Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aethis is assassinated by his own chancellor , a secret follower of Slaanesh . |
| 2 | Elsewhere , " accusations " and " charges " against Milton are refuted , the degree and nature of Macaulay 's " sincerity " is defended , " worthy and good-natured mediocrities " are dismissed , and Arnold is rebuked for his " petulant snobbishness " . |
| 3 | Although originally asked to preface Les Chiens de garde , his preference for Aden , Arabie is explained by his ideological position in 1960 . |
| 4 | He claims , therefore , that one of this century 's most important innovations in business organization is explained by his approach . |
| 5 | Having had the pleasure of meeting Willy De Roos several years ago he made a great impression on me and although little is publicised about his achievements , it is a shame that they are not better known . |
| 6 | And the weakness of this claim is compounded by his examples , which are far more individualist than the claim they are intended to illustrate . |
| 7 | At another party , in the South of France , a reefer is placed between his lips by a girl whose trousers fall down . |
| 8 | The mayor is placed in his stall by the dean with these words , as set out in the order of service : |
| 9 | Everyone lines up in ranks , all facing the instructor , who is the highest authority in the dojo and is recognized by his black belt . |
| 10 | Briefly , the development of his thought is traced from his earliest days at the LSE under the influence of Hayek and Robbins , through his conversion to Keynesianism , and his extension of Keynesian analysis and modes of thinking to growing capitalist economies . |
| 11 | Penalosa 's lack of mobility is counter-balanced by his southpaw stance and hard punch . |
| 12 | The seven pound penalty he picks up in the Bagthorpe Handicap at Nottingham is negated by his apprentice jockey 's claim and he should not be missed . |
| 13 | The sequel , in which the plumber is joined by his twin brother to fight hammer-wielding turtles and ferocious plants , means makers Nintendo have one of the most successful toys ever . |
| 14 | On his return he settled at last under the protection of Cuthbert , first in the saint 's own resting place at Durham , then in a hermitage under the protection of Durham cathedral priory at Finchale by the river Wear — and the rest of his life is filled with his prayers and visions and miracles at Finchale . |
| 15 | The cloud , the visible token of his presence , rests on the tabernacle , and the place is filled with his glory . |
| 16 | The 26-year-old is guarded about his physical and mental fatigue , but he says pointedly : ‘ It 's time for me to relax . ’ |
| 17 | The work of Bakhtin has been ‘ taken up ’ in television writing — most problematically in some appropriations of the theory of carnival developed in Rabelais and His World — and the critical vocabulary of the ‘ chronotope ’ and ‘ the dialogic ’ which is developed in his extensive work on literature , culture and language is beginning to achieve some deserved currency . |
| 18 | He is banished for his crime , she kills herself , and the Roman monarchy is brought to anend . |
| 19 | A man like Mr Silvester Horne is regarded by his congregation with feelings of almost unmeasured adoration , due to the fact that he and they are really opening the book of life for the first time together and comparing impressions . |
| 20 | He is also active in parochial affairs , and is regarded by his vestry opponents as a ‘ turbulent parishioner ’ . |
| 21 | John Byrne , who missed last month 's scoreless draw with European champions Denmark in Copenhagen because of injury , is recalled after his recent £250,000 transfer from Sunderland to Millwall . |
| 22 | That Kelvin MacKenzie 's position as editor of the Sun is devolved from his proprietor , Rupert Murdoch , is unimportant . |
| 23 | This is justified by his belief that abstractionism does more than obscure the truth of immaterialism . |
| 24 | The continuing strength of his reputation is witnessed by his involvement between 1668 and 1673 in the revival of the committees involved with trade and plantations . |
| 25 | What are we to conclude about the implications for his later personality of the way in which a child is treated during his early years ? |
| 26 | In the former areas the chief executive is sustained in his perennial struggle for mastery with congress by his claim to represent the nation as a whole and by the provisions of the Constitution that designate him as Commander in Chief and give him special responsibilities in international relations . |
| 27 | Doug 's rod is fastened to his wrist with a leather strap like a Manilan wallet . |
| 28 | According to this thesis , the wealthy peasant has no reason to rebel and the poor landless peasant is limited in his actions by his dependence on a landowner . |
| 29 | The devil is limited in his knowledge of the future . |
| 30 | But more is heard of his colleagues , Stephen Langton and Robert of Courson . |