Example sentences of "his [noun] be those " in BNC.
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| 1 | His values were those of cosmopolitan , highly educated , and cultured London society . |
| 2 | Beside his grave are those of the other three members of his crew . |
| 3 | He avoided the trendy and the experimental , aiming ideally for costume drama , aware that his strengths were those of permanence and reliability , and would be dissipated by following the twists of fashion . |
| 4 | His delusions were those of a messenger boy who assumes that because he takes the Chief Architect 's drawings to the print room , he has played a leading role in the design of the building . |
| 5 | He watched her , tensely ; his eyes were those of a five-year-old . |
| 6 | His eyes were those of a chess-player who has made a good move . |
| 7 | He did not possess a markedly religious temperament , and most of his concerns were those he could share with lay people . |
| 8 | His fortunes are those of a solitary who is due to return to his people and to chance it with them in a further foreign place . |
| 9 | His ideas were those adopted . |
| 10 | The ‘ Principles ’ of his title are those ‘ of Human Knowledge ’ , and what motivates his objection to materialism is that it leads to scepticism and atheism . |
| 11 | As his actions were those of a prudent and reasonable man , he was not contributorily negligent . |
| 12 | He knew that his gifts were those of a scholar rather than an administrator . |
| 13 | His principles may have been those of the past , but his virtues were those of the new governments of Europe : common sense , ability , efficiency . |
| 14 | Yet there were bright moments , and the overall feelings in his life were those of contentment and growing confidence . |
| 15 | His hands were those of a week-old corpse . |