Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [be] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " But your friend Hyde is ; you do know his preference is for young men ? " she asked with a sly smile . |
| 2 | ‘ He is a big horse and his preference is for soft ground . |
| 3 | After this comprehensive study of every aspect of horticulture , Miller came to the conclusion that his preference was for ornamental gardening and he established his own nursery in St George 's Fields , Southwark , later the site of King 's Bench Prison . |
| 4 | Llewellyn-Jones ( 1981a ) also looked at lag behind the speaker and though his concern was for individual comparison , a general conclusion is that the usual 2 — 3 seconds lag of the BSL interpreter behind the speaker is not sufficient for the message to be both understood and presented to the audience in a form which can be understood . |
| 5 | Mr McLean and other northern area agents were visiting Downing Street you guessed right , his MBE was for political services when Mrs Thatcher and Mr Cecil Parkinson asked anxiously about Conservative prospects in the forthcoming Darlington by-election . |