Example sentences of "death in [adj] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Raja James resisted British annexation and on his death in 1868 his title passed to his nephew Charles Johnson , who took the name of Brooke , an active and vigorous administrator of austere though unconventional disposition . |
| 2 | Shortly before Sikes 's death in 1803 his hydrometer had been adopted by the government excise department for revenue purposes . |
| 3 | After his death in 1896 his sister Edith became the sub-postmistress for 33 years . |
| 4 | After Tom Luker 's death in 1977 his family gave the Club his putter which is now mounted as a trophy on display in the Club . |
| 5 | His son , Hidetada , was an equally able administrator and politician , and by the time of his death in 1632 his family 's position was unchallenged . |
| 6 | Leavis , a radical socialist before 1950 , turned briefly liberal before adopting in his last years a bitterly conservative stance that favoured no party of state , hating economic growth and the European Community , so that long before his death in 1978 his idealism had been soured by the varied spectacle of human folly ; but though always outside religion , he was in no way hostile to it , and admired its moral seriousness . |