Example sentences of "but it be [prep] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a renowned preacher , a pioneer critic of the New Testament , one of the founding fathers of the discipline of hermeneutics ( the philosophy or science of interpretation ) ; but it is with his fundamental work on the nature and basis of theology itself that we must deal . |
| 2 | The case of the Tari Furora paralleled that of the Melanesians in ‘ Marie Lloyd ’ , but it is to his ideal City , and his actual urban Western civilization that Eliot relates this Papuan discovery : ‘ … if we are so helpless in the hands of our ‘ civilization ’ that we admit our inability to prevent it from ruining Papuans , what hope have we of saving ourselves ? ’ |
| 3 | His high profile as a comedian , poet , singer and musician has a lot to do with the regular weekly poem he writes for the Weekend Guardian , recent appearances on radio in ‘ Kaleidoscope ’ and ‘ Loose Ends ’ and the ‘ Time Out ’ Cabaret Award , but it is in his live stage act that he can best be appreciated as an hilarious dead-pan comic . |
| 4 | Huy had been more help to the Medjay than he realised ; but it was on his own account that he decided to take up Taheb 's invitation and visit her . |
| 5 | He had acquired in effect a veto over all grants or sales of land to the church , but it was against his political and financial interests to enforce this ban . |