Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] of his " in BNC.
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| 1 | In London during August there are two opportunities — at the Victoria and Albert Museum and Zelda Cheatle galleries — to see some of his work and decide for yourself . |
| 2 | In the crisis , quite unexpectedly , Callaghan seemed to lose some of his touch , with fatal results . |
| 3 | Bowe has survived a much more stringent investigation of his psyche than that , most notably from veteran trainer Eddie Futch , who demanded proof of the contender 's ambition before agreeing to invest some of his precious retirement years in another title cause . |
| 4 | Patrick 's roving lifestyle takes him between rented flats in London and Los Angeles , a house he owns in Dublin and to France and Portugal where he may decide to invest some of his new-found riches . |
| 5 | He may be tempted to poach some of his promising-looking freshmen to strengthen Goldie , or even the Blue boat . |
| 6 | One young farmer , Shermani Yussef , said that for the first time in his life he had been forced to lease some of his land to cover his losses . |
| 7 | Some personal needs will be more important than others and an individual will be prepared to sacrifice some of his objectives for his own greater benefit ( eg. an individual may be prepared to sacrifice some of his time in order to do a job which earns extra money ) . |
| 8 | Some personal needs will be more important than others and an individual will be prepared to sacrifice some of his objectives for his own greater benefit ( eg. an individual may be prepared to sacrifice some of his time in order to do a job which earns extra money ) . |
| 9 | It was even argued that a State could justifiably be compelled , by the other members of that system , to sacrifice for the common good territory to which it had every legal right , just as it in its turn could compel one of its subjects if necessary to sacrifice some of his wealth to its needs ; for ‘ the most legitimate rulers must sometimes renounce their rights in order to maintain the balance ’ . |
| 10 | Television commentator Earle Kirton , the assistant coach , has a chance to implement some of his more ‘ spectacular ’ ideas on player selection . |
| 11 | At Central Johnstone 's increasingly autocratic manner began to anger some of his staff , among them Rodrigo Moynihan who , like Minton , was drawn away by an invitation from the Royal College of Art . |
| 12 | The Ibrox manager , Walter Smith , was in France last night to see another of his side 's European opponents , Marseille , lose 1-0 at Monaco . |
| 13 | This proved sufficient until the reign of Charles I. He was one of ‘ the sticklers in the last Parliament ’ pricked sheriff in 1625 to prevent their election to the next ( although he was able to secure that of his son for New Shoreham ) , and in the following summer he was removed from the Sussex commission of the peace , to which he had been appointed only in 1624 . |
| 14 | He says he wants me to meet some of his friends . |
| 15 | We all know that what he terms his ’ meandering ’ round private Bills has been responsible for a good deal of heartache and not a little management time in British Rail spent trying to meet some of his objections . |
| 16 | My father had often urged me to try some of his marijuana , but I had never accepted , just as I had refused even to look at the cocaine that he kept in his dressing room . |
| 17 | Lloyd 's brothers Graham and Adrian have also played and scored for us in recent years , so I guess we will have to start scouring the valleys now to find another of his relatives . ’ |
| 18 | However the librettist , Giovanni De Gamerra ( 1743–1803 ) , had also sent the libretto to Pietro Metastasio in Vienna who subsequently made various suggestions for improvement , including the addition of a scene in the second act , so Mozart had to rewrite some of his music . |
| 19 | Hugh Manson has made hundreds and hundreds of custom guitars since he turned full-time over a decade ago , and now he 's decided to standardise some of his most popular guitars into the ‘ Classic ’ range . |
| 20 | Similar impressions are obtained from other examples of this type : ( 22 ) He did not want to be alone , and had expected to find some of his friends at the bar . |
| 21 | Dustin , who had barely seen Keaton , tried to catch some of his films . |
| 22 | Mr Oaks is a well-known breeder of greys and we 're lucky to obtain some of his horses . ’ |
| 23 | When Dustin heard news of the ensuing blaze , he rushed back to the scene , and was able to push through the gaping crowds to pull three of his modern paintings and a Tiffany lampshade from the smoke-filled Federal-style building , before the police prevented him from re-entering the house . |
| 24 | Big , rich art lovers did come Waring Hopkins of the Paris modern painting gallery Hopkins-Thomas , said the fair had allowed him to meet all of his regular clients . |
| 25 | Mr Sydney Breeze returned to give a further talk on this subject and to relate many of his experiences during his long career as a top link GWR driver . |
| 26 | After long and difficult negotiations a ‘ classical political compromise ’ was reached which allowed Reagan to meet one of his main objectives , a narrowing of the criteria for receiving welfare . |
| 27 | The Inner Gorge prompted Powell to write one of his most famous passages , which the boatmen can recite from memory : |
| 28 | His voice , which sounds like a male version of Dietrich 's , trips over itself when he is trying to communicate one of his many enthusiasms . |
| 29 | Marcus became gentler , moved to sit nearer to Patrick , ceased his exertions and , after gazing at Pat for some time , began to caress one of his hands , turning it about in his own hands and pressing it . |
| 30 | They twice tried owning houses but found it too expensive so they gave them away , and Charles refused to accept any of his estranged father 's estate . |