Example sentences of "[verb] he [vb infin] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 At the time when the Prime Minister said that if his policies ’ were not hurting , they were not working , ’ did he realise that those policies would cause the longest recession since the 1930s ?
2 Why did he conclude that fifty millesimals were better ?
3 To exonerate him the court invented the second stage : did he believe that reasonable people would regard his behaviour as not dishonest ?
4 Although he was involved with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre , he never settled with any organisation for long , nor did he believe that permanent companies were likely to produce better work than ad hoc assemblies .
5 At first he was surprised at this and only when they referred to him as an ‘ adult ’ did he realize that some time in the previous weeks the last of his juvenile plumage had moulted and his wings now had the rich and glossy glow of an adult golden eagle .
6 Were they just words he was reading , or did he realize that three aircraft meant twenty-one crew , and countless women waiting anxiously for the phone call that would tell them their man was safe — or the letter that would tell them he was not ?
7 But at no stage did he deny that these conditions are part of the explanation .
8 Does he hope that Labour Members of Parliament who are sponsored by COHSE and NUPE will prevail on those unions to put the patients first ?
9 If the right hon. Gentleman is genuinely concerned about recovery , what does he think that higher taxes would do to it ?
10 Does he recognise that many people want to be proud owners , but can not afford to buy their council homes outright ?
11 Does he believe that bad employers should be subsidised by the state in that way ?
12 Does he accept that many employers , if not the overwhelming majority , support the Government 's robust stance against the social clause ?
13 Does he accept that another element of the patients charter in this day and age should be that hospitals are constructed in a way that shows that we have learnt the lessons of the past ?
14 Does he accept that some people prefer to prepare for international emergencies and not necessarily be involved in the local scene ?
15 Does he agree that such improvements are a key component in a strong economy and that they have been achieved through the Government 's industrial relations laws , which the Opposition parties wish to repeal ?
16 Does he agree that such initiatives help to give young people a better start and help to provide the type of recruits needed by industry ?
17 Does he agree that such twin torture is the very last thing that British business needs at the moment ?
18 Does he agree that all parties in the House should support its annual renewal , so that we can send the terrorists the clear message that they can never win ?
19 Does he agree that that money underlines the huge benefits to the taxpayer that will come from the privatisation of the industry , to which the Labour party is opposed ?
20 Does he agree that that policy would have a devastating impact on people who live in the country areas of Teignbridge ?
21 Does he agree that that improvement has occurred because we — the Government — have given the unions back to their members ?
22 Does he agree that those companies choose to come to Britain because our taxes are low , our industrial relations are good and , most of all , our Government understand business ?
23 Does he agree that those policies have constituted one of the successful planks of the social revolution in this country since 1979 ?
24 Does he agree that those people in the House who advocate expenditure without saying how much they are prepared to spend are entirely unconvincing ?
25 As the Potato Marketing Board has for many years worked successfully for the benefit of processors , consumers and producers , does he agree that any proposals to scrap the PMB should be strongly resisted ?
26 Does he agree that any Department which adopted such a policy would have the grateful thanks of a vast number of women ?
27 Does he agree that this type of secondary school has a substantial part to play in the future education of our children in the secondary sector , and will he encourage the development of further city technology colleges in our country ?
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