Example sentences of "his [noun] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Sya , who announces that ‘ one who believes in war believes in God ’ and who beats his sister with a khaki belt , is an inflexible symbol of a militaristic ethos . |
| 2 | Louis Dersingham was clearly annoyed to find himself having answered his sister in the first place . |
| 3 | I rang his sister from a public phone box . |
| 4 | The line obviously comes from some lost ballad telling the story of how Child Roland went to Elfland to rescue his sister from the wicked King , a monster-legend , a Theodoric-story . |
| 5 | Mr Whitelaw , as Home Secretary was furious at her applause for critics of his policies at the annual party conference . |
| 6 | But he pursued his policies within the parliamentary Labour Party and the Labour Party issued the ‘ Mosley Manifesto ’ , develop his policies into a full-scale plan in January 1931 , under the title ‘ A National Policy ’ . |
| 7 | A judge of one division of the High Court can order the transfer of any proceedings against the bankrupt from any other division of the High Court or the county court to his division of the High Court ( r 7.15(2) ) . |
| 8 | Vlasov showed great energy and leadership qualities , transforming his division into a conspicuous example of efficiency . |
| 9 | In certain rites and ceremonies the Phoenix Guard attend the Phoenix King , most notably when he is chosen and enters the flame eternal in the shrine to mark his rebirth as the new king . |
| 10 | He concentrates his energies on survival and focuses his hope on the second addition to his life since my departure : a son , now quite as tall as his father and doing well at school . |
| 11 | The calm approach of Hilton and his contemporaries to the mystical extremity may not have been simply due to British phlegm but may also have been the legacy of the relaxed and tranquil spirituality of Benedictine monasticism . |
| 12 | ‘ Academically there was n't anything to shout from the ceilings , in fact I do n't think that he found the work easy , but there was a dedication there that some of his contemporaries of the same ability could have used . |
| 13 | While most of his contemporaries in the conservation world sit behind desks or on committees , Watson and friends race ‘ kamikaze ’ inflatable dinghies in front of Soviet and Japanese whalers ' harpoons or handcuff themselves to the seal hunters ' vessels . |
| 14 | William Waldegrave has now been appointed his lieutenant in the grinding battle within Whitehall , against warriors who will doubtless counterattack with the saddest words of public administration : ‘ We 've always done it this way . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ He has proved a better confidential secretary than to give revealing answers , despite his weakness for the opposite sex — however beautiful , ’ Ven replied . |
| 16 | One engineer uses his truck as an illegal taxi , known as a ‘ proceso 500 , ’ and earns 80,000 Kwanza , To stem the flow of MPLA party workers , state employees , and professionals to the private sector and foreign aid groups , the government introduced a system of cards , lettered A , B or C , which provide bearers with privileged access to imported goods . |
| 17 | He would doubtless suffer this blow to his esteem in a First Folio or a 1532 Chaucer , given half a chance , but in lesser books the wound is too serious . |
| 18 | When he finally emerges , he will hang his shield on a leafless tree , which will sprout green leaves , and a better age will begin . |
| 19 | Only then would he hang the burden of his shield upon a withered branch . |
| 20 | The possession of a cow or two , with a hog and a few geese , naturally exalts the peasant in his own conception , above his brethren in the same rank of society … |
| 21 | But today the man who wants to be next the Health Secretary did his bit for the local campaign . |
| 22 | It was his first win in the league and came from a peg at Waverton , where he used a loaded waggler to drag his bit along the far bank and catch quality roach to eight ounces . |
| 23 | His raptures over pretty strangers and their come-hither designer clothes were as over-the-top as his enthusiasm for a new cocktail . |
| 24 | It was his next appointment in March 1904 , to the embassy in Constantinople , which fired his enthusiasm for the Middle East and settled the subsequent course of his brief but eventful life . |
| 25 | The rebuff did much to undermine his enthusiasm for the Conservative party . |
| 26 | Once you 've pondered the crucial question of which is the bigger — Mount Everest or Blessed 's supremely affable ego , then the best course of action is simply to let the saltily ribald tidal wave of his enthusiasm for the Big Hill and its history wash over you . |
| 27 | His enthusiasm for the cloak-and-dagger business of detection seemed to have waned . |
| 28 | But Mr Arafat 's critics accuse him of acting like a dictator by forcing his wishes on the Palestinian movement . |
| 29 | He cited " personal reasons " for his decision to stand down which was to take effect following the selection of his successor at a special party convention , expected in November . |
| 30 | Bielicki formally submitted his resignation at the inaugural session of the new Sejm on Nov. 25 , despite a plea from Walesa to remain . |