Example sentences of "[vb -s] in his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the most important of Freud 's contributions to the understanding of modern societies lies in his notion of the archaic heritage as an active element in social life . |
| 2 | The major weakness in Bukharin 's presentation of crisis theory lies in his lack of appreciation of the role of fixed capital in the cyclical process . |
| 3 | When the beachmaster is angered by a serious challenge , he thunders across the sand , humping and heaving his huge body with surprising speed and taking no notice whatever of what lies in his way . |
| 4 | Relying on his street knowledge rather than tracing the lineage of classical literature , Lemn 's strength lies in his love affair with language and ability to shoot straight from the lip . |
| 5 | Grief fills the room up of my absent child , lies in his bed , walks up and down with me … |
| 6 | Part of the problem lies in his opening statement : ‘ Eighty seven per cent of consultant obstetricians in Britain are male . ’ |
| 7 | Working with an elite crew of stylists , hair and make-up artists , Meisel 's real talent lies in his ability to consistently focus these elements : the choice of clothes , the use of make-up . |
| 8 | Much of the skill of the surveyor who specialises in building lies in his ability to recall and apply data relating to a large variety of cases , perhaps both internal and external to the organisation for which he works . |
| 9 | Dickens 's genius lies in his ability to show , in his novels , the social connections which would otherwise have remained buried . |
| 10 | ‘ The eventual aim ’ , wrote Alexander Cockburn in Student Power ‘ is the cementing of a revolutionary bloc with working-class forces ; but the immediate power of the student lies in his university , his college , where he works as a student . ’ |
| 11 | His legacy lies in his teaching , and his belief that a Scottish revolutionary internationalism could be sustained within the world communist movement . |
| 12 | Hoyle 's solution to the problem lies in his concept of the ‘ creative school ’ : a school whose organisational character is sufficiently ‘ open ’ and flexible to enable changes to its authority structures , its decision-making procedures , its professional relationships , and its pedagogical ‘ code ’ ( eg. from ‘ traditional ’ to ‘ progressive ’ ) . |
| 13 | Whatever kind of survey you have done , whoever carries it out should have ‘ professional Indemnity Insurance , — since in agreeing to carry out the survey , certain legal obligations are incurred , and the basis of a surveyor 's liabilities lies in his contract with his client . |
| 14 | The answer lies in his birthplace in the Ukraine and the reputation he enjoyed among dissidents and refusniks before his arrest and during his imprisonment . ’ |
| 15 | He can not accept that he was created by God because this would prove that his power lies in his enemy 's hands and it would be ludicrous to revolt for he would ultimately be revolting against himself . |
| 16 | I did not know that his greatness lies in his learning and not in his office . " |
| 17 | Gramsci 's most original contribution to Marxism lies in his analysis of the ways in which the state transforms coercive force into a structured more consensual domination to which he gives the name ‘ hegemony ’ . |
| 18 | His death and resurrection as shaman lies in his future . |
| 19 | Da Ponte 's genius lies in his serving Mozart 's genius . |
| 20 | Adorno disputes the possibility of such ‘ committed ’ practices , and the nub of the problem here lies in his conception of musical autonomy : for this conception is essentially inscribed within the problematic of bourgeois individualism . |
| 21 | Pritchard 's chief claim to fame , however , lies in his role in connection with a structure of a quite different type which he did not live to see executed — the famous Iron Bridge across the river Severn in Coalbrookdale , Shropshire . |
| 22 | Rex pulled the bed covers in his direction and switched off the light . |
| 23 | The panoply of scholarship Mr Till unfolds in his analysis of the relationship of words to music , bringing in most of the Enlightenment philosophers and writers , is awe-inspiring , as is his knowledge of the reforms of Emperor Joseph II and the whole contemporary Viennese scene . |
| 24 | Hun Sen , the prime minister , constantly emphasises in his election campaign that his government is the sole credible safeguard against a return to power by Pol Pot 's men . |
| 25 | All that stands in his way is Mr Malling ( Ray Winstone ) , an investigative journalist just out of jail and into booze . |
| 26 | Baron Frankenstein stands in his laboratory quaking with anticipation ; in half an hour a lightning bolt will streak from the skies bringing life to the thing that lies on the slab . |
| 27 | He controls through the trust he develops in his team , his colleagues , his boss . |
| 28 | The company says that its cutbacks should save around $20m a year , however Levy adds in his letter that even after the restructuring ‘ BBN 's network products activity will continue to cause operating losses for the company ’ . |
| 29 | Judge Tumin adds in his report : the prison has been neglected , undervalued , and chronically under resourced . |
| 30 | ‘ How she was able to effect all this ’ , her nephew writes in his Memoir , ‘ is surprising , for she had no separate study to repair to , and most of the work must have been done in the general sitting-room , subject to all kinds of casual interruptions . |