Example sentences of "[prep] his country 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile the ethereal life of Ranveer , Bubbles and Socks , an unworldly trio who react in a childlike way to every sling and arrow as if permanently looking for Nanny , starts to unravel when a new administrator takes over the game park with thinly veiled hostility towards his country 's nobility . |
| 2 | First , Mr Gorbachev knows that most of the West regards the prospect of a swift unravelling of his country 's front-line Warsaw Pact ally with almost equal alarm . |
| 3 | It was very , very sad , thought I , as the army conscript across the road laughed at the prostitution of his country 's future . |
| 4 | Dr Edward Fenech-Adami , Maltese Prime Minister , said of his country 's announcement last night : ‘ Whether it is satisfactory or not to the UN Security Council has to be decided by them . ’ |
| 5 | Then his eyes saw one of his country 's rivers , his heart melted . |
| 6 | Platt , scorer of his country 's last five goals , has been shackled into a more defensive role since his £6.5 million move from Bari to Juventus in the summer . |
| 7 | PAUL BURNELL the London Scottish prop who had played in 25 of his country 's previous 27 internationals , could not be considered for Scotland 's tour to Australia because of a severe knee injury sustained in the Cardiff match against Wales . |
| 8 | He made a successful first ascent of the south ridge of his country 's highest mountain , Mount Cook , before getting a taste of the European Alps in 1950 . |
| 9 | For the non-combatant was not to be merely the quiet underwriter of his country 's military undertakings . |
| 10 | ? The Ruritanian ambassador delivered a jolly strong protest concerning the recent violation of his country 's sovereignty . |
| 11 | ? The Ruritanian ambassador delivered a highly strong protest concerning the recent violation of his country 's sovereignty . |
| 12 | Sukarno was about to become the storm-centre of his country 's affairs after several years of standing above the battle . |
| 13 | The Prime Minister of Fiji , Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara , blocked any discussion of his country 's new Constitution which had been promulgated earlier in July [ see pp. 37613-14 ] . |
| 14 | Speaking on July 2 , Miyazawa confessed that he was " very , very embarrassed " at the size of his country 's surplus — which totalled $43,000 million in 1991 — but expressed confidence that it would not return to its 1987 high-point of $60,000 million . |
| 15 | King Ludwig of Bavaria and Idi Amin are two examples ; President Macias Nguema of Equatorial Guinea became so obsessed with imaginary enemies in the 1970s that he butchered more than 10 per cent of his country 's population , including almost everyone identified as an intellectual . |
| 16 | In the 17th century , a Ukrainian leader , Bohdan Khmelnytsky , chose the East , forming an alliance with Russia against his country 's former Polish overlords . |
| 17 | Now the horse has yet another owner and will run against Arazi in the Kentucky Derby for an American whose birthday coincides with his country 's greatest race . |
| 18 | He had been catapulted into the awesome role of negotiator with his country 's ruler more by chance than anything else . |
| 19 | ‘ What … ? ’ she began , and just had to laugh when , not waiting for her to finish , Ven supplied her with his country 's name for the dish . |
| 20 | NEW YORK ( Reuter ) — El Salvador 's President , Alfredo Cristiani , announced in a speech to the UN that he would make a proposal for a ceasefire in his country 's 10-year-old civil war at a meeting with FMLN rebels in two weeks ' time . |
| 21 | ONE OF the finest conductors of his generation , Witold Rowicki had the good fortune to play a central role in his country 's musical reconstruction after the Second World War . |
| 22 | Leonel Alvarez , rated at about £1 million and expected to play a major part in his country 's World Cup campaign , had been lined up initially on loan , but Derby 's manager Arthur Cox said : ‘ We explored the situation , but it was n't possible . ’ |
| 23 | But the death of Donald White an all-American African-American kid who put this faith in his country 's most traditional values symbolises something even more tragic . |
| 24 | You could n't blame Dr Eban , who played no small part in his country 's survival with his jet-setting diplomacy , for sounding a touch smug . |
| 25 | The Swede had played in his country 's World Cup qualifier against Finland , but the injury was n't reported until Limpar rejoined Arsenal last Friday . |
| 26 | Professor Dowd , as he liked to be called — and who cut his hair and trimmed his beard to look just like President Lincoln — probably never travelled to the Pacific , nor to very many other places outside America ; but he had an abiding interest in his country 's enormous and burgeoning railway system , and from that fascination grew a scheme which changed the world — and particularly the Pacific — for ever . |
| 27 | It was a verdict which had fired many a nationalistically minded but hitherto passive young Irishman to join the IRA , and it had prodded Denis into convincing himself that the time had come for him to stop wavering and take an active role in his country 's struggle . |
| 28 | ‘ She comes up here , throws herself at a man who may or may not be her brother , but who is undoubtedly mixed up in a very unsavoury episode in his country 's history , lets him persuade her to fool around with a very dangerous drug … |
| 29 | But RJ Mitchell 's early death from cancer at the age of 42 in 1937 meant he never knew about the vital role the Spitfire played in his country 's defence . |
| 30 | The American is Donny Odom , 24 , who has competed in his country 's national championships twice after spending four seasons maturing on tracks in southern California . |