Example sentences of "with his [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | A learned pagan philosopher might occasionally question the necessity for temples or sacrifices : Seneca anticipated many a Christian with his insistence that ‘ God is close to you , with you , within you ’ , so that temples and sacrifices were otiose . |
| 2 | Admittedly in public Harold Wilson did his best to argue that Britain did not possess an " independent " deterrent with his insistence that the British Polaris force was dependent on some American components and other assistance . |
| 3 | In the fourth he declared his belief to be in accord with that of the Catholic Church ; he could , of course , privately satisfy himself that this was consistent with his contention that Popery was a corruption of Catholicism . |
| 4 | He learned how to format a screenplay and then studied film and , like Alan Cooke , it was frustration at getting nowhere with his screenplays that propelled Agbenugba into attempting a novel . |
| 5 | To begin to call out to God to fill us with his Spirit that we might know him better is what is needed . |
| 6 | Faced with his threat that a dispute could force a total close down , the workers were not ready to risk their jobs . |
| 7 | The nonconformists noted that he did not unchurch them but were not happy with his plea that they recognize bishops to be essential to the Church . |
| 8 | The former Labour Party leader , Prime Minister and Defence Minister Itzhak Rabin , who was generally regarded as a hardliner , surprised delegates with his affirmation that Israel would have to give up " some kilometres of land in exchange for peace " . |
| 9 | Although his features were almost hidden by the collar of his goosedown parka he nodded and did something with his eyebrows that made the company smile . |
| 10 | Douglas Adams satirised all such ideas with his fantasy that Earth , people and the whole show are merely part of a huge experiment run by mice . |
| 11 | With luck , with his whistling that loud Jack would catch him and see him off . |
| 12 | It follows from this My Lords that I believe that the Noble Lord , Lord with his well-known moderation and desire to compromise has gone rather too far in meeting Government intentions , but at all events I do ago go along with his proposal that if it is to be done by order , it would be right that the order should be laid before Parliament to make quite sure that justice has been done . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , says the Crown Prince , ‘ I agreed absolutely with his proposal that the question as to whether the offensive should be continued or broken off should be settled by the result of the partial attack on the East [ Right ] Bank . ’ |
| 14 | John does the same , with his emphasis that , ‘ You all have knowledge … you do not need anyone to teach you ’ ( I John 2:20,2 7 ) . |
| 15 | Penson gave David Davies the job of preparing the foundations , embankment and approach road for the iron bridge over the Severn in the ‘ top sawyer 's ’ home town of Llandinam and was so pleased with his work that he recommended payment of an additional £15 over and above the contract price agreed . |
| 16 | Later ages have tended to magnify the importance of those thinkers and poets who disagreed ; there is no reason to think that the young Wordsworth would have taken any notice of them ; he believed with his University that whatever Newton said , was right . |
| 17 | He has an understanding with his wife that weekends are sacrosanct and the couple always enjoy six weeks ' holiday together every year . |
| 18 | Not because he was in bed with his wife that did n't ? |
| 19 | I agree with his decision that there was not enough evidence for all the reasons that the Minister has given . |
| 20 | In fact , so impressed am I with his performance that I shall personally be paying his train fare from Birmingham twice a week . |
| 21 | Amaldi astounded his group in October 1934 with his discovery that by slowing down , rather than accelerating , neutrons , he could provoke intense nuclear reactions . |
| 22 | John Peel has encouraged hundreds of musicians on his programmes with his attitude that puts creativity and originality above musicianship . |
| 23 | With all respect to the judge I do not agree with his finding that there was no uncertainty in the English law on this point . |
| 24 | By a notice of appeal dated 6 September 1991 the solicitors appealed on the grounds that ( 1 ) the judge was wrong in law in holding that ( a ) under section 6(2) of the Act of 1986 the court had jurisdiction to order any person other than the contravener who appeared to the court to have been knowingly concerned in the contravention of section 3 of the Act to repay to investors sums paid by them to Pantell and ( b ) under section 61(1) of the Act the court had jurisdiction to order any person other than the contravener who appeared to the court to have been knowingly concerned in the contravention of any rules , regulations or provisions referred to in that section to repay to investors sums paid by them to Pantell ; ( 2 ) the court had no jurisdiction under sections 6(2) and 61(1) to award claims for compensation for loss against persons knowingly concerned in such contraventions in contrast to sections 6(3) to ( 7 ) and sections 61(3) to ( 7 ) ; ( 3 ) the judge was wrong in law in holding that ( a ) the power of the court under section 6(2) to order a person knowingly concerned in the contravention to take such steps as the court might direct for restoring the parties to the transaction to the position in which they were before the transaction was entered into and ( b ) the power of the court under section 61(1) to order a person knowingly concerned in the contravention of the rules , regulations or provisions referred to in that section to take such steps as the court might direct to remedy it included power to make a financial award against such person directing payment by that person to individual investors of sums equivalent to the amounts paid by such investors pursuant to the said transaction , neither subsection empowering the court to order restitution by the repayment of moneys outside the possession or control of the person concerned ; and ( 4 ) the judge erred in law ( a ) in his construction of sections 6(2) and 61(1) in failing to have regard to the principle ‘ generalibus specialia derogant , ’ in particular in holding that there could exist within each of sections 6 and 61 two parallel powers to order financial redress at the suit of the plaintiff , one derived from sections 6(3) and 6(4) and sections 61(3) and 61(4) respectively , which was subject to the limitations set out in those and subsequent subsections , and the other derived from section 6(2) and section 61(1) , which was subject to no such limitations ; ( b ) in rejecting the submission that sections 6 and 61 were essentially procedural and did not create new substantive legal rights and remedies ; and ( c ) in failing to have regard to the fact that the orders sought under paragraphs 11 and 13 of the prayer to the amended statement of claim required payment to the plaintiff or alternatively into court of moneys recovered thereunder from the solicitors despite the absence of any provisions for such orders in the Act , his dismissal of the summons being inconsistent with his finding that there was no provision in sections 6(2) or 61(1) directing payment into court and that any order under the sections would have to direct repayment of the sum paid to each individual investor who had made the original payment . |
| 25 | Shell bosses were so impressed with his skill that they offered to supply his lubricants and clothing for five years . |
| 26 | Balcon echoed Korda with his pledge that Ealing Studios would ‘ grasp with both hands the opportunity of putting every phase of the war on to the screen . ’ |
| 27 | Aragorn indeed confirms this thought with his gloss that not only has Lúthien died ( as many elves do ) , but ‘ died indeed and left the world ’ . |
| 28 | Daley countered this with his idea that black players can use the mental facility only with other blacks , believing that even the black players who had commanded football league places had not been allowed to play to their utmost because they were engulfed by whites who were on ‘ different wavelengths ’ . |
| 29 | The pluralist approach is repeatedly criticised ( and not just by Marxists ) for its neglect of ‘ objective factors ’ , and Pizzorno adds to this with his charge that Banfield is both superficial and culturally inaccurate . |
| 30 | Acting in line with his belief that ‘ the people who are closest to the work really do know it better ’ , Mr Welch came up two years ago with an anti-bureaucratic device called ‘ the work-out . ’ |