Example sentences of "felt [that] this [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Group did not support the informal suggestions put forward by Staff Side Whitley that a ) there should be a ‘ Whitley ’ representative on the Group — it felt that this function could be adequately provided by more frequent , regular and open meetings of the Computer Users Group .
2 I felt that this person could change my life … could bring me happiness- and unhappiness .
3 The trend towards a more nationalistic variety of communism , independent of Moscow and resting on the approach of mass mobilisation advocated by Mao , inspired those Korean communists who felt that this approach could prove valuable for their own party in the future .
4 Many Anglicans had been brought up to revere ‘ the family ’ , and felt that this publicity was damaging to the ideas they cherished ; a number of men also had reason to fear that their own behaviour would be exposed .
5 Teachers felt that this text offered them many opportunities for the development of the understanding of parental roles and it was thought to be a book from which all sorts of related topic work could be derived .
6 I asked him whether he felt that this work fed off the troubled times in Belfast , and if so whether it could also have a more universal appeal .
7 While some staff felt that this system was successful , others believed it to be unfair , especially in times of contracting resources .
8 I felt that this conversation was adding little to my , or my listeners ' , knowledge of how to buy a coffin , so I thanked him kindly for his time and said goodbye .
9 Pooley clearly felt that this conversation was getting out of bounds .
10 " Although sponsored club competitions are prolific in the U.K. , I felt that this opportunity was quite different , offering club golfers the chance to participate in a national tournament during the winter , " said Ivan Straker , Chairman of Seagram Distillers .
11 Axelrod had already begun to think in ESS terms , but I felt that this tendency was so important that I wrote to him suggesting that he should get in touch with W. D. Hamilton , who was then , though Axelrod did n't know it , in a different department of the same university , the University of Michigan .
12 Kassin , Ellsworth and Smith ( 1989 ) found that 70% of a sample of 63 experts felt that this phenomenon is reliable enough for psychologists to present in court-room testimony — the experts in this study generally had a PhD in psychology and over half of them reported having actually testified about eyewitness testimony .
13 The few who discovered this later naturally felt that this part of their training was not helpful .
14 The Minority , whose Report was drafted by the Webbs , felt that this proposal would bring insufficient change .
15 She felt that this sensationalism legitimated the passions within rational philosophy .
16 We felt that this study was weak .
17 Several people felt that this figure could determine their acceptance or rejection of the whole scheme .
18 Despite their frustrations , the participants felt that this Encounter was an important step forward .
19 Wallich undoubtedly felt that this recognition was too little and too late , remaining bitter and resentful to his death , 31 March 1899 , which took place in London .
20 Most importantly , the governors felt that this duplication of effort would probably prevent the staff being ‘ proactive ’ in the running of the school .
21 Now if you cast your mind back to when we started the er discussion I did say I would talk about refer erm recommendations to you if you felt that this meeting had been of some benefit to yourself
22 He felt that this number was not enough to communicate with workers entering and leaving the premises ( usually at the same time ) or with transport workers as and when they delivered goods to the place .
23 Mrs Jones felt that this arrangement was itself disruptive and should be changed .
24 I felt that this woman , in her direct vision of the infinite personality in the heart of all things , truly represented the spirit of India . ’
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