Example sentences of "in his [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a devoted and loyal colleague who was too old and set in his ways when he became Professor to introduce major developments , but signs of change were seen , coming to fruition in his successor 's reign . |
| 2 | Poor Paul , still in his fool 's paradise . |
| 3 | JOHN Major yesterday hailed his Chancellor 's mini-budget as a ‘ turning point ’ in his Government 's fortunes . |
| 4 | Marking his first anniversary in power , President Ferdinand Collor de Mello announced a National Reconstruction Plan on March 14 , aimed at restoring public confidence in his government 's determination to secure stable economic growth in the medium term , and in its flagging efforts to control inflation [ for March 1990 , February 1991 anti-inflation plans see pp. 37312 ; 38002 ] . |
| 5 | In mid-October Dimitrov requested a vote of confidence in his government 's overall policy . |
| 6 | He had just made himself a cup of coffee and sat in his mum 's kitchen smoking a cigarette . |
| 7 | Mike blushed , thinking of all those stories in his Mum 's magazines which he read secretly sometimes , as though they were dangerous and shameful drugs . |
| 8 | The baton is , however , necessary at the Opéra , where large choruses are frequently sung in the wings … it must not be thought that such a distant group of singers can hear the orchestra , however numerous : each person sings in his neighbour 's ear , and I have sometimes surprised myself by singing off the beat and incorrectly conducting [ conduisant ] the chorus surrounding me . |
| 9 | Alexei had been surprised that the subject of his bachelor status had not been pursued with greater vigour in his step-mother 's house . |
| 10 | YESTERDAY 'S endorsement of grant-maintained schools by Peter Smith , the General Secretary of the Assistant Masters ' and Mistresses ' Association , marked a significant change in his union 's attitude towards the Government 's education reforms . |
| 11 | Crawford 's style of acting remained indelible in his co-star 's memory . |
| 12 | One of the ‘ cattle men ’ turned up one day at Costa Rica 's legitimate airport and had to be rescued by Fernandez : in his cattle-man 's briefcase were $5,000 in cash to pay for workers on the strip , a spare cassette from North for Fernandez 's KL-43 encrypting device , and brown manila envelopes from the White House containing photographs of Fernandez with Reagan . |
| 13 | Hoskyns called on the great man in his chairman 's office at Tube Investments . |
| 14 | In his chairman 's statement , Terry Shand explains why the group has taken the opportunity to overhaul the presentation of the annual report and accounts and to include operating and financial reviews . |
| 15 | Louis Sherwood asserts in his chairman 's report that ‘ the directors are confident that satisfactory new arrangements will be put in place well before that time ’ . |
| 16 | In his chairman 's statement , David Morris reveals that ‘ at the year end the directors considered the market value of the portfolio with vacant possession and in our opinion this has increased by £7,832 ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ The Company has continued its record of impressive growth both in terms of assets under management and new business secured , ’ said Norman Lessels in his Chairman 's Statement . |
| 18 | In his chairman 's report for the 1947 season , Rawlins Hawtin recorded the comment made to him , during the match with Surrey at Peterborough , by Herbert Strudwick , who ‘ volunteered his opinion that Fiddling was the best wicketkeeper in England ’ . |
| 19 | Moreover , the economic outlook for the company hardly warranted no dividend payments , as Sir Humphrey made clear in his chairman 's statement last November : ‘ There is a degree of optimism for the 1991 year in the expectation that the negative effects of the economy may be offset and minimised by the advancements being implemented in many areas of our business ’ . |
| 20 | IN his chairman 's statement , Angus Grossart , of the merchant bank that bears his name , spoke of the need for consistency in financial matters . |
| 21 | each one in his god 's name |
| 22 | The company will also be estopped if the transferee has relied on a false statement in his transferor 's certificate that the transferor was the registered holder of the shares on the date stated in the certificate . |
| 23 | Korn may be seen as in considerable contrast to Reynolds ; he was no Ivy Leaguer , and learnt the principles of economics and entrepreneurship in his parent 's grocery store . |
| 24 | That Ronchey 's move has been made now is due not only to the changed political climate , but also to the fact that the Minister is not a career politician like his recent , ineffective predecessors , but an independent , educated man ( he was a distinguished political journalist before being invited to join the government ) , who instead of getting tied up in his Ministry 's bureaucratic shibboleths , has collected an enlightened group of advisors around him , including the independent scholar Federico Zeri , who enjoys star status in Italy , and Mirella Baracco , the energetic founder of the private ginger group , Napoli 99 , which is managing to get long-closed monuments and churches in that city open to the public . |
| 25 | He added that a draft directive standardising safety signing — making a lot of UK signs obsolete — could also be included in his committee 's report . |
| 26 | He treated Vial leniently in his committee 's report , but failed to press for the early appointment of the necessary second professor . |
| 27 | JULIAN Mathias , director of Foreign & Colonial , has a particular interest in his firm 's position as the largest backer of the £49m management buy-out of Salt Union from ICI . |
| 28 | Nonetheless every partner will have a right to know what is being carried on in his firm 's name and for which he is ultimately answerable . |
| 29 | A stockbroker will qualify provided his business includes the management of trusts and any remuneration as trustee is included in his firm 's trading profits . |
| 30 | She met another man she knew and was dancing with him when Antonio discovered her , whereupon he was heard by onlookers to curse the moon for trusting in his fiancée 's purity . |