Example sentences of "his [noun sg] in [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Lawson did , however , play his part in taking the Prime Minister to that peak of economic success from which the poll tax plan was launched . |
| 2 | Playing his part in meeting the challenge is the prospect Bill relishes . |
| 3 | He had served 27 years on Robben Island along with Mandela and other political prisoners , for his part in launching the PAC 's armed resistance in the early 1960s . |
| 4 | Leslie was in a rapture of courage to play his part in finishing the war . |
| 5 | Thanks to Jonathan Poole for his support in lending the Russian Sculpture . |
| 6 | He promised Markov 's widow his support in uncovering the truth about the killing . |
| 7 | Apart from his difficulty in hearing the contrast the Tamil speaker will also have difficulty producing both th and [ 0 ] . |
| 8 | The society obviously accepted that the resigning secretary acted in good faith , for a month later it passed a vote of thanks to Huntingford for ‘ his unremitting zeal in extending the extra connection of the Society , and in soliciting the correspondence of other Agriculture Societies and Individuals , and his Diligence in forwarding the attendance of Committees , in preparing the business of all meetings and in arranging the correspondence and other Communications to the Society ’ . |
| 9 | The dealer has also become something of a legend for his expertise in detecting the growing number of Basquiat fakes , an issue that is bound to attract further attention as the first retrospective of Basquiat 's entire career opens at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York this autumn . |
| 10 | A good teacher will constantly exercise his ingenuity in making the new intelligible . |
| 11 | It is appropriate , therefore , to consider the preparation for his activities in Korea afforded by his experience in directing the affairs of Japan between 1945 and 1950 . |
| 12 | They added 179 in just 50 overs , with Smith scoring 70 of his runs in boundaries , an indication of his ruthlessness in punishing the bad ball . |
| 13 | It was not put to him … that he authorised the son to act as his agent in procuring the execution of the documents . |
| 14 | Coun John Kerridge , Stockton Council 's leisure committee chairman , said the mayor was ‘ belittling ’ the efforts of his department in wooing the BBC to the town . |
| 15 | Many of the cahiers ( the statements of grievances and proposals for their rectification drawn up for the guidance of the States-General when it met in May 1789 ) proposed the building of public monuments to Louis XVI in recognition of his action in calling the States-General and thus restoring the ‘ liberties ’ of his people . |
| 16 | The dean in his address expressed his pleasure in installing the new mayor , especially as he had been asked to serve as his chaplain during the mayor 's year of office . |
| 17 | Father Maire was said to have received death threats because of his work in organising the poor . |
| 18 | In certain respects this disruption within the civilised centre results from the controlled masculine Artegall being unable to finish his work in subduing the savage margins in Eirena 's kingdom . |
| 19 | His skill in exploiting the idea of mistaken identity ensures that there is no slackening of interest in two novels which are in fact extremely simple in structure , combining lateral movement ( on foot , on horseback and , rarely , by train ) from the city of Strelsau to the castle and hunting lodge of Zenda and back again and with dialogue through which the motives of these movements are explored and explained . |
| 20 | Here his skill in playing the bill market was often of crucial importance , as it was in providing funds abroad for such purposes as the payment of English ambassadors , the purchases of art treasures for the royal collection , and , above all , the transmission of subsidies for Charles I 's foreign allies . |
| 21 | His influence in stemming the Swansea flow could not be overstated and he now looks certain to face his fellow countrymen in two weeks ' time . |
| 22 | Thomas Cromwell was offered £100 for his help in obtaining the post of justice in North Wales ; J. Lucas proposed to give him £10 for wine — literally a pourboire if appointed King 's Solicitor . |
| 23 | Management hoped to meet Transport minister Roger Freeman earlier this week in a bid to enlist his help in overcoming the obstacles . |
| 24 | Above the portico stands King Charles II — in Roman attire — remembered for his help in restoring the fire ravaged town . |
| 25 | Von Gallwitz was a talented artillerist , having been the Inspector General of the Field Artillery just before the war , and more recently had added to his lustre in leading the Eleventh Army to victory in Serbia . |
| 26 | He felt surprised by his own honesty in dropping the requested payment into the box and could not quite fathom his motive in lodging the card in the same envelope in his pocket where he kept those of Aphrodite and Silenus . |
| 27 | Unless a man can put some thematic invention into vers libre , he would perhaps do well to stick to ‘ regular ’ metres , which have certain chances of being musical from their form , and certain other chances of being musical through his failure in fitting the form . |
| 28 | Even his enemies would have to applaud his courage in facing the music after one of the greatest embarrassments in England 's history . |
| 29 | Even his enemies would have to applaud his courage in facing the music after one of the greatest embarrassments in England 's history . |
| 30 | She admired his courage in clouting the skinhead but he spoilt it by saying it had been instinctive and now he wished he had n't . |