Example sentences of "his [noun] that [noun sg] [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 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 " . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Mill 's most famous innovation lay in his claim that quality of pleasure counts as well as quantity . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | 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 . |