Example sentences of "his [noun] have [been] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | His Excellency has been one of the best Ambassadors Spain has ever sent us , and his very dear wife has given him so much support . |
| 2 | The Secretary of State has pretensions as a political heavyweight , but his performances have been more of a light banterweight . |
| 3 | However , his appearance had been that of an eighteen-year-old , which makes nonsense for a second time of the press claims that Lord Haw-Haw was as puny in appearance as he had been in his human sympathies . |
| 4 | Kirkman Finlay who was represented by an advocate at the district meeting complained that his opponent had been guilty of bribery and corruption and had thereby disqualified himself . |
| 5 | Throughout the tour , his bearing had been one of well-mannered gravity . |
| 6 | There is no doubt that Charles has done a great deal that his father has been proud of and has excelled at sports like polo that the Duke of Edinburgh played when he was younger , but the Prince never felt he was good enough . |
| 7 | She had persuaded herself that her recoil from his touch had been one of distaste rather than one of recognised attraction . |
| 8 | His grandfather had been one of the Competitors for the Throne ; but Edward the First had chosen John Balliol , as sufficiently weak to accept him as overlord . |
| 9 | Someone had to do it : his regiment had been one of the unlucky ones . |