Example sentences of "king ['s] [noun sg] for [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven years earlier Anselm had not seen the king 's responsibility for order in the Church as an expression of self-will fighting against Rectitudo . |
| 2 | In 1894 Chinese troops were sent to Korea in response to the Korean king 's request for help against domestic rebellion led by the powerful Tonghak religious sect . |
| 3 | In 1636 he was accused by the king 's agent for Somerset of fraud and duplicity , charges which were revived when he made another attempt to tackle the Somerset Levels in 1655 . |
| 4 | The policy of centralization and definition of royal rights adopted by the last Capetians exposed the incompatibility between the French insistence on the full rights of suzerainty and the English king 's desire for freedom of action for himself and his officials in the duchy . |
| 5 | Lekhanya over ( i ) the King 's desire for dialogue with the South African liberation movement ; ( ii ) his complaints at corruption ; and ( iii ) his concern for broader participation in constitutional reform and the transition to democracy planned for 1992 . |