Example sentences of "his [noun] that [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Octobrist leadership were broadly sympathetic to Stolypin 's proposals for legal and administrative changes , and shared his hope that cooperation between Duma and government would strengthen the State 's authority , check the pretensions of minority nationalities and reduce social tension . |
| 2 | Stan O'Donnell , Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , privately dismissed this to us a politically meaningless ; and made out his case that ideology in Africa does not count any more — economic need is deciding what happens . |
| 3 | One of Adorno 's strengths is his insistence that changes in the circumstances of musical production affect musical form . |
| 4 | Nigel had once made himself unpopular at the office by writing in his column that women past thirty should shoot themselves . |
| 5 | This group , known as T.E.C.A. , the Teachers ' Economic and Cultural Association Ltd. had been impressed by the strong nationalistic tone of Williams ' book and they wholeheartedly agreed with his sentiments that education of the people should be ‘ part of their democratic privileges and their democratic responsibilities ’ . |
| 6 | Raymond Streat , chairman of the British Cotton Board , noted in his diary that apprehension in Lancashire was warranted , ‘ … for the Japanese low cost producer can sweep us off our feet , no matter how efficient we might become ’ . |
| 7 | Mr Swinton is Sir Thomas ’ third son and he was unable to persuade his father that art in any way constituted a life 's work . |
| 8 | For someone who takes his belief that p to be justified is surely close to taking it that his belief tracks the truth of p . |
| 9 | Although Gregory states in his Histories that Quintianus of Rodez was suspected of treason by the Visigoths , in his Life of the bishop he reveals that the local catholics were opposed to him , because he had moved the bones of a favourite saint . |
| 10 | Macmillan 's dissatisfaction with the amount and certainty of American support was apparent in his complaint that policy in Washington had been " fitful and uncertain " . |
| 11 | A simple process may become part of his general knowledge but the more complex it is the less reasonable will be his claim that knowledge of it is part of his general skill and knowledge ; the difficulties can be illustrated in United Indigo Chemical Co Ltd v Robinson [ 1931 ] 49 RPC 178 . |
| 12 | Mill 's most famous innovation lay in his claim that quality of pleasure counts as well as quantity . |
| 13 | The Reverend Derek Edwards , Vice-Chairman of the South Ronaldsay Parents ' Action Committee , and a Baptist Minister , voiced his concern that belief in large-scale ritual sexual abuse grows within agencies over the months and years . |
| 14 | It enacts in its form a faith that the experience of broken suffering in time is in reality the choreography and notation for the dance and music of love and Rolle advises his disciple that meditation on this reality will draw up her heart " so hert mai loke intil heven " ( 69.261 – 2 ) . |
| 15 | Ltd. [ 1931 ] 1 Ch. 138 and Bartlett v. Marshall ( 1896 ) 44 W.R. 251 , in support of his assertion that noise from vehicles on the highway can amount to public and private nuisance . |
| 16 | He has tried unsuccessfully to persuade government that it should devote a fixed proportion of either GDP or the defence budget ( which has some logic as an idea , since the Meteorological Office is funded through the Ministry of Defence ) to research into global warming ; and failure in that respect has reinforced his view that governments across the world find inexpensive words preferable to expensive actions . |
| 17 | It seems realistic to expect the auditor to take such information into account in his review of the audit and the person acting as auditor also needs to be aware of other non-audit work on his client that partners in his firm may be doing such as for example tax work and they in turn should consider whether any information that may arise from their work is relevant to the conduct of the audit and where it is , they should also consider whether it is relevant to the duty to report to the regulator , the partner carrying out the audit should also if possible , discuss it with his client . |