial needs of households , but also for his concepts of ‘ primary ’ and ‘ secondary ’ poverty and the ‘ poverty cycle ’ . |
| 29 | They were the organization , or company man ; the conformist who goes along with his superiors and finds balm for his conscience in additional comforts and security of his place in the corporate set-up . ’ |
| 30 | ENGLAND new boy Les Ferdinand has Ray Wilkins 's nagging to thank for his call-up for the Turkey match later this month . |