Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [be] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wondered idly if what she had heard about Lionel 's proclivities or tastes in sexual matters were his brother 's also ? |
| 2 | One of my all-time favourite paintings is his portrait of Patricia Preece in the stripy shirt , leaning over the chair , absolutely brilliant ! |
| 3 | Some of his most important early contributions were his detailed descriptions and illustrations of the development of many species of Laboulbeniales . |
| 4 | According to his contemporary biographer , Richard Sibbes [ q.v. ] , the dominant influence on his early years was his uncle , Sir Henry Yelverton [ q.v. ] , who persuaded him to set aside his early inclination to become a divine and pursue his studies in the law . |
| 5 | ‘ I think The Lost Pandas were his first really serious band . |
| 6 | ‘ The French school of Rocque ’ ( as it was called in the nineteenth century ) earned an outstanding reputation in Irish cartography , but his chief memorials are his county maps and , above all , his plans of London and Dublin . |
| 7 | The later Wordsworth is usually presented as a very unattractive figure ; the case against his poetry will be examined separately , but what annoys people even more than his apparent repudiation of the principles underlying Lyrical Ballads is his political attitude . |
| 8 | The feature of Althusser 's view that repels his liberal critics is his neglect of what they take to be a central distinction between the essential and contingent properties of individuals . |
| 9 | His two principal assets are his way with words which are then followed up by fierce and uncompromising actions . |
| 10 | The two most crucial factors are his willpower and as much encouragement as you and the rest of the family can give him . |
| 11 | His first proposals for Hagley were Gothic , while other projects included some designs for Arbury Hall , Warwickshire ( c .1750–2 ) , one of the best Gothic houses of the mid-eighteenth century , and his well-known work at Lacock Abbey , Wiltshire ( 1754–5 ) ; but his most characteristic products were his half-ruined mock castles — at Hagley ( 1747–8 ) , Wimpole Hall , Cambridgeshire ( designed 1749–51 , built 1772 ) , and Ingestre Hall , Staffordshire ( c .1750 , demolished ) — which , developing the theme of the Radway tower , constituted pictorial embodiments of historical memory . |
| 12 | One of his most obvious gifts is his sense of fluency . |
| 13 | Consistent with his medico-chemical interests was his Edinburgh MD thesis ‘ On the theory of Chemical Combination ’ ( 1861 ) , in which he proposed a new way to represent chemical constitution : each atom was to be indicated by the chemical symbol for the element concerned , bonds between atoms being symbolized by lines . |
| 14 | One of Karajan 's simplest musico-dramatic experiments was his staging of the Callas Lucia in Milan in 1954 . |
| 15 | Thereupon Southey announced that , Pantisocrat or no , his private resources were his own , and that on the Welsh farm each person should manage his own affairs . |
| 16 | In the present context , however , we need only note that one of a chief 's most important traditional roles is his judgment in cases of witchcraft accusations brought before him . |
| 17 | One of Eliot 's great strengths is his continuing sense of humour ; even The Waste Land has Mr Eugenides and the pseudo-gentility of Madame Sosostris 's ‘ dear Mrs. Equitone ’ . |
| 18 | Great halls are his dim playgrounds : his fields are quadrangles : his trees are pillars ( 4 ) . |
| 19 | Great halls are his dim playgrounds : his fields Are quadrangles : his trees are pillars . |
| 20 | One of his most famous illusions was his ‘ Levitation ’ , which he first performed in 1867 , when he caused his wife to rise from the stage . |
| 21 | In 1894 he became teacher of singing at the Royal Academy of Music , and many famous singers were his pupils . |
| 22 | His redeeming qualities are his keen aesthetic sense and his carefree response to failure . |
| 23 | Always a determined character , he gave up alcohol and smoking the day he pulled on his running shoes , and he quickly found that running long distances was his forte , and that it provided a challenge to fit his temperament . |
| 24 | Gaelic footballers were his best customers , as the sport 's so rough . |
| 25 | Among many professional distinctions were his presidencies of the Institutions of Mechanical Engineers ( 1909 ) and Civil Engineers ( 1919 ) , and the ( Smeatonian ) Society of Civil Engineers ( 1931 ) . |
| 26 | One of Messel 's important contributions was his study of the catalytic reaction and the poisoning of the platinum catalyst . |
| 27 | He uses a variety of dogs for his creations , but his preferred canine poseurs are his own pets Man Ray ( as committed a surrealist as his illustrious namesake , by all accounts ) and the gorgeous , pouting Fay Ray ( the mutt on the right in the above pic ) . |
| 28 | The male 's olfactory organs are his antennae , which are enlarged and have a fine mesh of side-branches ; they are so sensitive that , according to the experiments of Dietrich Schneider , a single molecule of bombykol elicits a response in the sensory neuron of the male . |
| 29 | Another aspect of Tom Gibson 's many-faceted talents was his love of music and poetry , both of which he also practised with an original and humorous flair . |
| 30 | The only sounds were his footsteps on the stairs , the slamming of her front door followed by the noise of his car engine as it roared away from her flat . |