Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [noun] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we have seen , a broadening of library skills to " study skills " was a goal for the new deputy head , and both the proposal document and the minutes of the reconstituted committee are evidence of his relative success . |
| 2 | This particular passage is Bukharin at his sophistical worst , since he rails against the ‘ freedom to labour ’ in a manner that dodges the real freedom that workers can obtain by forming trade unions ; this was not a negation of the ‘ freedom to labour ’ , but rather a redefinition of that freedom in a positive manner . |
| 3 | That he is still here after ten years of international rugby is testimony to his remarkable physical durability . |
| 4 | Revenge and restoration were part of his duty . |
| 5 | Although she describes a stereotypical beau , Leapor emphasizes that Strephon 's artificial appearance is part of his strategy to deceive Celia . |
| 6 | It was said in his defence that he had been through a tough war as an Infantry NCO and the award of the Military Medal was proof of his bravery . |
| 7 | Staring balefully from the 30-year-old 's office wall are pictures of his six predecessors . |
| 8 | But you should remember that a regiment 's champion is part of his unit and can not leave it . |
| 9 | Remember that a regiment 's champion is part of his unit and can not leave it . |
| 10 | ‘ They were , of course , both clients of Martinez , and all this free publicity was grist to his mill . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , Mr de Kooning , 86 , who is no longer active , is the focus of competition to gain access to work stored in his studio , with the ultimate prize being control of his estate . |
| 12 | Her father was president of his own securities corporation , an East Coast patrician — ; ‘ a Mammonite , ’ Edward called him — ‘ a man whose feelings have been arrested by money , power , the dead hand of his ancestors . |
| 13 | Mr Clinton said the successful completion of the GATT ( General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ) Uruguay Round was part of his national economic strategy to expand trade , but he also insisted on ‘ fair trade rules in international markets ’ and spoke of ‘ appropriate safeguards ’ for US workers . |
| 14 | All night we listened to the sound of guns and shouting , but in the morning , when the sun came up , the captain was master of his ship again . |
| 15 | That he got into his stride so quickly at the pre-Wimbledon Queen 's Club tournament was evidence of his timing ability , an ability that holds good for both sports . |
| 16 | Steve Jewell was second in his class … |
| 17 | The screaming and shriek were noises in his head . |
| 18 | Somewhere on another plane of existence she knew that he was pacing himself , tuning himself to her slower needs : that his tiny muted cries of painful frustration were evidence of his consideration as he aroused her to an aching , trembling plateau of desire . |
| 19 | What he pulled out and flung on the bed were garments of his own : a thick jacket and breeches and boots . |
| 20 | Man is master of his own destiny and must make his god accordingly , i.e. the Created God of this book . |
| 21 | As for the slogan that man is master of his fate , no doubt it has its uses in combating a fatalism which could contract still further the limits within which he can influence the spontaneous by reason and will . |
| 22 | Today , this toughened man is master in his own house . |
| 23 | The plot is more than faintly ludicrous but the music is Rossini at his most inspired — even when one suspects that he is writing with tongue in cheek . |
| 24 | Hobbes 's discovery of geometry and his growing sense of the importance of motion in understanding the world were milestones in his intellectual development . |
| 25 | A judicial factor was appointed on the sequestrated estate of a partner in a licensed business , his share in the partnership property being part of his sequestrated estate . |
| 26 | It had been his custom every year at Pentecost to distribute robes to the knights whom he maintained in his household ; such acts of largesse were part of his duty as a good lord . |
| 27 | The vultures are already circling around Howard Kendall , suggesting Everton 's slump to third from bottom of the Premier League is confirmation of his folly in returning to the scene of his greatest triumphs . |
| 28 | Princess Margaret Hospital is part of his beat and he 's taken to the task quite literally . |
| 29 | Descartes ' need for certainty was part of his religious sense . |
| 30 | Moreover , the performance at the Park Lane Hotel was Joyce in his more restrained style , endeavouring to insinuate Fascism among the uncommitted and the influential . |