Example sentences of "he was [adj] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told the rector at Boston that this was a person of unusual spiritual powers ; that how to train him for the whole Church was a responsibility ; that he was anxious that these abilities should not be confined to academic spheres . |
| 2 | At the end of Koch 's discourse McFadyean took the floor , disagreed with the eminent doctor , and described his own research in which he was certain that infected cows ' milk was responsible for tuberculosis in young children . |
| 3 | He made it clear that he stayed at La Tour Monchauzet because the vines needed him — and because he was sure that one day — somehow — Isabelle would return to him , and he had to be here — waiting . ’ |
| 4 | Mr Maclean said the use of £2.3 million of taxpayers ' money in buying Orford Ness seemed a lot , but he was sure that future historians would regard it as money well spent . |
| 5 | Lyell was no evolutionist , but he was convinced that each species was only created once . |
| 6 | Arts-based and classically trained , he was convinced that professional experts of Simon 's calibre did not conform to the new conception of the broad-based administrator . |
| 7 | He was convinced that full employment could be achieved without requiring all the measures of State intervention which a year before ( at a previous conference ) he had argued were essential . |
| 8 | He was adamant that all dealings with Allied governments — even those transacted at distant points in the French Empire — should be referred to him . |
| 9 | It came only hours after the Agriculture Minister , Mr John Gummer , said he was confident that most farms receiving lead-tainted animal feed had been tracked down . |
| 10 | Afterwards Mr Fallon assured me in a letter that he was confident that both Darlington projects would satisfy the new criteria . |
| 11 | On May 31 he was quoted as saying that he was satisfied that all prisoners who qualified for political status had been released but that officials were still sifting petitions . |
| 12 | He was clear that International Relations was a science , brought into existence by a perceived need to rid the international system of an evil — war — but dominated by a concern with eradicating the evil before it had been properly understood . |
| 13 | Last night Lord Hanson played down talk of economic recovery in the UK , though he was hopeful that lower UK interest rates ‘ should certainly spark increasing economic activity over time ’ . |
| 14 | David Bigg of the Braintree and Witham Rail Users Group said he was surprised that extra money could be found for the roads when the railways were desperately in need of extra investment . |
| 15 | He was frightened that hostile readers of his theological work would be able to say that his religion could be ‘ explained ’ in terms of the Oedipus complex ( or perhaps the Hippolytus complex ) ; and that he was only able to find peace for his heart by coming to terms with a Heavenly Father of his own projection when he had seen the last of his earthly father in Belfast . |
| 16 | On Aug. 29 the Interior Minister Rahal told French radio that he was concerned that armed forces personnel among the refugees intended to establish bases from which to attack Malian forces . |
| 17 | The accredited representative , who was growing anxious about the amount of time being wasted while the flight recording remained unread , then told the magistrate that he was concerned that another BAC 1–11 might suffer a similar accident while they remained ignorant of its cause and that if this should happen the magistrate would have to bear the responsibility . |
| 18 | Although Jacques was gratified with the response of most of the LEAs he was aware that other LEAs such as Somerset , Dorset , Wiltshire and Staffordshire were contributing annual sums in the order of £200-£300 in support of liberal adult education to their WEA Districts . |
| 19 | He was aware that present-day zoos were no longer dedicated to this ideal , although he was n't so sure about some of the visitors . |
| 20 | He was aware that famous players of those roles had developed their own ways of interpretation and tricks , which were then handed down from generation to generation . |
| 21 | He was aware that this description did not fit Ramsey . |
| 22 | He was conscious that this loner of a man lived only for his work . |