Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | To appreciate his achievement , we must bear in mind that in his time Europe in general and Germany in particular had remarkably little awareness of Greece or Greek culture as distinctive entities , and insufficient enthusiasm for things Greek ( as opposed to things Greco-Roman ) to feel such unawareness as a deficiency . |
| 2 | Gaius ' list was not exhaustive , and another source too provides confirmation that by his day other wordings were regarded as setting up trusts . |
| 3 | He afterwards told a journalist that on his visits to the cinema he was impressed by the audience 's reaction to the newsreels ( invariably concerned with Franco officiating at the launching of a battleship , the opening of an airfield or a barracks ) . |
| 4 | I am glad to see from your report of the psychiatrist Professor Michael Rutter 's lecture at the Royal Institution that despite his former membership of the Lawther Working Party on lead pollution , Rutter now acknowledges that the hazard from lead in petrol is so serious as to require a total ban ( This Week , 3 March , p 567 ) . |
| 5 | It is one of the wonders of the Christmas story that Jesus — the authoritative Word of God — stooped to be born in the humblest of settings ; it is one of the wonders of the Christian faith that after His resurrection , Jesus should remind His disciples that He retained all authority in heaven and earth . |
| 6 | Whitelocke replied with brutal honesty that in his opinion , ‘ it should be more to his prejudice than advantage to do so ’ , a remark that , predictably , displeased Cromwell . |
| 7 | We very much hope that on his way there he works out which side of the Government he is on with regard to that amalgamation . |
| 8 | It was a wonder that with his huge fingers he managed to avoid striking two keys at once . |
| 9 | Well , I remember my father saying of the old Baron that in his last illness he talked all the time of there being a grandson . |
| 10 | It is therefore my opinion that on his findings of fact in the present case , the judge was entitled to hold , as he did , that the defendants ' promise to pay the extra £10,300 was supported by valuable consideration , and thus constituted an enforceable agreement . |
| 11 | After the Guardian pointed out on December 8 that Kingfisher did indeed face a prima facie competition problem , he told another newspaper that during his 1986 bid for the then Woolworths , he had been obliged by the OFT to pre-sell Comet to Granada to avoid a monopolies investigation . |
| 12 | ‘ Ah , but we 're not a poor servant girl , really , are we ? ’ said Dr Neil , his head on one side again , the scar presented to her ; it was a sign that despite his mockery he had accepted her , for with those of whom he was unsure , or not used to , he always attempted to shield them from its sight . |
| 13 | As to liking , I always had the feeling — I ca n't quite express it — the feeling that in his eyes I was all right — useful in fact , but that I did n't matter in myself . |
| 14 | The claim that with his coming God was inaugurating his rule on earth laid him open to a charge of blasphemy , which was without difficulty transformed into a plea to the prefect Pontius Pilate that Jesus was instigating sedition . |
| 15 | His slow smile lit up his eyes , and again she realised with a jolt that behind his severe exterior he could be quite attractive . |
| 16 | It may have been that Harvey enjoyed such seniority in the Church that in his case such deviation was permitted , but given that two or three other committed Free Presbyterians have been active in the Official Unionist Party ( in 1985 there were two Free Presbyterians in local government as Official Unionist councillors ) , it is more likely that the Church leadership was genuinely able to maintain some distance from Paisley 's politics . |
| 17 | It introduces the thought that in his speech as well as in his writing , Johnson understood that the essence of art lies in the perfect marriage of form and content , therefore , Boswell may have reached for an accuracy beyond sycophancy . |
| 18 | Sidney Lee in his life of Shakespeare , 1908 edition , attributes his accurate use of legal terms to observation of his father 's legal battles and early association with members of the Inns of Court and there is also a suggestion that on his arrival in London he may have been employed as a clerk for a lawyer . |
| 19 | Alternatively , the change may have been made by Wulfstan himself , in much the same way that in his different records of the Enham meeting he omitted from VI Æthelred death penalties contained in V Æthelred . |
| 20 | I ask whether with the above words he has entrusted to Pamphilus that after his death he should make over a hundred to the sons of the deceased . |
| 21 | His brother-in-law wrote in a memoir that on his return to Turvey in 1829 , Higgins was ‘ unremitting in his solicitude for the poor of the parish ’ . |
| 22 | There is no doubt that to his contemporaries he seemed , for much of his reign , the outstanding example of a modern and enlightened ruler . |
| 23 | Despite the assurances of the Director of his Department that he was favourably looked upon , and despite the fact that there was no doubt that at his office he was being treated with a subtle air of respect , nothing formal or official about his promotion had been announced ; and as he knew very well , a change of Directorship , a shift in Government economic policy , even a chill wind in international relations , could mean the end of his hopes . |
| 24 | There is little doubt that in his reference to ‘ people ’ he was excluding Professor Barker for whom he had a high regard . |
| 25 | When Henry V landed for the first time on French soil nearly forty years later , it was soon put beyond doubt that in his artillery he possessed a potential match-winner . |
| 26 | There is no doubt that in his appraisal of the provincial situation in 1912 , Wilson was right . |
| 27 | Steiner 's association of homosexuality with narcissism , solipsism , and the refusal of referentiality obviously suggests reservations about both modernism ( as he conceives it ) and the efficacy of the homosexual influence upon it , and it comes as no surprise that in his most recent book he launches a strong attack on the former . |
| 28 | All have found to their cost that on his game there 's simply no stopping the hurling genius . |
| 29 | Manitou , ( the Great Spirit ) was so touched by the Indian 's devotion that upon his death Manitou made him into a rock standing off the inlet , and that monument has been called Siwash Rock ever since . |
| 30 | Accordingly in my judgment it is not correct to describe the document as a will at that stage nor can it be said in my judgment that by his signature Mr. Winterbone intended to give effect to the document as any kind of effective document . |