Example sentences of "he [art] [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such things would give him the freedom of action he craves . |
| 2 | Should have worn gloves because they would have protected his hands , but they would have denied him the freedom of movement that he now needed . |
| 3 | He saw pliant girls offering him the laurels of victory before they fainted before his conquering feet . |
| 4 | For him the attraction of skyline walking is obvious — once you have made the initial effort to climb the first peak , everything else that follows is usually progressively less strenuous . |
| 5 | Every time he lifted the cap of his luminous watch the hands seemed to have barely moved , but now he hauled Nigel Clogstoun-Willmott into the canoe and passed him the flask of coffee . |
| 6 | In standing out for true sportsmanship on the field Mr Chapman , loyally backed by his players , set a standard which has raised the sport he loved to the highest level , and has won for him the gratitude of sportsmen the world over . ’ |
| 7 | The American smiled at the accurate description of the Vice President whose reputation for always falling asleep at meetings had earned him the nickname of Mogadon Man . |
| 8 | W. G. Collingwood describes one of these men Balthazar Puchberger , ( altered in course of time to Puthparker ) whose shaggy or tousled head earned him the nickname of Towsie . |
| 9 | Sparke published forty-two of Prynne 's works , including Histrio-mastix ( 1633 ) , which earned him the antagonism of William Laud [ q.v. ] |
| 10 | Following the execution in December 1989 of the Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu , the 1988 decree awarding him the Order of Sükhbaatar was annulled . |
| 11 | The Norwegian government awarded him the Order of St Olav in 1979 . |
| 12 | From the moment he had come to power , Napoleon III had made it plain that for him the problem of Paris was not simply one of creating prosperity for its inhabitants ; rather it was one of transforming and embellishing the city in such a way as to make life better for its inhabitants while simultaneously making it worthy of the new France . |
| 13 | Thus his possession of Barnard Castle gave him the service of Robert Brackenbury , but also the means to reward Richard Ratcliffe . |
| 14 | Thus his possession of Barnard Castle gave him the service of Robert Brackenbury , but also the means to reward Richard Ratcliffe . |
| 15 | At a humbler level , it gave him the service of Richard Barnby of Great Gonerby , whom Richard was to add to the Lincolnshire commission of array in winter 1484 . |
| 16 | At a humbler level , it gave him the service of Richard Barnby of Great Gonerby , whom Richard was to add to the Lincolnshire commission of array in winter 1484 . |
| 17 | A lifetime 's endeavours brought rich rewards ( a personal estate of £700,000 at his death ) and gained him the admiration of Samuel Smiles [ q.v . ] . |
| 18 | His clever course management in the wake of continuous swing problems had made Olazabal a huge favourite with the Sun City galleries , many of whom rated him the superior of Seve Ballesteros , a two-time winner of the event . |
| 19 | Anthemius intended to acknowledge his achievements by giving him the title of patricius , but the emperor was himself killed by Gundobad . |
| 20 | And it 's that devotion that 's just won him the title of Britains most romantic top tycoon . |
| 21 | Louis and his great men deliberated , and decided : at the summer assembly in July , the Ordinatio Imperii accommodated Lothar 's ambitions by giving him the title of co-emperor forthwith and promising him the whole of Francia on his father 's demise . |
| 22 | A BOY 'S ambition to run a cafe with a smile has won him the title of Smarties ' Young Achiever of the Year . |
| 23 | Adrift and in debt , Rolfe was taken in by the Duchess of Sforza-Cesarini , who conferred on him the title of Baron Corvo before he returned to England later in the year . |
| 24 | Clive James , whose Observer column had made him the doyen of television critics in the Seventies , wrote ; ‘ One has been kept from previous series of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em by its awful title , but it is time to say what everybody is saying-that the show is a must . |
| 25 | A Goblin Big Boss has the advantage of being cheap and he will do almost as good a job , especially if you give him the Crown of Command to raise his leadership to 10 . |
| 26 | You could buy him the Crown of Command as one of his magic items , which at 50 points still makes him marginally cheaper than an Orc or Black Orc Warlord . |
| 27 | In him the glory of God shines out in human form ( John 1:14 , 2 Cor. 4:4 ) . |
| 28 | They tagged him the Nabob Of Sob , the Prince Of Wails and the Cry Guy . |
| 29 | Charles gave him the address of Maurice Skellern Artistes . |
| 30 | In ‘ 87 , Nick had been in Athens as one of the team that lured Fawaz Younis to a boat out of territorial waters , and put the handcuffs on him , and read him the charges of Air Piracy and placing a destructive device aboard an aircraft and committing violence aboard an aircraft and aiding and abetting a hijacking . |