Example sentences of "which he [vb -s] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in his mid-seventies , Finniston is showing no sign of flagging in his boundless energy or in the missionary zeal with which he preaches the gospel that a healthy industrial economy is in the best interests of society as a whole . |
| 2 | ( E ) The conference nominates his excellency , Ali Mahdi Mohammed , as provisional President of the Somali Republic for a period of two years from the day on which he takes the oath . |
| 3 | But when we understand the adjective to be a predicate qualifier , so that the sentence is the counterpart to how did Reg run the engine ? , then it describes a different ( and , in engineering terms , presumably worse ) situation , in which he forces the engine to operate when it is already dry . |
| 4 | Most disconcerting , to those who love The Discarded Image , is the apparent cheerfulness with which he abandons the depth and range of his historical imagination in favour of a style of rhetoric which seems more reminiscent of the Belfast police courts . |
| 5 | Kelly also has two shows of brand new work on the boards these days : one , of paintings at Blum Helman from 11 November to 2 January , and another at Castelli from 21 November to 19 December in which he abandons the wall in favour of a large piece meant to be looked down upon and circumambulated . |
| 6 | Although Kirk does not record that he raised any specific objection to this , or that he asked for confirmation that the Cossacks were all Soviet nationals within the terms of allied policy , he nevertheless includes the exchanges about the Cossacks among the points on which he requests the State Department 's views . |
| 7 | Ullman divides the computational problem faced by the visual system into two logically distinct parts , which he calls the correspondence and the interpretation problems . |
| 8 | Bell expresses the connection between these as " an axiom of sociolinguistic structure " , which he calls the Style Axiom : Variation on the style dimension within the speech of a single speaker derives from and echoes the variation which exists between speakers on the " social " dimension . |
| 9 | Indeed , he believes that a very small section of the population , which he calls the business class , now forms a tightly integrated group which dominates British business . |
| 10 | This alternative , which he calls the strategy matrix , essentially requires top-level corporate management to formulate six to eight key strategies which go across the various subsidiary businesses . |
| 11 | It is fascinating in this context concerning the spiritual warfare in which we are engaged to notice how he ascribes the work of the Spirit to two juxtaposed concepts : prayer , and the Word of God which he calls the sword of the Spirit . |
| 12 | Just four sentences from the prince have been made public — in which he uses the word ‘ love ’ four times . |
| 13 | Where rights ( at least in the strong sense in which he uses the term ) are in play , they operate like political trumps to defeat arguments founded on appeals to general social utility which would normally be accepted as a sufficient justification for overriding the wishes of an individual . |
| 14 | His patter is now issued on a cassette in which he tells the story of how he was baptised as Christian . |
| 15 | His speed at getting into position is breath-taking , almost as breathtaking as the power with which he murders the ball . |
| 16 | Where the person applying for a Certificate of Judgment is not a party , he must state in writing with particulars the purpose for which he requires the Certificate of Judgment and the capacity in which he applies and must satisfy the district judge that the application may properly be granted . |
| 17 | Also from Murray comes the controversial James Beck 's Art Restoration , The Culture , the Business and the Scandal ( April , £16.99 ) in which he reworks the debate the debate over restorations at London 's National Gallery , the Metropolitan , the Louvre , Prado and the Uffizi , as well as the Sistine Chapel . |
| 18 | So when the male of such a species approaches a female hanging , large and menacing , on her web , or lurking hidden beside it , he signals to her by twanging the threads at one side in a special and meaningful way which he trusts the female will recognise . |
| 19 | Neruda 's best known work is the Malá Strana Tales , in which he evokes the atmosphere of this district of his childhood . |
| 20 | Wayne 's World , in which he plays the villain , had grossed $110 million at the last count . |
| 21 | It is also an acknowledgement of the great spirit with which he plays the game . |
| 22 | His deficit arises in a subsequent stage of attending to these figures , at which he neglects the left of figures wherever they appear , and thus can not judge explicitly whether they are symmetrical about the vertical . |
| 23 | Instead of the author receiving 10% of the list price when a copy of his book is sold , the literature board could fund a scheme by which he receives the whole of the list price . |
| 24 | In particular , the option writer 's possible gain is restricted to the price at which he sells the option , the option premium , while his potential exposure to loss is unlimited so long as the contract remains open . |
| 25 | On the contrary Olson is to be praised in the first place for the relentless hostility with which he presses the charge home : |
| 26 | ending the scene as he had begun it , with a soliloquy , how lucky he is to have The naked statement of self-seeking reminds us of Iago , as does the confidence with which he approaches the task — ‘ easy ’ ( ‘ For'tis most easy/Th ’ inclining Desdemona to subdue/In any honest suit' ( Othello , II.iii.332ff. ) ) — and the scorn for those taken in by his traps ( ‘ Thus credulous fools are caught ! ’ |
| 27 | In the culture in which he specializes the anthropologist is admirably sociological ; but as soon as he steps outside it to engage in comparative studies and generalization he becomes paradoxically culture-bound , unwittingly taking unique cultural forms as universal facts . |
| 28 | I 've said little about the rich descriptive skill , the human insight with which he leads the reader through humorous happenings , tragic episodes , through the follies of social manoeuvring and the deceptions of love , through a portrait gallery of adolescent girls , aging homosexuals , upstart socialites , and solidly sensible servants , to an eventual understanding of his , Marcel 's , artistic vocation . |
| 29 | The senior lecturer or lecturer shall vacate his office on the 30th day of September following the date on which he attains the age of 67 years , unless it is specially extended by resolution of council . |
| 30 | Secondly , it is the case that this rule of recognition , in terms of which he assesses the validity of a particular statute , is not only accepted by him but is the rule of recognition actually accepted and employed in the general operation of the system . |