Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] [prep] his [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that year he founded the Humanitarian League which became a channel for the promotion of his ideas . |
| 2 | The front fastening of her bra fell apart beneath his light touch and her breasts spilled out , full and round , aching for the brush of his lips across their creamy slopes . |
| 3 | And he blames AC Scotland for the sabotaging of his plans to raise a second round of finance by stockbrokers in Europe who let him down at the last minute . |
| 4 | It has been said that Lewis 's expressed distaste for the poetry of his contemporaries , such as MacNeice and Eliot , was based on jealousy . |
| 5 | He composed much liturgical music but he admitted that , in writing his Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes for the entertainment of his friends , he had been vaguely inspired by the friezes on antique Greek vases . |
| 6 | Sculpture , porcelain , furniture , sketches by Frederick the Great for the construction of his palaces and books from his library are shown . |
| 7 | An employer is answerable for the negligence of his employees . |
| 8 | US officials were reported to have criticized Aristide for the tone of his speeches which , they claimed , had fomented class hatred [ see below ] . |
| 9 | Mr Nicholas tried to obtain an order from the court for the purchase of his shares in Magnetics or that the company be wound up . |
| 10 | But now her husband has tracked her down and obtained a High Court order for the return of his children to America . |
| 11 | " Count Munichhausen " who " supplied " him was probably the Premierminister des Kurfurstentums Hannover , Adolph Freiherr von Munchhausen ( 1698–1770 ) ( not the " Lugendbaron " Hieronymus Freiherr von Munchhausen notorious for the mendacity of his tales of his military exploits ! ) . |
| 12 | He was good at acting the part necessary for the communication of his ideas and would dramatise his talks by pacing up and down or by flinging his jacket onto the floor . |
| 13 | His Political Memoranda , written for the instruction of his Residents in the period 1902 to 1905 and published in 1906 , were revered as the canonical texts of Indirect Rule , and his administrative record , as Hugh Clifford discovered upon succeeding him as governor of Nigeria , was regarded as beyond criticism . |
| 14 | His daughter by his first wife , and only child , married into the Hulton family of Lancashire , which accounts for the survival of his papers in the County Record Office at Preston and in the British Library . |
| 15 | Each has , as its head , a Secretary of State who heads his own Office , but who is a member of the Cabinet and answerable to Parliament for the discharge of his duties and exercise of his powers . |
| 16 | The Borough , willing enough to disparage and hunt down Grimes , cares little for the fate of his apprentices , though Crabbe is never as explicit as Slater is in the libretto . |
| 17 | He called for the backing of his critics . |
| 18 | He had a deep concern for the welfare of his men and their families and in his later years lavished much care on his invalid mother . |
| 19 | Clearly , then , the loss of an individual 's concern for the welfare of his fellows is a matter of principle in these circumstances , not historical accident . |
| 20 | Apart from these cases , the entire property , other than that in which the deceased 's interest ceased at his death , is held by the executors or administrators on trust for sale , in the first instance for the payment of his debts , and then for distribution as laid down in the Intestates ’ Estates Act 1952 , which has replaced the relevant provisions of the Act of 1925 . |
| 21 | Already well known to art colleges in this country from his directorship of the Glasgow School of Art between 1980 and 1986 , a period which witnessed the emergence of an exciting new generation of Scottish figurative painters , Professor Jones returns from the United States with an enhanced reputation for public relations and for the support of his students . |
| 22 | AUSTRALIAN entrepreneur Alan Bond yesterday appealed for the support of his shareholders , saying his debt-burdened brewing , property and media group would survive . |
| 23 | He had none of those small refinements that fitted a man for the company of his fellows . |
| 24 | Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of association with others , including the right to join trade unions for the protection of his interests . |
| 25 | A typical fraudulent act was withholding information from a trustee administering a debtor 's estate for the benefit of his creditors , or failing to give a trustee all his books and papers . |
| 26 | By s12 of the Solicitors Act , the Law Society is given discretion to grant or refuse an application for a practising certificate in the following cases : ( 1 ) a first application ; ( 2 ) an application by a solicitor who has never held an unconditional certificate since admission ; ( 3 ) where 12 months or more will have elapsed since a practising certificate was last held ; ( 4 ) after the disciplinary tribunal has ordered a penalty or costs against the applicant or delivered a reprimand ; ( 5 ) after failure by the applicant to offer sufficient explanation for his or her professional conduct after being called upon so to do ; ( 6 ) after failure to deliver an accountant 's report in due time ( and an additional fee will be payable if the discretion is not invoked to refuse the application ) ; ( 7 ) after the expiry of a period of suspension ; ( 8 ) after the name of the applicant who has been struck off is restored to the roll ; ( 9 ) while the applicant is an undischarged bankrupt ; ( 10 ) after the applicant 's discharge from bankruptcy or after the applicant has entered into a composition or deed of arrangement for the benefit of his creditors ; ( 11 ) while the applicant is a patient as defined by s94 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or a person as to whom powers have been exercised under s104 of the Mental Health Act 1959 or s98 of the 1983 Act ; ( 12 ) where the applicant has received a sentence of imprisonment ; ( 13 ) where the applicant has failed to satisfy a money judgment against him or her which is not a judgment limited to costs and which is not a judgment in respect of which indemnity or relief from some other person is available . |
| 27 | Agreements not infrequently will provide that the mere fact of the presentation of a petition for a bankruptcy order by a creditor , or a partner applying for an interim order under s253 of the Insolvency Act 1986 , or a partner entering into a compromise for the benefit of his creditors generally , or even the circumstance of a partner being unable and having no reasonable prospect of being able to pay his debts , should make the power exercisable . |
| 28 | For years Caleb conducted his failed building business entirely for the benefit of his assignees , |
| 29 | Section 1A(2) provides that a claim for damages for bereavement shall only be for the benefit of the wife or husband of the deceased and , where the deceased was a minor who was never married , for the benefit of his parents , if he was legitimate and of his mother if he was illegitimate . |
| 30 | Mr Smith may set up an overseas trust for the benefit of his grandchildren . |