Example sentences of "he disapprove of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IAN Gow , the Conservative member for Eastbourne , is famed for three things : a doglike devotion to the Prime Minister , a deadpan sense of humour , and his quixotic resignation as housing minister because he disapproved of the Anglo-Irish Agreement . |
| 2 | He disapproved of the casual obscenity of barrack-room conversation , but as he groped for words to express his triumphant passion , he found to his surprise that he could not say them to Bridget They would sound to her like a string of incoherent obscenities : — the Army and — second stag on East Wing Guard and — Sergeant Towser who cancelled his last leave pass and — the troop train back to Catterick on Sunday night and — the cold walk from the station to the camp and — the platform where he kissed Bridget good-bye at the end of leave and — the street corner where he had to run for his bus and — the Teddy-boy who had attacked her and — all the people and all the regulations and all the time-tables and all the clocks that had tried for so long to stop them from having this . |
| 3 | Among Wright 's many charitable actions was the building of the church of St Martin at Osmaston ( because he disapproved of the high-church tendencies of the parish church ) and the founding of Trent College in 1866 , one of whose houses was named after Wright . |
| 4 | There he is into the moving of earth as well as mortar : having repaired the house , he constructs a vista culminating in a ‘ pretty alcove ’ of his own design , thus providing a prospect to view through the large panes of glass he has let into his lattices ( he disapproves of the new fashion for sash-windows ) . |
| 5 | He disapproves of the whole superstar DJ scene , however : ‘ At the end of the day it 's only about a bit of plastic — people should n't wet their knickers about it . |