Example sentences of "his [noun] from the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To take one last look at the electronic signature which marked out his birthplace from the countless other star systems he could see . |
| 2 | Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada resigned on Oct. 27 as president of the right-wing Nationalist Revolutionary Movement ( MNR ) , and announced his withdrawal from the 1993 presidential election race . |
| 3 | The barbel takes his name from the four long whisker-like barbules that hang from his snout . |
| 4 | And so it had gone on , generation after generation , Dowd changing his face on occasion ( a simple trick , or feit ) so as to conceal his longevity from the withering human world . |
| 5 | The Chief of Defence Staff is now the sole military adviser to the Government , drawing his advice from the three single Service Chiefs of Staff , whose responsibility is to give the naval , army and air points of view , unfettered by the need to reach collective decisions . |
| 6 | He supported the Pope , of course , and sent his own embassy to the Lombards demanding that Desiderius remove his forces from the occupied papal cities , and comply further with the Pope 's original demands for Ferrara and Faenza . |