Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He considered : surely things were n't so utterly disorganised in the kitchens that the scullions no longer knew who was in charge of them , or where his office was ? |
| 2 | It must be shown , for example , that an applicant has no case in law or that his evidence can not be believed ( R v Chertsey Justices , ex pE [ 1987 ] 2 FLR 415 ) . |
| 3 | The lessee in a lease — the defendant so covenanted in this case — covenants in effect that he or his assignee will perform the covenants and observe the conditions contained in it ; and when , as in the present instance , the defendant sets up no performance by himself of the covenants sued on , his defence must be either that his assignee has performed them or that his assignee is in some way as between himself and the lessor absolved from performance . |
| 4 | It was hard for the active trade unionist of the day to believe that W.P.Lind could combine the secretaryship of the London Seamen 's Protection Society with his role as Superintendent Registrar for the Port of London or that his organisation , with large numbers of members on its books but only a handful paying contributions , was not actually in the hands of the shipping interests . |
| 5 | And at Old Trafford yesterday , Cantona denied that he had asked for a transfer or that his working relationship with Wilkinson had suffered any breakdown . |
| 6 | At first he had assumed that it was taking much longer than the boy had estimated or that his work on the Project was taking up his time , but this explained it all . |
| 7 | ‘ Did he ever say anything to suggest that he felt threatened , or that his life was in danger ? ’ she asked . |
| 8 | As a boy , he had been certain that he was adopted , or that his mother had taken a lover . |
| 9 | It was all very disturbing , and Angela quite dreaded being seen by Bully and wished very much that he did n't live anywhere near her , or that his owner , Mr. Black , looked after him better and trained him . |
| 10 | It would be churlish to suggest Lewis fights under a flag of convenience or that his status as world champion has only been able to be enjoyed by default . |
| 11 | To do this he must assure himself that , on the day he is nominated as a candidate , he is 21 years of age or over , a British subject or a citizen of the Irish Republic and either that his name is on the register of electors in the local government area for which he intends to stand as a candidate , or that he has resided in the area ( or , in the case of a parish or community , within three miles of the area ) for a period of one year , or that he has occupied as owner or tenant land in the area for one year , or that his principal or only place of work has been in the area for one year . |
| 12 | The authors warn visiting foreign scientists that their presence in the USSR will be used by the KGB to show that Sakharov is forgotten or that his exile is at least accepted . |
| 13 | As soon as you had a break in your ploughing you 'd walk along the headlings to have a look at your neighbour 's work , to see where he had gone wrong , or if his ploughing was better than yours . |
| 14 | The prosecution will fail if the local authority 's travelling expert fails to turn up , or if his evidence is different . |
| 15 | I asked , wondering if it really was or if his memory had become glamorized . |
| 16 | If the expert is seen to be incompetent ( eg. if an accountant does not seem to provide sensible information ) or if his area of expertise is not widely acknowledged ( which is often the case with personnel department staff ) he will have little or no expert power . |
| 17 | In the circumstances of the current re–organisation however , employees will be allowed to retain the new level of protected hours , in a higher grade post if the result is a saving due to the reduction in staff numbers , either in the post they are vacating or in a lower graded post further down the structure or if his replacement is being appointed on the grade and hours required in the final structure . |
| 18 | She wondered how he 'd be if his father had not driven off or if his mother had shown him more affection . |
| 19 | If a judge has slept badly , has had an indigestible breakfast , tripped over the cat , has been roundly abused by his wife and scolded by his children , or if his mind has been distracted by the children 's school reports , a narrow defeat at a curling match or whatever , he may be temporarily off form . |
| 20 | Moreover , the pupil or student equally has questions , especially if his assignment is of an open-ended kind , or if his teacher has included ( as one hopes he increasingly will ) the objectives of developing autonomy and self-confidence in research in his instructional design . |
| 21 | A horse will pull all the more against a bit which causes him pain or if his mouth is split in the corner even though pulling makes it worse . |
| 22 | He says he can die simply of the cold or because his lung fill up with fluid becayse of the change in air pressure . |
| 23 | Or because his conscience was clear ? |
| 24 | Of course , it might be said that a man in your position , if you 'll forgive the expression , is dieting either because his lover has threatened to leave him if he does n't shed a few pounds or because his lover has left him and he feels a need to , shall we say , freshen up . |
| 25 | She looked across the desk at Wycliffe as though for encouragement , but none came ; his expression remained bland ; she could not even be sure that he was looking at her or whether his gaze was focused on the window behind her . |
| 26 | Education standards had deteriorated to such an extent by 1997 that Billy Johnson could n't work out whether he had been born a day too early or too late to vote , or whether his birth had been induced or retarded . |
| 27 | I wondered if Charlie really knew this , felt this , or whether his life as he lived it from day to day was as fucked-up and perplexed as everyone else 's . |
| 28 | He wonders whether anyone now has sympathy for the Shah or whether his vanity , his vainglory , his hectoring , his insensitivity his military obsessions , have not lost him all goodwill , at home and abroad . |
| 29 | In the dark it was impossible to see whether the curtains were drawn , but certainly no chink of light showed and she could not tell whether he was there , asleep , or whether his flat was empty . |
| 30 | When he has had quiet periods one simply got the feeling that he was having a rest , a feeling reinforced by his ability to produce a big innings apparently at will , especially on the grand occasion or when his team is struggling . |