Example sentences of "his [noun sg] [conj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was far too intrusive on his own , without bringing his sister and nephew into it . |
| 2 | His decision to do so , however , appears to have been motivated more by his belief that he had been personally insulted by the Spanish during the earlier marriage negotiations and by a romantic desire to restore his sister and brother-in-law to their inheritance than by any wish to display solidarity with the Protestant cause , which was crumbling away before the seemingly irresistible progress of the Hapsburg armies . |
| 3 | The Octobrist leadership were broadly sympathetic to Stolypin 's proposals for legal and administrative changes , and shared his hope that cooperation between Duma and government would strengthen the State 's authority , check the pretensions of minority nationalities and reduce social tension . |
| 4 | The programmed computer is merely a tool which allows the operator to use his creativity and imagination to the fullest extent and efficiency . |
| 5 | He is particularly remembered , however , for his enthusiasm and affinity for young people . |
| 6 | A double Oxford blue for boxing and rowing , he soon became known for his enthusiasm and commitment to sport , usually a backwater post . |
| 7 | His appetite for the sport shows no sign of waning and his enthusiasm and commitment to the cause typifies the new generation of Fermanagh footballers . |
| 8 | In the six years which followed his resignation as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , Mosley himself had passed from Labour minister to Fascist leader . |
| 9 | Following his defeat Kim Dae Jung on Dec. 21 announced his resignation as co-chairman of the DP and as a member of the National Assembly . |
| 10 | Despite his resignation as vice-president of the LDP , Kanemaru had continued to hold his powerful position as head of the Takeshita faction , the largest internal grouping within the LDP . |
| 11 | Towards the end of 1951 he undertook a Sketch-Club criticism at St Martin 's School of Art where his liveliness and way of talking impressed the young David Tindle , who , though not a student at St Martin 's , was sitting in among the audience . |
| 12 | Now the remarkable circumstance , recorded by Anna Dostoevsky in her memoirs , is that her husband had a foreboding of political disturbances at the Academy , and fearing that his brother-in-law ‘ because of his youthfulness and weakness of character might take an active part in them ’ , he persuaded Anna 's mother it would be a good thing if the young man came to them in Dresden : which he did in October of 1869 , the month before Ivanov was murdered . |
| 13 | And so he went from day to day , from one business deal to the next , pouring his heart and soul into his land agency business , trying to forget , always trying to forget , but being made to remember all the more . |
| 14 | He looked impatiently at Woolley , but Woolley was putting his heart and soul into the music . |
| 15 | Everything he does he throws his heart and soul into it and it just completely destroyed his confidence . ’ |
| 16 | Willie hung his gaberdine and cap on his peg while Sammy stood on his hind legs and placed his paws on his stomach . |
| 17 | James I , when he came to the throne in 1603 , according to Isaacson ‘ admired him beyond all other divines , not only for his transcendent gift in preaching , but for his excellency and solidity in all kinds of learning , selecting him as his choicest instrument , to vindicate his regality against his foul-mouthed adversaries ’ . |
| 18 | All in the golf society wish to thank John for his tireless efforts in his support and promotion of the society . |
| 19 | When Charlemagne gave his support and patronage to Aethelred , he was honouring only one of at least four princely lines — Osred 's , Osbald 's , Aethelred 's and Eardwulf 's — and even with Frankish blessing Aethelred was unable in these circumstances to establish a long-lasting regime . |
| 20 | At last Lothar consented on oath that the father should give [ Charles ] any part of the kingdom he wanted , and moreover that he [ Lothar ] would be his guardian and protector against all his enemies now and in the future " . |
| 21 | In increasingly bizarre circumstances the Attorney-General , Sir Patrick Mayhew , discovered that a letter of his , partially rebuking Heseltine , had been selectively leaked to the press without his permission or knowledge by a young female official in the Department of Trade , one Colette Bowe . |
| 22 | The Parliamentary Committee on Religious Faiths said that his election as Patriarch of the Bulgarian Othodox Church in 1971 had not been legitimate , because proper procedure had not been observed . |
| 23 | Stephen owed his election as ban in 1322 to the Bogomils , but after he had been persuaded by the Hungarian king to submit to Rome , the Bogomils looked to Tsar Dušan of Serbia for help . |
| 24 | Anselm was now , for the first time since his election as archbishop in 1093 , free from any cause of dispute with the king , and the last year and a half of his life were spent in the peaceful routine of episcopal duties , disturbed only by the growing problem of the relations of Canterbury with York . |
| 25 | His election as bishop of Exeter on 23 February 1258 was apparently undisputed . |
| 26 | Scott was never a leading scientific thinker , and probably owed his election as fellow of the Royal Society in 1870 to Sabine , but he was a capable administrator . |
| 27 | His election as MP for Shrewsbury in 1806 was invalidated , not before he had signalled hostility to George III 's dismissal of the ‘ Talents ’ administration . |
| 28 | Napolitano replaced Scalfaro , who had served briefly as Speaker before his election as President on May 25 . |
| 29 | Following his election as President of the Council for National Parks , Chris Bonington called for all the national parks to be set up as separate authorities as soon as possible , in line with the Government 's manifesto promise . |
| 30 | On his election as President in May 1984 [ see pp. 33204-05 ] , his government relied on the support of the military and was heavily dependent on the USA for military and economic aid . |