Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the fact that he was a very junior cleric with little political experience limited his ability to mount a serious challenge to the existing leadership of Rafsanjani and the other leading " pragmatist " , former President Seyed Ali Khamenei . |
| 2 | In the first place , of course , the survival of autonomous and independently-minded political movements threatened his personal authority and could , in the long run , undermine his very position as Head of State . |
| 3 | The numbing effect of complete spatial disorientation blurred his mind momentarily before it struggled to compensate . |
| 4 | There were no other distractions from the difficulty of breathing , the pain , the falling over chasms of unconsciousness , the dreams and miserable awakenings until Anthony appeared well after eight that night to give his wife an injection . |
| 5 | The clothier who wrote in 1760 that high wages made his workfolk " scarce , saucy and bad " was seeking to impress no one , for he entered it in his private diary . |
| 6 | Exploiting Boniface 's injudicious move , Edward sought to rekindle popular support for his Scottish campaign by a debate in parliament on his and the papal claims , in the course of which he employed no little historical research to justify his own rights , to refute the pope 's , and to persuade the public of all this . |
| 7 | She began again to caress him ; rose to sit kittenishly in his lap , but she was as clumsy at this babying as she was grand at being leopardine , and he found it possible this time to check his lust ; she bent to blow on his neck and ear , as he liked her to do , but he twisted sharply to avert his head , and struck her on the upper arm to beat her off , and then without another word , his face blazing with the effort of his denial , he turned and left her . |
| 8 | He was not a chemist but adopted innovatory methods and used commercial skill to promote his products . |
| 9 | In the light of what surely must be a changed forecast , will the right hon. Gentleman review his hostility so far to careful public expenditure designed to create infrastructure improvements for the future and to get the economy moving ? |
| 10 | The difference used to be much wider — before the right hon. Gentleman changed his tune . |
| 11 | Or has the right hon. Gentleman changed his mind again because he wants the key to No. 10 ? |
| 12 | The right hon. Gentleman gave his usual vintage performance , with many justified facts and views , and it was warmly received in all parts of the House , not only for its humour but for some of his more sombre comments about the present ominous geophysical appearance of Europe . |
| 13 | What had happened during the previous 30 months to cause the right hon. Gentleman to change his apparent convictions of 30 years ? |
| 14 | The right hon. Gentleman mentioned his constituency and mine , but he neglected to mention that in both constituencies the latest figures show a fall in unemployment . |
| 15 | If the right hon. Gentleman turned his mind to those problems , that would be a constructive contribution . |
| 16 | I hope that my right hon. Friend uses his influence . |
| 17 | Will my right hon. Friend use his considerable influence to ensure that the problems outstanding on the GATT negotiations are discussed at the Maastricht summit ? |
| 18 | My right hon. Friend makes his own point . |
| 19 | Will my right hon. Friend give his assurance that , neither explicitly nor implicitly will any deal be done at Maastricht ? — |
| 20 | I see my right hon. Friend shaking his head , but I hope that he will take into account what I have said . |
| 21 | Will my right hon. Friend consult his right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster about the attempt being made to steal the emblem of the duchy ? |
| 22 | Will my right hon. Friend continue his robust and effective opposition to the MacSharry proposals ? |
| 23 | Will my right hon. Friend restate his commitment to the assisted places scheme in our schools , which is an extremely cost-effective way of sending children of high ability to good schools ? |
| 24 | My right hon. Friend ends his letter by saying : ’ I am pleased to learn that following the granting of an ECR by Parkside HA Mr. Thorpe has received treatment and that it is proving beneficial . ’ |
| 25 | Amnesty International issued urgent appeals calling on the Saudi Arabian authorities to clarify his fate and whereabouts , and to provide assurances that he will not be ill-treated or executed . |
| 26 | However , the penalty was that English grammar dominated his description and there were , therefore , long sequences where signing stopped and only English was produced , since there were no direct sign-for-word translations . |
| 27 | After some initial doubt , Sir William Orpen , a future president of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters , agreed to adapt his usual free style to paint his first royal portraits , those of the King and Queen . |
| 28 | And so it was into all of this that Boy made his entrance . |
| 29 | Born in about 1819 , the son of a minor chieftain in the district of Kwara in western Abyssinia , this outstanding man started his career as an outlaw with a small but devoted following ; by 1854 he had subjugated Gondar and Gojjam and the following year , having defeated at Derasge in Simien his most formidable rival , the ruler of Tigre , he proclaimed himself Emperor and took the name of Theodore . |
| 30 | He stared out of his office window where , instead of seeing the busy main road with buses and lorries running along it , another strong image filled his mind . |