Example sentences of "for his work [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other Nobel prizes for 1991 were announced by the relevant Swedish academies between Oct. 3 and Oct. 16 : ( i ) Literature — Nadine Gordimer , the South African novelist whose " magnificent epic writing " had as its central theme the consequences of apartheid ; ( ii ) Medicine — Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann , German scientists working on the function of single ion channels in cell physiology ; ( iii ) Economics — Ronald Coase , the veteran UK-born member of the Chicago school and theorist of transaction costs and property rights , relevant to how buyers and sellers are brought together in the free market ; ( iv ) Physics — Pierre-Gilles de Gennes , the French scientist , for his work on applying the study of order and behavioural similarities in molecules to a range of complex materials ; and ( v ) Chemistry — Richard R. Ernst , the Swiss researcher , for contributions to high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance ( NMR ) spectroscopy . |
| 2 | He was appointed OBE in June 1946 for his work in sustaining morale at home and publicizing Britain 's fighting spirit abroad . |
| 3 | Group grateful to MP for his work in identifying network issues and making recommendations for network development . |
| 4 | John Hoskyns , who was later knighted by a grateful Prime Minister for his work in running her Policy Unit , talked of the Churchill/Eden/Macmillan/Home period as ‘ the thirteen wasted years ’ , a phrase borrowed from a Labour campaign slogan . |
| 5 | THE Queen has spoken of her concern for the environment while praising the Sultan of Brunei for his work in protecting his country 's rainforests . |
| 6 | The guys there were obviously routing for West Ham BUT were very complementary to Leeds ESPECIALLY Sharp & Wetherall ( who won MOTM for his work in keeping Lee quiet ) . |
| 7 | He was a Protestant lawyer who had enormous prestige among Derry Catholics for his work in combating injustices against them in the courts . |