Example sentences of "his career at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , as a two-time General Election loser — and a perceived drag on his own party 's prospects — there were few who did not concede that his career at the top of British politics was at an end . |
| 2 | For an officer in Northern Nigeria to complain that his emir refused to take his advice was to put his career at the gravest possible risk ; he could expect in due course to be moved to ‘ easier work ’ — in other words , to administrative oblivion . |
| 3 | DAVE BEASANT will reject any attempt by Grimsby to buy him — despite resurrecting his career at the Blundell Park club . |
| 4 | ASTON VILLA are set to offer a new contract to goalkeeper Nigel Spink — six months after he thought his career at the club might be over . |
| 5 | He has never ceased to use his career at the Met as a touchstone for such later projects as editor-in-chief of Connoisseur Magazine and several ‘ inside scoop ’ books on the art world ranging from Tutankhamen : The Untold Story to his early years as a curator of the Met 's medieval department and his purchase of the ‘ Bury St Edmunds Cross ’ ( King of the Confessors ) . |
| 6 | Throughout his career at the library , James constantly blocked efforts to improve security and cataloguing procedures , in particular those proposed by the director , Islamicist Wilfrid Lockwood , who had formerly worked with British Intelligence . |
| 7 | His career at the School had started at Greek Street as a boy in 1915 and continued until 1924 ; he had returned as a master in 1942 to teach PE and Mathematics in the Senior School , and Nature Study in the Junior School . |
| 8 | Towards the end of his life , when giving a talk on his career at the Royal College of Art , Minton was asked what had been the most difficult factor to contend with . |
| 9 | O. Pächt identified the Alexis Master as Anketil , a monk-goldsmith of St Albans Abbey , who completed a new shrine for the relics of St Alban in 1129 , and spent part of his career at the Danish court as royal moneyer . |
| 10 | EDWARD LEAR , famous for his watercolour landscapes and nonsense rhymes , began his career at the age of 16 under a cloud of poverty and insecurity as a draughtsman to the Zoological Society . |
| 11 | The author worked alongside Maxwell for many years and his career at the Daily Mirror also ended in disgrace with his sacking , soon after the publishers death . |
| 12 | It 's all a far-cry from when Richard began his career at the BBC as a newsreader . |