Example sentences of "his [adj] [noun] is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His idiosyncratic usage is at once fascinating for analysis and a warning against making unwary generalisations about lyric poetry . |
| 2 | The nearest he gets to his usual form is during a discussion about the Mondays ' donation to the Hard Rock Café , coming to the grinning conclusion he should send ‘ a bong made from a Boddingtons beer tin , a packet of Rizla , some tinfoil , an empty skag packet and the sheet me and Bez slept on when we shared a flat together . |
| 3 | Owen is in his middle thirties and his working background is in education . |
| 4 | I think his hypocritical extremism is in fact . |
| 5 | His declared strategy is to ‘ compartmentalise ’ the Lyceum 's programme , with a summer season of farce being followed by the Edinburgh Festival and then a season of classics , after which he hopes to produce some new plays . |
| 6 | One small example of his clean-cut precision is in Chapter 10 , |
| 7 | His favourite ploy is to simply walk up to someone , smile engagingly and shout : ‘ Hiya . ’ |
| 8 | Occasionally a married man , particularly if his sexual capacity is for some reason declining , may find pornography more attractive than the " real thing " . |
| 9 | Under dangerous conditions , his chief concern is for the welfare of the film stock and equipment , whereas mine is more for keeping us both alive … |
| 10 | His personal preference is for an elected second chamber . |
| 11 | His paradoxical logic is in many respects similar to the non-binary logical structures developed in France in the late 1960s to account for the peculiarities of literature and of narrative in particular ( see section 3.2 above ) . |
| 12 | Hopkins only has to remove his specs and his Cold Warrior is before us |
| 13 | Rob reported : ‘ His prime consideration is for people , regardless of religion , colour , nationality or political persuasion . ’ |
| 14 | ANDERS LIMPAR was warned last night that his international career is in jeopardy if he keeps missing out on matches with Arsenal . |
| 15 | His famous Academy is in lower Sheep Street . |
| 16 | His great skill is to be able to hold the ball back without changing his action . |
| 17 | With Charles 's appearance , Walahfrid 's tone becomes more specific , warmer and more personal : I saw too how lovely Rachel led forward Benjamin , comfort of his ancestors , with her right hand , in due order : His great well-being is for long to nurture someone 's holy old-age . |
| 18 | And so the arrival of Jaggers , bearing the news of his great expectations is to him , a way of raising his social standard to that of Estella 's and thereby improving his chances with her . |
| 19 | Clearly , as I suspected originally , his great interest is in you , which surely clarifies the position . |
| 20 | ‘ upon a true construction of the statutes of the university of Hull the university has and had no power to dismiss Edgar Page by reason of redundancy and his purported dismissal is without effect . |
| 21 | It quickly becomes evident that Hoving has more on his agenda than just reportage , and like Nancy Reagan in My Turn , his primary concern is with settling old scores . |
| 22 | If his legal status is to be changed , he must rely on the generosity of the citizens . |
| 23 | His initial appointment is for 5 years . |
| 24 | And , however much his wife or girlfriend tries to reassure him , eventually he begins to feel that his very manhood is in question . |
| 25 | His mature view is of more interest to us today . |
| 26 | His puffy mouth is like a boxing glove , |
| 27 | Kevin McNamara is a passionate defender of his party 's undemocratic stance and his blunt honesty is to be admired . |
| 28 | His immediate requirement is for financial stability and control of where the money is going , especially all the small sums spent on things which , on the face of it , all have perfectly laudable reasons . |
| 29 | One , keen to express himself through hard work , sees that his only choice is to ‘ better myself and pick my life up . |
| 30 | His small farm is like many others on the lower land of Northern Ireland . |