Example sentences of "his [adj] [noun] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Hungarian Prime Minister , Mr Miklos Nemeth , quit the leadership of the ruling Socialist Party yesterday amid bitter disagreement over his economic policies and the pace of the country 's transition to a market economy . |
| 2 | It is possible for you to gain the former ( knowledge of Napoleon III 's rule , for instance ) and not the latter ( appreciating the various factors in his rise to power , the expansionist nature of his economic policy and the paternalism of his social policy , etc . |
| 3 | He now has his long-awaited independence and the open road stretching before him . |
| 4 | He also suffered severe cramps in his right foot because the brake pedals were too sharp . |
| 5 | De Freitas needed on-field treatment to his right hand before a ball was bowled in Lancashire 's Sunday league game against Essex and only minutes after England 's high noon selection for the second Lord 's test . |
| 6 | DeFreitas needed on-field treatment to his right hand before a ball was bowled in Lancashire 's Sunday league game against Essex and only minutes after England 's high noon selection for the second Test at Lord 's . |
| 7 | He will separate men into two groups , as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats , and he will place the sheep on his right hand and the goats on the left . |
| 8 | Hercules advances from the left with his enormous upraised club in his right hand and the lion mask and skin on his left arm . |
| 9 | He lunges at his right hand and the gun falls to the floor . |
| 10 | ‘ They defused the first two and had three attempts at the third , but on the third attempt it blew up killing a major and his assistant lost his right arm when a hatch-door blew off . ’ |
| 11 | Washed , warmed , with a shaven patch and an adhesive dressing behind his right ear and a second large brandy nursed gratefully in his hands , Gus told his story ; though not , perhaps , quite ingenuously . |
| 12 | He 's a strong , calm , controlled man with a scar down his right cheek and a perpetual half-smile on his lips . |
| 13 | She could see the small scar on his right cheek and the firm jaw and the paleness of his face as he struggled with some inner demon . |
| 14 | It is not possible to assess his total output as no serious work has been undertaken on him till now . |
| 15 | What it does not show is the most revealing statistic of all , the percentage of goals kicked by each player from his total attempts and the degree of difficulty involved . |
| 16 | The Kingdom of God is equally described as the Kingdom of his dear Son or the Kingdom of Christ ( Eph. 5:5 ; Rev. 11:15 ) . |
| 17 | His leonine aspect and the mischievous twinkle in his eye made his appearance as arresting as his personality . |
| 18 | Whatever the truth of the affair , the consequence was that Pierre Nizan was immediately transferred from Perigueux to Choisy-Baches in the suburbs of Paris , a demotion which signalled a halt to his professional career and a moment of crisis in his personal and family life . |
| 19 | Nor did it help Ford that many of his junior officers and a good third of his rankers had seen far more fighting then he had himself . |
| 20 | The valuer gets his usual salary and no more . |
| 21 | His low chuckle and the touch of his finger tips drifting lightly over her curves were making it difficult for her to concentrate . |
| 22 | But some of the boys appreciated his solid scholarship and the great pains he took to help them , and the nickname ‘ Granny Gow ’ was bestowed upon him not without affection . |
| 23 | It was then that O'Connell stepped in with his 49th-minute winner and the 26-year-old midfield man could have had another five minutes later . |
| 24 | There Burn worked on the drawings of Lowther Castle and was entrusted with the task of supervising the building of Covent Garden Theatre , an arduous nine-month feat of office and site organisation in which he was hard put to maintain a working relationship between his 27-year-old employer and the contractor , Alexander Copeland , one of the giants of the London building world . |
| 25 | The person appointed should be chosen for his administrative ability and a legal qualification , although extremely useful , is not essential . |
| 26 | An eminent scientist , duped by Blofeld into working for ‘ world peace ’ , tells his Mao-suited boss that the game 's up . |
| 27 | He is now losing his watery view because a house is being built in front of his . |
| 28 | Suspecting a fuel problem the pilot selected his reserve tanks but the engine continued to run roughly . |
| 29 | The editor , I am also relieved to see , seems to have got out his 1992 book in advance of the election , without detriment to his political responsibilities since the burghers of Harwich elected him with a massive majority and a three per cent swing in his favour . |
| 30 | But , within two minutes of the second chance , Kanchelskis had scored his outstanding goal and the championship was back within United 's grasp . |