Example sentences of "this [modal v] be [verb] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be seen in his pollution of air , soil and ocean and in his scant disregard for the balance of nature or the needs of future generations and his tendency , without restraint , to use animal creation for his own ends . |
| 2 | The sociological strain is weak in Malinowski 's writing , and this may be connected with his unique absorption in a single exotic culture . |
| 3 | What is clear , though , is that the bereaved have a special place in God 's kingdom and this should be reflected in his church so that bereaved people can feel that they have at least one known place where they can feel at home . |
| 4 | The issue was whether he was the person he claimed to be , and the Court of Appeal held that this must be tested by his appearance in court where cross-examination could be fully informed by the recollections of several people in England who knew the missing heir before his emigration . |
| 5 | Before the Brownings left Florence she had enquired of Mr Browning how things stood and had been told very ill , but that this must be kept from his wife until she was in the warm south and better able to stand the inevitable end of it all . |
| 6 | This must be found in his powers to prevent a breach of the peace , or in his powers to prevent an obstruction to the highway . |
| 7 | If a patient has a psychiatric disorder this must be included in his list of problems , although sometimes the secondary effects of the illness are more important problems than the illness itself . |
| 8 | Wölflinn 's writings are strong on observation ; this can be understood from his choice of terms to describe tendencies in form ; linear as against painterly , plane surface as against recessional depth , closed against open form , composite clarity against fused clarity , or absolute clarity against relative clarity . |
| 9 | An example of this can be seen in his youthful discovery of the biblical poems of the Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf . |