Example sentences of "that in his [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bonetti does n't resent the fact that in his first training game , Walker inadvert-ently knocked out two of his teeth . |
| 2 | In paragraph 2.2 he reminds everybody that in his first report ’ the state of policing in Derbyshire was described as mixed but all too often one of deterioration in infrastructure and morale . ' |
| 3 | Purcell declared that in his first set of trio sonatas he had ‘ faithfully endeavour 'd a just imitation of the most fam 'd Italian Masters ’ , and a few years later a French writer , Le Cerf de La Viéville , complained bitterly of ‘ cette fureur de composer des sonates á la manière italienne ’ . |
| 4 | As his course of study at the School of Architecture , University of Manchester , demanded a period of practical training in an architect 's office , William Assheton decided to spend this time working in Coventry so that in his spare time he could design and supervise the conversion of the chapel into a dwelling for his own use . |
| 5 | Labov reports ( personal communication ) that in his early work he once played back to a woman a tape-recording of her own casual speech to prove to her that her image of her accent was inaccurate . |
| 6 | Pollini 's technique is legendary , and I can only report that in his fiftieth year ( a large retrospective mid-price boxed set please , DG ! ) , there are still no discernible chinks in the armour ( indeed , a recent Petrushka Three Movements at the RFH would appear to suggest that he is , if anything , playing better than ever ) ! |
| 7 | You will not be told how much he earns ; but you will be told that the reports of £1 million a year are exaggerated and distorted ( half that is nearer the mark ) ; you will be told , too , that in his fourth year at the Bar he was earning less than a Manchester bus driver — without overtime . |
| 8 | In 1988 , he told an Iranian living on social security , found guilty of using a forged rent book and inflicting grievous bodily harm , that in his own country he would have had an arm chopped off ‘ or something similarly spectacular . ’ |
| 9 | Roberts suggests that in his own way he 's as obsessed as the people he 's observing . |
| 10 | She realised that in his own way he was being considerate , for by refusing to talk she was laying herself open to torture . |
| 11 | They are well known in the Weald of Kent and Sussex and around Poole harbour ; and one land-drainage contractor was of the opinion in 1986 that in his own county , Northamptonshire , there was scarcely a parish without areas which were effectively undrainable due to ochre . |
| 12 | David estimates that in his last year of life medical bills will be more than fgifteen thousand pounds . |
| 13 | Well , I remember my father saying of the old Baron that in his last illness he talked all the time of there being a grandson . |
| 14 | It is argued that in his later life Marx was heavily influenced by Engels and his writings were much less determinist as a consequence . |
| 15 | And finally , brethren , let us ask the Almighty to look down upon us and our endeavours with His special favour , beseeching Him that He may send a blessing upon our daily tasks , and that in His infinite wisdom He may smite our enemies , and destroy those who would destroy us . |
| 16 | If the reader is tempted to doubt the general validity of such a concrete and specific historical instance , let me remind him that Campanella — an ostensibly Christian author , be it noted — makes it perfectly clear that in his socialist utopia , the City of the Sun , ‘ no one can receive gifts from another . |
| 17 | Given these qualities of the PDMs , it is perhaps not surprising that in his 1960 study Fiedler concluded that the most effective work groups were led by psychologically distant managers and not by psychologically close managers . |
| 18 | The new York Times declared that in his White Revolution he had " aligned himself directly with the workers and peasant against conservatives and traditionalists " . |
| 19 | He reflected that in his twenty year association with the Institution the lifeboat fleet had been adapted to cope with an increasing variety of casualties , from being tailored to serve merchant and fishing vessels it was now dealing with more than an equal number of calls from the holiday maker and the pleasure sailor . |
| 20 | And it seems to me that in his written work likewise , he tends to rely rather heavily upon this remarkable dexterity . |
| 21 | This implies two things : firstly , that in his original draft Robertson had included the words " Chetniks " ; and secondly that he had specifically intended that some " dissident Yugoslavs " should be excluded from the order . |