Example sentences of "it be for his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Cziffra is remembered at all in England it is for his technique , which has acquired a quite legendary status . |
| 2 | Towards the end of his time with us , Peter began to develop a midfield role in the craftier confines of Division Two , but it is for his goalscoring exploits that Palace fans chiefly remember him . |
| 3 | At all events a Council of War , called by Durand , decided that ‘ the castle being not tenable , it is for His Majesty 's service that it be abandoned ’ . |
| 4 | — But it is for his gift of sympathy and understanding for the teachers who worked with him which far exceeded his obligation that I shall largely remember him . |
| 5 | It is for his Bible and not for his controversial books that Tyndale is commemorated . |
| 6 | It was for his contribution to social reform that he is most remembered . |
| 7 | It would , however , be just as unfortunate for our understanding of Simmel to be confined to this aspect of his work as it was for his philosophy to be reduced to the simple model of freedom enshrined in a earlier tradition of American sociology . |
| 8 | It was for his style as much as for his opinions that mossadeq became notorious in the West . |
| 9 | It was for his son 's dog . |
| 10 | Think it was for his birthday , yeah , or Christmas , right , she gave an intravenous drip filled with speed solution |