Example sentences of "his [noun] be [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case I would think that , if the minister does not act in good faith , or if he acts on extraneous considerations which ought not to influence him , or if he plainly misdirects himself in fact or in law , it may well be that a court would interfere ; but when he honestly takes a view of the facts or the law which could reasonably be entertained , then his decision is not to be set aside simply because thereafter someone thinks that his view was wrong … |
| 2 | He has a feeling that his womenfolk are up to something . |
| 3 | He kept going , did n't stop to see what his hunters were up to . |
| 4 | The position is summarised in Rex v. Bishop of Chester , 1 W.Bl. 22 , 25 , by Lee C.J. : ‘ Certainly , if a visitor is in his jurisdiction his acts are not to be inquired into ; if out of it , his acts are void . ’ |
| 5 | But many of his inventions were down to earth , as witness the Franklin stove which was a real energy saver , and provided comfort to the whole room , an early example of the ‘ Save It ’ campaign . |
| 6 | His hair 's down to here now in n it ? |
| 7 | His mind was back to those warm childhood days before the war . |
| 8 | George manages to convey that the arguments of a man who does n't know his desert are not to be relied upon . |
| 9 | The young soldier and his girl were soon to part . |
| 10 | With just over 20 miles to go Curry led Boone by 1.10 , but the less experienced Roe Valley rider was starting to slow , and as they came past the finish line with 16 miles remaining his lead was down to 48 seconds . |
| 11 | His job is also to be friendly to you , to smile at you , you know , when you want it , so it 's not really an equal relationship . |
| 12 | His aim is not to mock or preach but to explain one country to another , and his sense of the absurd keeps him from becoming solemn . |
| 13 | But his expectations were not to be fulfilled . |
| 14 | Although Edward apparently promised him the captaincy of Berwick in September 1319 , during the English siege of the town , and grants continued to come his way during 1320 , his allegiance was soon to be severed by the ambitions of Despenser , whose attempts in 1320–1 to enlarge his share of the Gloucester inheritance in south Wales raised the whole march against him . |
| 15 | However lukewarm the feelings of the citizens of York towards their southern overlord , his officers were there to be obeyed . |
| 16 | In the New Year Mr Jarvis and his wife are off to Los Angeles to work with Richard Dreyfus at his theatre company . |
| 17 | What he felt most inclined to do — warn this man who was his best and oldest friend that his wife was not to be trusted — he had given his word he would not . |
| 18 | Christianity was a matter of churchgoing , of soldiering on and trying to do one 's best , and of believing in the existence of God and the historical life and death of Jesus ( even if his deity and his resurrection were not to be taken too seriously ) . |
| 19 | Unlike many of those who followed him and profited from pirated editions of his works , Russell was not a quack and his treatments were not to be taken lightly , the firm physical and mental regimen he prescribed being not far from the modern practices of hydropathic establishments or the health clubs beloved of overweight executives . |
| 20 | Britain 's most famous ticket-broker said he will defy all his critics and remain as chairman , and claimed his problems were down to the media . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , if we examine the pattern of his life , it reveals a programmatic aspect , and the steeliness of his resolve is not to be doubted . |
| 22 | But having identified his natural enemies and spoiling for a fight , his resolve was not to be undermined by the moderation of others . |
| 23 | The stories of Manjiku she had heard on the island , when she was herself a girl , had not had happy endings : Manjiku continued to raid the inland waters for women , his hunger was not to be appeased , his need to have babies of his own still raged . |
| 24 | Yet his passion was not to be feared . |
| 25 | Powerful and famous gentlemen became regular visitors to the house — including , I remember , figures such as Lord Daniels , Professor Maynard Keynes , and Mr H. G. Wells , the renowned author , as well as others who , because they came ‘ off the record ’ , I should not name here — and they and his lordship were often to be found locked in discussion for hours on end . |
| 26 | True to the York principle his commitment was entirely to the person , sometimes causing exasperation to administrators . |
| 27 | Not all his arguments were entirely to the point , but he produced a confident and humorous speech . ’ |
| 28 | Prior Tuathal pulled his hood absently over his reddening crown and sat , his chin in the sun , bending his sharp intelligence to the exchange between the Earl and the King by which all his theories were about to be tested . |
| 29 | As they surrounded him , eyes red-rimmed and faces glistening from the heat of the flames , their whooping cries added to the pandemonium and it seemed to Owen as if he had already died and retribution for the sins of his life was about to be exacted by Satan 's minions . |
| 30 | A priori then , it would seem that Ho Chi Minh and his government were only to be regarded as an extension of Soviet power ; an assumption that was to be reinforced by the second constraint which originated in the Department of State . |