Example sentences of "his [conj] [pron] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I reasoned that this was where I would find a small breeder advertising his or her first clutches of chicks for sale — someone who was n't big enough to justify advertising all year round .
2 Dr Sharon Camp , who edited the Index , said : ‘ A child born in Mozambique today can expect to live only 48 years and has a one in seven chance of dying before his or her first birthday .
3 It follows that an individual 's patterns of thought are conditioned by the nature of his or her first language .
4 According to John Landon , senior lecturer in multicultural education at Edinburgh 's Moray House College , a child who appears to be fluent in English in spite of its not being his or her first language may still be unable to cope with testing in English .
5 According to the AMA argument , any attempt by the government to prevent individuals having high-priced plans would , again , violate his or her Fifth Amendment rights .
6 After his or her 18th birthday , the young person would be transferred to a young offenders ' institution before moving to an adult prison aged 21 .
7 The card is valid until the holder reaches his or her 20th birthday .
8 such person has not reached his or her seventy-first birthday at the time of injury
9 He thought that headhunters were kept on their toes by the generally-held view — expressed frequently both inside and outside the headhunting industry — that a consultant is only as good as his or her last assignment .
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