Example sentences of "[prep] his [adj] [coord] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the physiologist within his special and well defined universe of discourse they may be properly regarded as epiphenomena ; but by the naturalist in his more catholic survey of nature they can not be so regarded . |
| 2 | In his famous and beautifully illustrated book Les Promenades de Paris ( 2 vols , 1867 — 73 ) Alphand talks not only of his landscaping but also of the flowers , shrubs , and trees which he used to ornament his creations , while his illustrations show details of the furnishings and small kiosks and pavilions which were established in the parks . |
| 3 | The trial judge in his careful and anxiously considered judgment , having heard oral evidence , formed a different view , which on this aspect of the appeal I would not seek to upset . |
| 4 | As a scholar and theorist , Hirsch is known , apart from his unfashionable but vigorously argued advocacy of intentionalism , for his conviction that literature is not a coherent concept , and has no definable essence , and that by extension ‘ English ’ as a discipline has no absolute method . |
| 5 | He made no bones about his own nationalistic aims for Burma , but he kept faithfully to his brief and certainly helped Indians to see what would happen if the Japanese were victorious . |
| 6 | As he spoke , the teacher saw Prince Richard in his mind 's eye and recalled the authority in the imperious carriage of the boy 's small head on his narrow but habitually braced shoulders . |