Example sentences of "[adv] his [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Stirrup Cup , unbeaten in six races this season , faces much his stiffest test .
2 Hanley confirmed the rout as he completed a hat-trick in perhaps his best performance of the season to give Leeds the result they urgently needed .
3 Perhaps his best production in this country was the WNO Ballo in Maschera , a scrupulously organised and visually attractive treatment that benefited from the by now traditional repatriation of Verdi 's subject to its Swedish origin .
4 Oswald 's best season at the Palace was probably 1933–34 , when he topped our list of appearances with 39 games , although perhaps his finest display for the club was in that season 's 2nd round FA Cup tie at Stockport , when the Palace came from behind to win 2–1 .
5 Festa was a much more considerable church composer and Willaert also did perhaps his greatest work in this field .
6 In retrospect , perhaps his greatest mistake since the coup was not to call elections to parliament and guarantee himself a more liberal body .
7 He was , however , most comfortable in the theatre and perhaps his greatest success was the music for the Royal Shakespeare Company 's dramatization of Dickens 's Nicholas Nickleby .
8 Perhaps his greatest tribute , however , has been the comments made by so many people in the organisation : ‘ Peter always took time to listen ’ .
9 Perhaps his greatest contribution to the arts was his key role as a pioneer photographer and photographic instructor , establishing himself as the most accomplished artist turned photographer of his generation .
10 Perhaps his greatest asset is his ability to let the story tell itself , and not to embroider description with implicit or explicit conclusions .
11 Perhaps his greatest vulnerability was one shared with the great mass of mankind : a vanity which affected many aspects of his life , and which as he grew older increased his claims for credit for almost every activity within human reach .
12 Perhaps his worst betrayal had been nothing to do with unburnt papers , it had been whatever he had conceded , or let slip , or left ambiguous , at the second long examination after arriving in Edinburgh .
13 And whereas on the stage he had the words of Christopher Fry or the presence of John Gielgud — both of which drew out his respect and so his best shots — in films generally he would have a leaky script and brief takes — neither giving him the chance to wind up and deliver .
14 If only his eldest sons would n't smoke .
15 His book will appeal to a select élite — only his best friend finished it
16 That was Gooch 's main intention when he left Gatwick on Monday , thinking only his closest family knew of the marriage breakdown .
17 Even the Oxford Museum was not free from Italian influence and ‘ Scott would be throwing away his best chance ’ if he let himself be debarred from doing the same .
18 A man who has given away his greatest secret can not afford further pretence .
19 The photographer and author , Daniel Farson , recollects Minton surrounded by sailors and fussing over his latest infatuation as if he were a chorus girl , whilst simultaneously complaining , ‘ I 'm only liked because I 'm rich .
20 ‘ He spent a fortnight going around completely filthy until he gradually got over it ’ León , that is , not his best friend .
21 It it 's not his best side er his right foot but you know he can weigh in on that side but er he does have a hunger for goals .
22 But that is not his best deal .
23 Carden Park is proof that 49 year-old Broome is not a man of compromises , though it is not his greatest project .
24 We knew that because of his inexperience his reading of the game was not his strongest asset .
25 And while I 'm not his hugest fan , I 'm certainly an admirer and this storming , bleeping , lost-in-house noise has plenty to admire about it .
26 He made 829 runs in four matches ( he missed the Lord 's Test through illness ) in 1976 , which was statistically his best performance , and if he has never made quite so many since that must just be because of the demands , physical and psychological , of playing so much top cricket .
27 It also reminds him of possibly his darkest day in the game .
28 Possibly his best batting performance was scoring 56 for Middlesex against the MCC at Lord 's in 1790 .
29 That last phase of his game — linking between forwards and backs — was not always his strongest suit .
30 ‘ … directly reminiscent of the existence of the individual in infancy before he could talk readily , when everyone was bigger and stronger , when chairs and tables were mountainous and had sharp injurious edges , when he could flood the dark universe with light if someone lifted him to press the switch , but when usually his greatest efforts were ineffectual to change anything .
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