Example sentences of "he [vb past] that the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by this time he realised that the best opportunities came to those who kept their feet on the ground — not their heads in the clouds . |
| 2 | He realised that the Communist parties had lost touch with their peoples and that he could not logically denounce Stalinist terror and neo-Stalinist stagnation in his own country without accepting the same for the countries which Stalin forcibly incorporated into the Soviet empire . |
| 3 | Or how about if he realised that the real reason I had been looking ‘ better ’ lately had something to do with a £6.99 bargain hair colourant from Clairol ? |
| 4 | ‘ It was then that he realised that the whole island was alive . |
| 5 | At the same time , he ruled that the national parks in Kerry and Connemara would be no-go areas for mining . |
| 6 | He ruled that the public interest in ensuring enough blood outweighed the public interest in allowing AB to seek justice through the courts . |
| 7 | Earlier , in June , the Finance Minister , Theodor Stolojan had said that it was not possible suddenly to remove controls on prices without creating an inflationary spiral in the ensuing price-wage explosion , although he agreed that the current pricing mechanism distorted prices and adversely affected supply and demand . |
| 8 | Marshal Terauchi , Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Region , dismissed this claim ( 17 July ) though he agreed that the former Netherlands Indies would be given Japanese-style independence . |
| 9 | At a banquet hosted by Yang Shangkun on Nov. 1 Nixon described the June crackdown as " excessive and unjustified " , saying that it had damaged US respect and confidence in the Chinese leadership and , speaking to Li Peng , he argued that the two countries ' differences over the events in June were " huge and unbridgeable " , but that Sino-US relations should not be allowed to founder over the issue . |
| 10 | He argued that the best action for management is to ‘ provide the climate and proper nourishment and let the people grow themselves . |
| 11 | In Capital , Volume 3 Marx noted this trend when he argued that the increasing size of enterprises made it impossible for them to be run by a single person . |
| 12 | This strengthened Eden 's hand as he argued that the diplomatic options should be exhausted before attention turned to a possible defensive alliance to protect Western interests in South-East Asia . |
| 13 | Debate over the security of the Church found a focus in the Convocation controversy , largely triggered by Francis Atterbury 's famous tract , Letter to a Convocation Man of late 1696 , where he argued that the only way to stem the growth of heresy and blasphemy was through Convocation , the Church 's own deliberative and legislative body . |
| 14 | He argued that the established system made " the moderates too much the prisoners of the extremists " ; he made an " unashamed plea for the strengthening of the political centre " ; and he considered that " the case of proportional representation is overwhelming " . |
| 15 | He argued that the Holy Office had already yielded a great deal . |
| 16 | On leaving office he argued that the top level of the civil service needed an injection of fresh blood . |
| 17 | For example , he argued that the corporate lawyer acted as a key go-between in the affairs of business , political and military elites . |
| 18 | He argued that the National Curriculum had rendered such freedom unnecessary because there were fewer differences between syllabuses . |
| 19 | He argued that the old distinction between the offence of false pretences and larceny had been preserved . |
| 20 | He argued that the simplest designs were best . |
| 21 | He argued that the physical capabilities of the plant determined where it could or could not live , and studied the effects of various environmental factors , especially water , in determining the prevailing vegetation . |
| 22 | Then he realized that the only thing of Jenny 's which was there was the familiar , wide , all-illuminating grin on the face of the young man in muddy rugby kit who was walking alone in the picture . |
| 23 | After the battering the team had taken in Australia , he realized that the first job was to restore morale , and he did manage to instil some of his own determination into his players . |
| 24 | In his youth he was taught , in accordance with Hindu custom , to repeat the thousand names of God , but he realized that the thousand names of God were not exhaustive and that while God has many names and many forms he is also nameless and formless . |
| 25 | It was some time before he realized that the entire Sakata factory was lit from end to end by bright , dazzling light . |
| 26 | Phat struck the motionless corpse of the coolie who had died beside Hoc a third time before he realized that the wretched man had passed forever beyond pain and productive labor . |
| 27 | On 3 July 1992 he announced that the French people were also to be given a referendum on the subject of whether Maastricht would be ratified . |
| 28 | While Sir Lewis declared himself to be reasonably happy with the way the group 's three hotels were being used , he admitted that the 100-acre-plus ski resort was suffering from a glaring lack of investment , and poor road communications . |
| 29 | Mr Ferrucci denied that the continued dispute over the safety of asbestos had any part in the company 's decision to close the factory , though he admitted that the environmental difficulties experienced were ‘ more severe ’ than Raybestos had expected , and no other Raybestos Manhattan factories were being closed down . |
| 30 | Flying in the face of the facts , he prophesied that the economic crisis was so close that there was no time to build the party : the RCP must join the Labour Party , whose working class members , given Trotskyist leadership , would become revolutionary under the pressure of events . |