Example sentences of "[prep] which [vb past] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | The childless Gerard Van Neck died 17 August 1750 leaving an estate estimated at £240,000 , almost three-fifths of which went to his brother Joshua . |
| 2 | This sad and unsatisfactory conclusion is , of course , regrettably paralleled by the case of J. S. Bach , who in his will left at least five keyboard instruments , three of which devolved upon his youngest son , Johann Christian . |
| 3 | ‘ The fruits of the park have been guarded latterly , not by a dragon , but by fierce bulls , one of which drove from his labours a celebrated artist , who , with difficulty , escaped over the wall into the lower park . ’ |
| 4 | I refer to the view developed by Thomas Kuhn , the first version of which appeared in his book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions , initially published in 1962 . |
| 5 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that on its true construction section 8 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 did not confer on a minor who had attained the age of 16 an absolute right to determine whether or not he received medical treatment but enabled him , for the limited purpose of protecting his medical practitioner from prosecution or from any claim in trespass , to give consent to such treatment as effectively as if he were an adult ; that , although a minor of any age who had sufficient maturity might consent to treatment , his refusal to give consent could not overrule consent given by the court ; that in exercising its inherent jurisdiction the court would take particular account of the minor 's wishes , the importance of which increased with his age and maturity , but would override them where his best interests so required ; and that , having regard to the nature of W. 's illness and to the serious deterioration in her condition , her best interests required the court to direct her immediate transfer to and treatment at the new unit without her consent ( post , pp. 765G — 766A , H — 767C , 768F–G , 769G–H , 770B–D , 772A–C , D–E , 774C–D , 775H — 776A , E–F , 777F–G , 779A , 780B–E , G–H , 781B–E , H — 782A ) . |