Example sentences of "[noun sg] that his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moore is also the man who holds fixedly to the belief that it is solely because he lives in a Labour borough that his pavements have broken and cracked paving-stones . |
| 2 | Darras relishes the splendid isolation that his undisputed status as poet confers , and the power that language bestows . |
| 3 | With the illicit amorous adventures of wives in the situation of the eternal triangle ( husband , wife , lover ) being the most common single dramatic type in the fabliaux , the most frequent type as the object of ridicule is the deceived husband , often not merely cuckolded but on occasion beaten or otherwise degraded or abused as well ; and what is more after all this sometimes so utterly deceived that he remains happy in the delusion that his wife has proved herself faithful to him . |
| 4 | There is no doubt that Charles has done a great deal that his father has been proud of and has excelled at sports like polo that the Duke of Edinburgh played when he was younger , but the Prince never felt he was good enough . |
| 5 | The urgency to complete it was put down to US pressure to achieve a result in time for the opening of the Republican Party convention on Aug. 17 , apparently in an attempt to boost the troubled election campaign of President George Bush by convincing the US electorate that his skills in the foreign policy field had domestic benefits . |
| 6 | Though a great deal of Professor Alexander 's book is new and original work , it is probably in his study of these indications of manuscript planning and iconographic guidance that his book is most fascinating . |
| 7 | For Dr Neil the feel of her , so soft , the scent of her hair , and of McAllister herself , was so wild and sweet and struck him with such force that his breathing grew a little ragged and his body reminded him of how long it had been since he had satisfied it . |
| 8 | The small man hefted the shaft over his head and brought it down on Keith with the full force that his frame could muster . |
| 9 | Richard was so exhausted with cold and emotion that his laugh came out as a foolish titter . |
| 10 | Significantly , after the mention that his faith had been counted by God as righteousness , Abraham 's first recorded words were ‘ O Lord God , how can I be sure ? ’ |
| 11 | It could be monotonous work for an aspiring and impatient young painter and Thomas Girtin ( 1775–1802 ) for one rebelled against the repetitive work , with the result that his master Edward Dayes had him put in prison for breaking the terms of his indentures . |
| 12 | One of the few lawyers in modern times to have reached the Woolsack other than via membership of the House of Commons and ministerial office , Gardiner was a visionary who came to government late in his career , with the result that his idealism had not been exhausted by previous struggles to get things done . |
| 13 | Much of his early writing is concerned with the theory of communication as well as the theory of valuation , with the result that his view of the author-text-reader relationship is placed within an elaborate and sophisticated theoretical framework . |
| 14 | Millet giggled and , whispering to the old soldier that his points were undone , asked did he wish to astonish the French with his apparent prowess ? |
| 15 | Nicholson was always quite adamant in his own mind that his films did not encourage drug taking . |
| 16 | When Aubrey had accepted one of their many invitations to come on a lengthy visit , it did cross Harry 's mind that his resemblance to his sister might bring back painful memories , but although Aubrey had now been here over a week , he , Harry , had felt no desire to wish himself free of his engagement . |
| 17 | Although convinced in his own mind that his decision to resign was correct , his confidence was slowly undermined by a growing awareness that the party itself was about to respond violently to what it considered to be a cowardly act of betrayal . |
| 18 | Although his praise of socialist realism as a theory , Soviet socialist realist writers , and Aragon 's " socialist realist " novels was quite genuine , Nizan was convinced in his own mind that his task as a writer was to produce " revolutionary " literature . |
| 19 | But there is no doubt in my mind that his attitude to her became increasingly unprofessional in the course of the spring and summer . ’ |
| 20 | In making his decisions about gifts or patronage , a king had to bear in mind that his nobles too had clients , and obligations of their own . |
| 21 | In his summing up , the defence barrister for Shaun Gooch said that ’ he would never get out of his mind that his car was an instrument of death ’ . |
| 22 | At first Buchan thought he was joking , and had to telephone his manager to get confirmation that his club had agreed to the transfer . |
| 23 | Off the back of the door he took an old net shopping-bag that his Mum hardly ever used and stuffed the carton and biscuits into it . |
| 24 | Although the pejorative term ‘ correlational sociolinguistics ’ is sometimes used by non-practitioners of the subject who appear to make this assumption , Labov himself has expressed the fear that his methods might give rise to a flood of replicated ‘ correlatory ’ studies of little theoretical value . |
| 25 | Lord Hope said in the case of the first witness that his additional evidence would not have led the jury to reject the evidence of Thomas Leighton , who had corroborated the boy 's account of the attack . |
| 26 | ‘ But I think it highly unlikely that Mr Clowes could have found any means of ensuring that investigation of the matters in question was averted , while at the same time satisfying the Department that his operations could properly be licensed . |
| 27 | His prediction that his marriage was over did n't come to pass . |
| 28 | Eurotunnel 's only hope seems to lie in satisfying the banks ' technical adviser that his forecast can be reduced — which means at least to the contractors ' £7.5bn , if not to Eurotunnel 's own £7bn estimate . |
| 29 | But there was no indication that his tenure of the premiership would be threatened by the decision . |
| 30 | Those early days , when he shared a hovel with Linder and Ian Devine , were spent with few friends and ‘ How Soon Is Now ’ , an indication that his personal situation had n't improved with success , was hardly the typical Top Of The Pops sentiment of the day . |