Example sentences of "as [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forest House , with its perfect wrought-iron double-decker verandah , its octagonal dairy and pretty pedimented stables and coach-house close by , was commissioned by an undoubted ‘ man of Taste ’ , possibly Sir David Wedderburn , who is recorded as building his house at Chigwell between 1807 and 1810 . |
| 2 | It was a dispiriting affair , and since the material was being auctioned on behalf of the gallery 's creditors , there were no reserves and auctioneer Ian Mackenzie was forced to lower as well as raise his bids in order to find buyers for each of 144 lots which raised £97,070 ( $166,300 ) . |
| 3 | This Meeting consider this a great hardship , Lint being a staple article of the Island they therefore wish Shawfield may have the Goodness to order matters upon such a footing as to enable his Tenantry to put their manufacture to the best avail . " |
| 4 | The speech outlining government policy at the opening of the parliamentary session was delivered by King Hussein himself — a move which was interpreted as underlining his support for the new government of Ibn Shaker . |
| 5 | As well as maintaining his allegiance to Rome , Fr Jin is reported to have spoken out against government policies on contraception and abortion . |
| 6 | In foreign policy , while seldom innovative , he did try to carve out new relationships with Britain 's new European partners , especially through his close personal association with Helmut Schmidt , the West German chancellor and a fellow social democrat , as well as maintaining his contacts with the new US Democratic administration of Jimmy Carter . |
| 7 | His readiness to acknowledge that God is all things to all men enables him to support the Dvaitin or Dualist , and Viśi ādvaitin or qualified non-Dualist positions as well as maintaining his own preference for Advaita or non-Dualism . |
| 8 | Nor would the captain 's off-field obligations cause Hastings concern , for his work with the Carnegie Partnership carries a PR type of role , part of which involves meeting people and dealing with clients and the media as well as assisting his old school , Watson 's College , and his club , Watsonians , in a business capacity . |
| 9 | Among his teachers were Peter the Chanter , Peter of Poitiers , who commented on the Sentences of Peter Lombard ( as well as producing his own Five Books of Sentences before 1170 ) , Melior of Pisa and Peter of Corbeil . |
| 10 | Should any relative complain , the doctor may rely upon the directive as justifying his actions . |
| 11 | President Alberto Keinya Fujimori presented Guzmán 's capture as justifying his assumption of dictatorial powers in April [ see pp. 38846-47 ] . |
| 12 | Hertfordshire in consequence of this feeling initiated an influential and controversial scheme , whereby as part of the work of increasing the research and learning competence of the student , as well as stimulating his general reading , courses and tutorial supervision were provided in the use of libraries and library materials . |
| 13 | He refused to consider what he regarded as interfering in the judicial process and what they saw as moderating his policy of harassing the Free Church . |
| 14 | I was not quite so lacking in worldly wisdom , however , as to accept his invitation , whereupon he gave me his card — but I did not pursue the acquaintance . |
| 15 | The Pope 's initial enthusiasm for its stridency has waned , as has his toleration for the way Rome is governed beyond the Vatican walls . |
| 16 | He has experience of leadership at all levels , as has his possible successor Ashley Metcalfe . |
| 17 | Okan , a production engineer , has seen his collection of reptiles grow as has his electricity bill . |
| 18 | The scum kid seemed about to fit the mask to his own face so as to hide his savage features … or to become , for a few moments , the reflexion of Lexandro who lived such an unimaginable , foreign life . |
| 19 | He stood up and walked to the window of the cold , cold room , putting aside with contempt his lifelong habit of arranging to be seated so as to hide his size when he was about to say anything that interested him . |
| 20 | Murdoch had long planned to move part of his operation to Wapping so as to increase his printing capacity . |
| 21 | Senator Ricardo may enact such a bill so as to increase his chance of re-election , or he may oppose it because he favours public spending on ideological grounds . |
| 22 | As well as keeping his own large beloved patch looking like the Garden of Eden , he still found time to tend Colonel Murchison 's land at weekends . |
| 23 | He saw one of his jobs as keeping his ear to the ground on Blanche 's behalf , trying to catch discontent while it was no more than a distant rumble and to spot which detectives needed encouragement and which a gentle kick up the backside . |
| 24 | He still finds time to race motor bikes , as well as keeping his nineteen O four De Dion Bouton in tune . |
| 25 | As well as gaining his SRN David was a qualified Gas Fitter and Driving Instructor and was a competent builder and decorator . |
| 26 | As well as launching his military counteroffensive against the rebels , Saddam Hussein dispatched a number of his most trusted supporters to the south to rally troops and Ba'athist officials . |
| 27 | Smiles quoted Benjamin Haydon as dating his decline from the day he first borrowed money . |
| 28 | In the early 1930s he turned his attention towards bibliography , becoming both special lecturer at the London School of Librarianship and joint editor of the important , if short-lived , series Oxford Books in Bibliography , as well as writing his classic , The Beginnings of Systematic Bibliography ( 1935 ) . |
| 29 | The sooner the potential customer selects a particular product or brand as meeting his or her purchase needs , the more successful has been its marketing . |
| 30 | Charles had met Ward several years before , and , as well as seeking his advice as a teacher , had commissioned several paintings from him . |