Example sentences of "he [vb past] that [adj] [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Initially , he presumed that this phenomenon was merely a personal idiosyncrasy , but later observations showed that this was not the case at all : the tensing-up of neck muscles is practically universal . |
| 2 | He agreed that moral development was in 3 stages , but believed that these were divided into two parts . |
| 3 | However he argued that ancient woodlands were still under threat from new planting and new road developments — for example the proposed destruction of Oxleas Wood in south east London , to make way for a Thames crossing . |
| 4 | In addition , he argued that legalizing adoption was against the teaching of ‘ the church ’ . |
| 5 | He argued that these publications were the precursors of the flood of artistic , intellectual and political creativity that accompanied the move towards colonial independence . |
| 6 | Eschewing strategic analysis in favour of a more polemical approach he argued that these concessions were to be used as ‘ trans-shipping points for American combat units that are to carry out punitive operations against the peoples of the Near and Middle East , as well as in Africa ’ . |
| 7 | He argued that either symbol was used whenever it fell more easily to the hand . |
| 8 | In his survey of all incidents involving a solitary offender recorded by the police as rapes or attempted rapes between 1972 and 1976 in six English counties , he found that 204 men were arrested for rape or attempted rape . |
| 9 | He found that six lakes were fishless , including five lochs in the Galloway area , 24 lakes were acidified in Scotland , Cumbria , Wales and Southern England , 37 lakes were vulnerable in all the above areas , and ten waters showed fish loss , in particular the River Esk in Cumbria and the River Forth in Scotland . |
| 10 | Billig ( 1987b ) asked respondents to list the advantages of a monarchy , and he found that common responses were to cite financial benefits from the tourist trade and the importance of the monarchy for creating social unity . |
| 11 | He found that positive feedback was predictably given most often for accuracy and quantity of reading . |
| 12 | In later years , when he was in the position of having to counsel others he found that these doubts were quite common , and in answering their doubts he answered his own as well ! |
| 13 | He found that this feeling was not unpleasant . |
| 14 | He noted that two shirts were warmer than one overcoat , and he obviously enjoyed his open air sessions on the clinic rounds in the College yard . |
| 15 | Dr Vanezis he estimated that these injuries were between two and four weeks old . |
| 16 | He added that other vehicles were despatched when it was realised the press were in attendance and that other people in area might be there . |
| 17 | He added that further investment was required to allow another coalface to be opened . |
| 18 | Indeed , Wycliffe maintained that Gaunt regarded political instability as one of the greatest evils that could befall a state ; and Gaunt 's political career suggests that he believed that political stability was best ensured by the maintenance of the prerogatives of the monarchy . |
| 19 | He believed that lower taxes were the route to higher growth and more jobs . |
| 20 | He believed that these groups were helping to alleviate the effects of catastrophes caused by the dawning of the New Age . |
| 21 | He believed that human beings were born sociable , cooperative , altruistic , nice , civilized and that if , in later life , they showed anti-social selfish , criminal erm , egoistic tendencies , it was because of what happened to them after they were born . |
| 22 | He believed that this recording was one of the essential means to feed the imagination of children and so promote further creative work in a variety of fields . |
| 23 | His next move should be equivocal , so he acknowledged that dark rumours were circulating about the MOI . |
| 24 | He claimed that capitalist society was polarizing ‘ into two great hostile camps , into two great classes directly facing each other : Bourgeoisie and Proletariat ’ ( Marx , 1977 : 222 ) . |
| 25 | It was not a careers forum and he reckoned that that title was a misnomer . |
| 26 | He stated that supporting evidence was on a videotape stored in a New York bank vault . |
| 27 | He remarked that Royal Jubilees were unlucky for him : at the Georgian celebrations he had been injured by stone throwing . |
| 28 | The Letter calls him king of all England and Denmark and the Norwegians and of some of the Swedes , which if genuine implies that he already claimed Olaf 's throne , and Florence of Worcester says that in 1027 he heard that some Norwegians were discontented , sent them large quantities of gold and silver , and secured an undertaking of future support . |
| 29 | After American troops joined the Allied occupation of Iran , he observed that American policies were independent of both Britain and Russia and so he appealed to President Roosevelt for help . |
| 30 | He warned that economic development was lagging so far behind that of the rest of the EC that the EC 's " course towards the single market , monetary union and European unification is in danger of being permanently undermined " . |