Example sentences of "that his [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 50-year-old , winner of 61 tournaments worldwide , said that his interpretation of the rules was that he should have been disqualified for signing an incorrect score card . |
| 2 | He added that his forecast for the economy — if he had one — was pessimistic . |
| 3 | A J Lubin does suggest that his experiences in the Borinage fostered a revolutionary spirit in him . |
| 4 | It was also noted that Mr Mowatt has accumulated arrears of leave , so that his availability during the period of notice will be reduced . |
| 5 | The belief that his response to the fall of Louis Philippe was to say , " Saddle your horses , gentlemen ! |
| 6 | How significant that his response to the overwhelming evidence that the people of this nation want to have some form of democratic control over their own destiny is to propose anything other than a democratic solution . |
| 7 | Edward made his own views clear by stating that he regarded the 1328 treaty as invalid because it had been made when he was a minor and under the tutelage of others and that his title to the overlordship of Scotland should be reasserted . |
| 8 | one which does not exclude the bailor from possession , an action for conversion against a third person is maintainable by either bailor or bailee ; by the bailee because he is in possession , by the bailor because it is said that his title to the goods draws with it the right to possession , that the bailee is something like his servant and that the possession of the one is equivalent to that of the other . |
| 9 | ( One of the originators once told me that his memory of the first few weeks of the organization was of people literally waiting in turn to answer the phone every time it rang . ) |
| 10 | Sadly , it was not confined to writers and artists , for though it may be unfair to blame Nietzsche for his appropriation by Nazi ideologues , there is no question but that his doctrine of the superman and his apparent anti-semitism provided them with fertile soil . |
| 11 | No-one understood more clearly in November 1911 than Havelock Wilson that although the strike victory of that year represented a major gain to the union , the Shipping Federation 's abandonment of " the Ticket " was a reluctant one and that his battle against the managerial prerogatives claimed by the shipowners in manning their vessels and paying their crews was far from over . |
| 12 | But it really is nonsense to suggest that his remarks about the quality of a decanter and glasses and the longevity of his earrings compared with a prawn sandwich presaged the decline in Ratner 's fortunes . |
| 13 | Colleagues of Gilbey have always maintained that his relationship with the princess is strictly platonic . |
| 14 | Regretfully , she acknowledged that his behaviour on the train threw no light at all on what had happened at the flat . |
| 15 | Conservative strategists believe that his backing for the Prime Minister could persuade up to 500,000 wavering voters to support the Tories , and could be crucial in a number of closely-fought seats . |
| 16 | Sure , she had indulged in the occasional uncharitable observation that his affection for the child was no more than a front . |
| 17 | But Whyte 's critics pointed out that his call for the individual to fight a lonely battle against conformity was never going to get very far . |
| 18 | As security it was agreed that Mr. O'Brien would guarantee the payment by the company of its indebtedness and that his liability under the guarantee would be secured by a second charge over the house which was believed to have an equity of about £100,000 . |
| 19 | This piece of advice might suggest that his grasp of the ‘ new psychology ’ was still at the rudimentary stage , since he speaks of a neurosis as if it were something avoidable . |
| 20 | A couple of hours passed , her spirits sinking lower , and then Philip came in , pleased , to say that his chum at the yard with contacts where demolition work was going on , had all that 43 needed , and it was in a van outside . |
| 21 | Does the Prime Minister understand that his description of the Sunday trading laws as ’ bizarre ’ has encouraged law breaking ? |
| 22 | Whatever his personal fortunes , it is likely that his connections with the more favoured branch of the family headed by William Cavendish , first Earl of Devonshire [ q.v. ] and heir to Chatsworth and Hardwick , brought him into association with several other composers and musicians . |
| 23 | Jennings argued that Dicey 's ideas on sovereignty were overly conceptualistic and that his concept of the rule of law was based on an individualistic , laissez-faire philosophy . |
| 24 | The ravages of lung cancer have left him so little of them that his evidence in the pioneering case against Imperial Tobacco had to be given in advance of the full hearing which is still possibly two years away . |
| 25 | At one point in Vikram Seth 's novel in verse The Golden Gate ( Faber , 1986 ) , the author interrupts the narrative to tell us that his idea for the book had not been well received when he had mentioned it to a publisher : |
| 26 | That his theology was orthodox and that his support for the monarch and the political establishment was unswerving are important . |
| 27 | When Geoffrey le Bel was unable to arbitrate in person between the seneschal and the monks of Baugé in a quarrel over tithes in 1146 , he insisted that his part in the case be acknowledged . |
| 28 | His protestations of devotion in the trial scene are , in our opinion , genuine , as is his confession that his affair with the Countess is platonic . |
| 29 | Bunyan 's life and work were a fulfilment of Tyndale 's dream that his translation of the Bible would reach and transform the humblest ploughboy in the fields . |
| 30 | However , the fact that Brucan chose to retain his seat on the NSF Council raised speculation that his withdrawal from the leadership was a tactical manoeuvre . |