Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun] [prep] the future " in BNC.

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1 He seemed to view the nineteen nineties as some kind of Golden Age , and Cassie was reluctant to shake his faith in the future .
2 In March 1945 , a few weeks before the German surrender , Eliot was expressing his pessimism about the future ; a few days later he wrote his last commentary for the Christian News Letter and used the pseudonym of " Metoikos " or " resident alien " .
3 He describes his fears for the future in his book , Architect or Bee ?
4 Diplock LJ said " A contract in restraint of trade is one in which a party ( the covenantor ) agrees with any other party ( the covenantee ) to restrict his liberty in the future to carry on trade with other persons not parties to the contract in such manner as he chooses " .
5 Although I welcome the way in which my right hon. Friend has responded to pressure from those of us who are concerned about the future of the volunteers in the Territorial army and elsewhere , and I especially welcome his statement about the future of the Army Cadet Force and the support it receives from the reserves , what are his particular plans for the three reserve battalions of the Royal Anglians ?
6 Perhaps one should note the care with which the present leader of the party , John Hume , chooses his words over the future of the North .
7 But he also expressed his concern for the future of Scottish athletics : ‘ It 's pathetic really — there 's no second tier of world class athletes after Tom , Yvonne , Liz ( McColgan ) and Tom Hanlon .
8 He reviewed the changes made during his period as Soviet leader saying that " a totalitarian system which deprived the country of an opportunity to become wealthy and prosperous a long time ago has been liquidated " , and he expressed his hopes for the future : " Some mistakes could probably have been avoided , much been done better , but I am sure that sooner or later our shared efforts will achieve results . "
9 It focused his mind on the future and about the world that his small and fragile son would one day inherit .
10 By extrapolating broad social trends such as the long-run shift in industrialised societies from employment in agriculture and manufacturing to employment in service industries he paints his picture of the future where all our material needs are catered for by 10 per cent of the labour force , and the remainder are employed in the service sector , many of them in education and subsidised by the government .
11 They represented his investment in the future .
12 The courts will not take the incidence of future inflation into account in calculating the dependency , but if it is established that the deceased would have increased his income in the future for reasons other than inflation ( eg because he would have been promoted if he had remained in his job or because he would probably have attained higher and better paid skills or a better paid job if he had lived ) this might give grounds for increasing the multiplicand .
13 As for the conservation aim , there will initially be a greater , not a lesser , consumption of paper , if members are to be persuaded to be content with the summary , it will be necessary to undertake what the Regulations call a ‘ relevant consultation ’ which involves sending to each member both the full accounts for the financial year and a summary financial statement plus a postage-paid card on which he can make his choice for the future .
14 His geopolitical ( some would say his neo-imperialist ) strategy similarly demanded the continuance of a strong British Commonwealth , especially given his doubts concerning the future of democracy as relatively backward peoples gained their independence .
15 I share a birthplace with my hon. Friend , and I also share his concern about the future of the assisted places scheme .
16 In typically robust style Sir John outlined his vision of the future .
17 The morning session was concluded by John Davis who gave his views on the future of the European display scene .
18 Having lost his fear of the future and of black Africans , Don invited his white socialite friends to meet his new black friends in his home .
19 And why did they let Tommy , who believed his job was safe , give interviews outlining his plans for the future ?
20 But it may be observed that the general movement of culture offers little support to anyone who would pin his hopes for the future of man as a spiritual being on this kind of natural religion .
21 Mr Giles went on to outline his vision for the future , a future in which children and adults ‘ had developed a real enthusiasm for regularly visiting bookshops and libraries ’ .
22 CECIL Parkinson , the Transport Secretary , was due at the despatch box to make his statement about the future of British Rail .
23 Meanwhile , Sir Lewis does not intend to rush his decision on the future of the Country Court concept , currently on ice with only six of a planned 20 hotels off the starting blocks .
24 ALLAN CAMPBELL , who took over his new post as national director of coaching and development for the Scottish Badminton Union ( SBU ) on Monday , has outlined his hopes for the future .
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