Example sentences of "his [noun sg] for [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly he is a man who , on the night in question allowed his enthusiasm for sex to overcome normal behaviour . ’ |
| 2 | But his enthusiasm for system led him too easily to assume that a native administration duly gazetted was a native administration actually functioning as a responsible organ of local government , and this set a limit to his achievements in reform . |
| 3 | He must now , by my reckoning , be nearly a hundred years old , but in no way does his enthusiasm for life appear diminished . |
| 4 | In negotiations with the Iranians , however , North maintained that his enthusiasm for war had no place . |
| 5 | His support for Iraq has won him backing from all quarters , from western-educated intellectuals to Muslim Brothers . |
| 6 | I was glad to hear the right hon. Member for Croydon , South ( Sir W. Clark ) reiterate his support for measures to help small businesses , in particular over the late repayment of debt . |
| 7 | The ideas and concepts of the prison structure in Scotland — outlined in a speech at the conference by Alan Walker , the deputy chief executive of the SPS — so impressed a Latvian delegation that they wrote to Scotland 's Minister of State , Lord Fraser of Carmyllie , asking his permission for Walker to visit the country . |
| 8 | Now he acknowledged to himself that his admiration for Sarah had caused him to overlook young Martha 's attractions . |
| 9 | The Prime Minister has repeated his plea for Scotland to remain in the United Kingdom warning that independence would lead to bitterness and chaos . |
| 10 | His trial for manslaughter continues . |
| 11 | His trial for murder began at Bristol Crown Court six days ago , but was brought to halt by Mr Justice Hutchison today , the day scheduled for the start of Probyn 's defence . |
| 12 | The Harlequin man had invaded Jaq 's Imperial Tarot with the slickness of a lashworm snatching some flesh from a passer-by , and now that damned individual was contemptuously trailing his cloak for Jaq to follow . |
| 13 | Suddenly , at the Central Committee meeting in November , he failed to respond to the criticisms levelled at his ministry for failure to meet plan targets in the standard manner , neither would he take the blame for the strike at Motru . |
| 14 | And the sores which have plagued his mouth for months have now disappeared . |
| 15 | To survive , Merovech had to oppose his father , but his bid for power failed and he asked his servant to kill him . |
| 16 | It was urged that , if this construction were adopted , a solicitor would have a shorter time during which he may abstain from bringing his action for work done than the rest of Her Majesty 's subjects . |
| 17 | Murdock 's investigations of coal gas were a direct result of his search for materials to preserve the bottom of ships . |
| 18 | But his search for pleasure did not stop there . |
| 19 | His search for Tess took him first to Flintcomb-Ash , where he discovered she had never used her married name . |
| 20 | He acquired a small capital by scavenging and became a pedlar ; then he became a partner in a ship ; and his skill as a sailor and his fondness for travel took him to Scotland and Italy , to Denmark and Flanders . |
| 21 | It is surprising that his fondness for drink did not do more to impair his career , which was a remarkable career , only marred by his reaction to the appointment of Harold Wilson as the leader of the Labour Party . |
| 22 | Harry , by contrast , had no intention of subsiding into forgetful slumber : he had far too much to occupy his mind for sleep to seem attractive . |
| 23 | In November 1959 he found himself back in Montreal , ‘ to renew his neurotic affiliations ’ as he was to repeat endlessly to journalists ; meeting his friends and family , sometimes bumping into his uncles who would take him for expensive meals at top restaurants — such as the Ritz — and hotels ; and generally awakening and reawakening those impulses and memories which would fire his imagination and energise his mind for months to come . |
| 24 | One sequence of entries , for instance , seemingly associates the words " aesthetic " and " tragedy " ; another connects Greek drama with " optimism and pessimism " , a new polarity destined to exercise his mind for years to come ; and another , after a list of topics that includes " development of tragedy " and " Lessing , Winckelmann " , offers a brief theoretical discussion of " development " that refers to " music " , " opera " , and another notion of significance for the future , " instinct " . |
| 25 | Modigliani 's penetrating artistic judgement and his talent for graphology made him ‘ a sort of magician ’ . |
| 26 | He designed for others ( costumes for Diaghilev and embroidery for Schiaparelli ) , but he also ‘ designed ’ himself ; his unquenchable desire for fame and his talent for self-publicity made him the most photographed man in Paris . |
| 27 | George and Marie agreed that George should take most of the responsibility for the Brasserie , which they felt needed his talent for hospitality to build up a clientele , as well as his ability to train staff and foster good employee relations . |
| 28 | His zest for living had to encompass even the risk of dying . |
| 29 | His campaign for peace has been original , gimmicky and , above all , successful in securing publicity for a cause . |
| 30 | Looking back , I can not deny that the grant of the licence was something of which he could legitimately complain , but his capacity for complaints exceeded any normal human being 's by a very large measure . |