Example sentences of "for his [noun sg] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They had come for Russell for his attack on the man in the car . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | When the National Executive expelled Cripps for his part in the " United Peace Alliance " , it attacked him for his influence in the League . |
| 5 | He had to account for his presence on the cruiser , after all . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ENGLAND new boy Les Ferdinand has Ray Wilkins 's nagging to thank for his call-up for the Turkey match later this month . |
| 8 | The third party is now commonly known as an expert , usually because he has been chosen for his expertise about the issue between the parties . |
| 9 | Cruachan a close second To Tel Quel in the Dubai Champion Stakes here last October , may resume winning ways in the Earl of Sefton EBF Stakes ( 3.05 ) ; the improving Wolfhound is expected to complete his hat-trick in the European Free Handicap ( 3.35 ) and John Gosden 's Coniston Water is reported in good form for his debut in the Wood Ditton Stakes ( 5.15 ) . |
| 10 | Throughout his career , Gaunt was conspicuous for his loyalty to the king , and even when Richard II spurned that loyalty for a time , Gaunt did not associate himself with opposition to the court . |
| 11 | We are indeed indebted to him for his loyalty to the Guild — today marks the end of two eras — 100 years for the Guild and the end of the Diocesan Episcopate of Bishop Harris — it only remains for me to express on your behalf our very best wishes to his Lordship for a very happy , healthy and long retirement . |
| 12 | It was probably he , not a namesake , who was a follower of John Giffard [ q.v. ] in the civil wars of the late 1260s , and who was rewarded for his loyalty to the Crown with a grant of land in Northamptonshire . |
| 13 | The abbot of St Martial 's , the leader of the 1177 " crusade " against the Brabançons and well known for his loyalty to the Dukes of Aquitaine , took refuge in the abbey town of La Souterraine . |
| 14 | Moscovitch found support for his proposition in the fact that split-brain patients sometimes begin to write with the left hand what is clearly a correct response to a stimulus seen in the left visual field , but that then the left hemisphere takes over control and the response is finished incorrectly since the left half of the brain has not seen the stimulus ( Levy , Mebes and Sperry , 1971 ) . |
| 15 | He was relatively unknown , but was praised by Iliescu for his grasp of the country 's economic problems . |
| 16 | As a price for his reduction of the rebels , Louis forced from the very reluctant abbot the recognition that in temporal matters he was subject to the decision of the royal court . |
| 17 | It was indeed the attacks in Cartwright 's books which Hooker was to take as the starting point for his defence of the Church . |
| 18 | The prosecution say Mr Probyn was laying the ground for his defence as the search for his wife continued . |
| 19 | Does my hon. Friend accept that there will be a welcome across the House for his response to the questions ? |
| 20 | WINSFORD MILL press operator , , has won £200 for his response to the company ‘ Comment ! ’ scheme . |
| 21 | He had needed expert searchers for his battle against the drug traffic . |
| 22 | As the landowner acts as intermediary , the peasant gains no experience of wider society and must depend on his patron for his interpretation of the world . |
| 23 | Not noted for his ability in the air , Gascoigne sensed the kill and found it in himself to jump high , evade the challenge of tall defender Silvano Bendetti and meet the ball with power and precision , guiding it emphatically past goalkeeper Giuseppe Zinetti . |
| 24 | ‘ He would be feared by most international teams for his ability in the air and would n't let England down . ’ |
| 25 | On his way back with the water , he got lost on detour around a fallen tree , and as he looked for his way through the woods , he heard a voice ask from the underbrush , ‘ Have you anything to drink ? ’ |
| 26 | The men greeting Johnson included the Laird , his doctor brother , and four other Macleod relatives , including one , known as Sandie , who had been exiled for his part with the Jacobites in 1745 . |
| 27 | In the case of Turner , a convicted defendant initiated a prosecution against his accomplice , who had obtained a prior undertaking from the Director that he would not be prosecuted for his part in the offence . |
| 28 | From the early days he seems to have become involved in trade-union activities , and for his part in the Manchester strike of 1818 he was sent to prison for two years in 1819 . |
| 29 | As courts began dealing with charges of theft and public order offences , a qualified referee was told he may be jailed for his part in the looting of a Blackpool jewellers . |
| 30 | The Wimbledon midfield player should have decided by yesterday whether to appeal against his record £20,000 fine for his part in the video ‘ Soccer 's Hard Men ’ . |