Example sentences of "it is for his " in BNC.
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| 1 | However that may be , there are reasons for thinking that the abandonment of England , and of any hopes for her , was not much less momentous for Pound than it is for his English readers . |
| 2 | Although he spent a comparatively few number of years as a painter , it is for his paintings that his name is known worldwide . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If Cziffra is remembered at all in England it is for his technique , which has acquired a quite legendary status . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | His respect for other faiths is as strong as it is for his own faith . |
| 7 | It is for his Bible and not for his controversial books that Tyndale is commemorated . |
| 8 | And it is for his gaffes as much as his gifts that old Colemanballs — the column Private Eye named after them — will be remembered . |
| 9 | — 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 . |
| 10 | In the backs , Kenny Logan has had a somewhat disappointing season after being capped in Australia last summer , but the stage is set for him to recover lost ground , as it is for his Stirling County colleague , Ian Jardine . |
| 11 | In the backs , Kenny Logan has had a somewhat disappointing season after being capped in Australia last summer , but the stage is set for him to recover lost ground , as it is for his Stirling County colleague , Ian Jardine . |