Example sentences of "[that] his [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the Library will miss his expertise and knowledge of the collection , it is hoped that his removal to Register House will further enhance the good relationship between the two institutions . |
| 2 | As early as 18 May , one of the leading Gaullist conspirators , Michel Debré , was informed by a high-ranking officer that the operation was ready for launching whenever the General gave the signal that his return to power " by legal means " had been blocked . |
| 3 | The document expressed great concern that Wilson had been strongly pro-Israel when prime minister from 1964–70 and that his return to office would sour relations with the Arabs at a time when the international oil crisis was acute . |
| 4 | No matter that his approximation to Liverpudlian was not what Livings had in mind for the character : it made no difference to American audiences who were not well up on the variations of British speech patterns . |
| 5 | When you put it to Sole that his approach to captaincy is more intellectual than gung-ho he laughs : ‘ Well , I am not a Finlay Calder by any means . |
| 6 | Well known as riff-writer extraordinaire and with a seemingly bottomless pit of catchy songs to draw from , Canadian Adams confides that his approach to songwriting and guitar playing is actually based upon a formula . |
| 7 | Anyone who suggested that his rise to fame was undeservedly achieved by nepotism and favouritism , would be referred by Beatty to a piece in Time magazine which read , ‘ With facial and vocal suggestion of Montgomery Clift and the mannerisms of James Dean , he is the latest in the line of hostile , moody , sensitive , self-conscious , bright , defensive , stuttering , self seeking and extremely talented actors who have become myths before they are thirty . ’ |
| 8 | There can be little doubt that his commitment to family life with Rirette was a factor of equal , if not greater , significance to Nizan 's personal stability as his entry to the PCF itself . |
| 9 | While admitting that his testimony to Congress in 1986 had contained inaccuracies , he denied that it had been his intention to mislead the investigation . |
| 10 | Details presented themselves to him with unusual clarity : the sprinkling of grey hairs among Henry 's curls ; an ambulance siren and a helicopter fighting for dominance outside ; and the dryness at the back of his throat which announced that his addiction to tobacco was craving to be fed . |
| 11 | I was grateful for C.S. Lewis 's George MacDonald Anthology , in which he declared that his conversion to Christianity was humanly due to the posthumous influence of MacDonald . |