Example sentences of "in the [noun pl] [verb] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ED KUEPPER : ‘ Black Ticket Day ’ Australian guitar celeb formerly in The Saints continues his solo work with poignantly slanted eight-track album |
| 2 | ‘ Were the French envoys an exception , particularly in the days preceding his death ? ’ |
| 3 | Among the controversial issues which any negotiations would have to address were the following [ see also p. 36837 for so-called " Harare declaration " on ANC proposals for future negotiations , and p. 36912 for earlier policy guidelines ] : ( i ) nationalization : in press interviews in the days following his release , Mandela had reasserted the ANC 's stated policy of nationalizing certain sectors of the economy , including mines — this immediately provoked sharp falls on South African financial markets [ see also p. 37176 ] ; ( ii ) the armed struggle : Mandela had refused to renounce this policy , repeating on Feb. 14 that government installations were legitimate targets for sabotage [ ibid. ] ; ( iii ) power-sharing : the government and the ANC still appeared to be a long way apart on interpretation — the ANC for its part was not prepared to accept an arrangement similar to the current tri-cameral parliament ; ( iv ) sanctions : Mandela had already stated that " the conditions for which sanctions are being applied still exist " and thus there was no need for a review of the question [ for UK Prime Minister 's unilateral decision to break EC agreement on voluntary sanctions see below ] . |
| 4 | This remained the leitmotif of a torrent of radio , television and newspaper interviews Heseltine gave in the days following his resignation . |
| 5 | In the months following his elevation , three considerations pushed Franco towards drastically altering this situation . |
| 6 | Vincent went to him for drawing in the mornings , and in the evenings to try his hand at watercolours , as he had done before Christmas . |
| 7 | Purists might argue he should 've been out in the colds using his sketchbook , instead of a camera , but he disagrees . |
| 8 | Under pressure from Russian nationalists , however , Yeltsin had made increasingly overt statements in the weeks preceding his visit suggesting that the time was not right for any major alteration in the status of the disputed territory , and calling for greater Japanese flexibility on the issue of the sovereignty of the islands . |
| 9 | In the weeks following his bedding of Rose , Lowell gave himself to her totally . |
| 10 | In the years following his proof of the existence of other galaxies , Hubble spent his time cataloging their distances and observing their spectra . |
| 11 | Indeed , Bakhtin provides an example of someone whose thought has only become influential in the years following his death . |