Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet far from leading him to abandon or modify his policies , opposition incited him to more drastic methods . |
| 2 | A curriculum , any curriculum , makes available human and physical resources which the student can use to facilitate or enhance his or her natural capacity to learn . |
| 3 | Of course , Ross 's inability to telephone , or feel the need to apologise or explain his frequent absences , had n't helped matters . |
| 4 | In the case of other loss or damage , a person can not so exclude or restrict his liability for negligence except in so far as the term or notice satisfies the requirement of reasonableness . |
| 5 | A hotelier may ‘ so far as he is free to ’ exclude or restrict his liability under the OLA 1957 by means of a notice ( or a clause in the contract of booking vis-a-vis guests ) . |
| 6 | The OLA 1984 makes no reference to the question of whether an occupier can exclude or restrict his or her potential liability under the Act . |
| 7 | Postage was very expensive — a shilling a sheet — but Hope , being an M. P. , could sign or frank his envelopes and have them delivered free of charge . |
| 8 | They did not look up or catch his eye , but there was a perceptible tremor along the work benches , a subtle increase in the carefulness and precision of their movements as the boss passed . |
| 9 | Would you not be highly suspicious of the mechanic who services your car , if you found that he did not buy or borrow his most important tools , did not know how to use them , never looked into a tool-shop window and had had no instruction in the use of the tools from the foreman ? |
| 10 | Nowadays no clergyman is entitled to a living of the sort which used to make or break his marital prospects in Jane Austen novels , but incumbents still enjoy tenure . |
| 11 | Within varying forms of self-definition of the honours or responsibilities that go with such privilege , the patron is defined as one who can give or withhold his commission or support . |
| 12 | Argyris ( 1957 ) suggests that whilst the individual may seek to actualise or achieve his or her full potential the organisation does not always allow this to happen . |
| 13 | At any station en route the steward can speedily remove or exchange his trolley , or switch to another train . |
| 14 | 1.4 The employee 's duty not to disclose or use his employer 's business secrets What constitutes a legitimate business secret has already been discussed earlier . |
| 15 | However that theory has to a certain extent been undermined by the ratio of this judgment which says that during employment the employee may not disclose or use his skill and knowledge to the detriment of his employer without being in breach of his duty of fidelity . |
| 16 | The court may order the husband to convey or transfer his interest in the home to the wife absolutely in the following manner : It is ordered that the Respondent shall transfer to the Petitioner absolutely within 28 days from the date of this Order all his estate and interest in the property 1 Blackacre Drive , Blackacre [ subject to the existing Mortgage to the Blackacre Building Society , the Petitioner indemnifying the Respondent against all claims in respect thereof ] . |
| 17 | Chapter 6 deals with those cases where the husband is ordered to convey or transfer his interest in the matrimonial home upon certain terms or settle the same upon certain trusts . |
| 18 | If the court has ordered the husband ( or the husband has agreed ) to convey or transfer his interest in the former matrimonial home to the wife , there is no reason why he should agree , at the request of the wife , to convey or transfer it to herself and her new husband . |
| 19 | Hotels , restaurants and other local businesses are known to have been deeply disappointed that the city failed to make a suitable offer which might have persuaded the Baron to forestall or reconsider his new arrangements in Madrid . |
| 20 | The laws of Ine and Wihtred contain one clause in common concerning the need for a stranger to shout or blow his horn if straying off the trackway if he did not wish to be mistaken for a thief . |
| 21 | He seemed too exhausted even to speak or move his eyes . |
| 22 | The doctor told him he must not walk or move his arm , and to speak only when it was necessary . |
| 23 | And his collaborator Donovan Wylie 's superb photographs do n't merely illustrate or complement his text ; they give it a further dynamic depth and dimension . |
| 24 | And if that child is sensitive and caring and does not wish to hurt or disappoint his parents , perhaps he may even enter the medical profession and spend years doing something he does not really want to do while denying himself the opportunity of fulfilling his life in the way he would have chosen . |
| 25 | Coleridge J. held , quoting the judgment of Lord Kenyon C.J. in Rex v. Bishop of Ely , 5 Durn. & E. 475 , that the court had no power to compel the visitor ‘ to correct or alter his decision , although that decision may be erroneous . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It has been decided , and is now admitted , that where a visitor has acted in his visitatorial capacity , this court has no power to compel him to correct or alter his decision , although that decision may be erroneous . |
| 27 | Neither man had time to conceal or alter his facial expression , and Rostov was struck by the disparity . |
| 28 | It might well be argued that a genuine contributor would be prepared to write or share his or her experiences without monetary reward . |
| 29 | She must know how to give or take his hand and always to acknowledge his presence as an equal partner in the dance . |
| 30 | He should be free to use or disclose or sell his skill and knowledge after the end of employment in any way he thinks fit . |