Example sentences of "when he [vb past] that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will my hon. Friend repeat the commitment given by the Secretary of State for the Environment when he said that the new councils of Avon , Cleveland and Humberside would be among the first to receive the benefit of that new commission ? |
| 2 | On May 8 the director of operations of the UN 's World Food Programme ( WFP ) , Robert Hauser , had appeared to contradict current UN policy when he said that the food-supply situation in Iraq did not in itself warrant the continuing presence of international relief agencies ; since food rationing was relatively efficient , he said , claims of widespread malnutrition were exaggerated . |
| 3 | Does the Minister accept that the Secretary of State was mistaken when he said that the initial slow and small take-up of student loans showed that there was no widespread poverty and hardship among students since all the evidence of citizens advice bureaux , Members ' mail and so on shows clearly that , because of the reducing value of student grants and the attack on student benefits , there is real and widespread hardship and poverty among the British student population ? |
| 4 | But when he insisted that the same warnings should be used on advertisements , and be bigger than at present , he got them furious . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was Dr John Burton , however , who left the classic example of outside prejudice when he observed that the local roads bred two memorable creatures , ungainly spindle-shaped oxen and beautiful long-legged women . |
| 7 | The artist Benjamin Haydon was already £600 in debt when he heard that the Royal Academy would not after all be buying his painting Macbeth for 500 guineas . |
| 8 | Hugh was already committed to the marathon trip when he heard that the special care school had been burgled and had lost a vital computer and software , which is crucial in helping the children 's development |
| 9 | When he suggested that the European Monetary System was a German racket to take over Europe , he had to go , to the dismay of his biggest fan |
| 10 | To his credit , Cheniere did attempt a conciliatory gesture when he suggested that the three adolescents could wear their scarves at school outside class hours . |
| 11 | There was , in fact , a social element present in the Treaty of Rome itself , but Mr Hattersley had a point when he suggested that the last ten years saw capitalism and the pursuit of free trade relegated within the EEC to a secondary position . |
| 12 | Bernard Baruch spoke for many business people when he complained that the British were quick to moan but not to help themselves by making their economy more productive and competitive . |
| 13 | ‘ Look how he controlled his disappointment when he found that the dead man was not Sir Henry . ’ |
| 14 | Shortly afterwards the FPÖ presidential candidate , Heide Schmidt , claimed that an FPÖ deputy in the Nationalrat ( lower house of parliament ) , Andreas Mölzer ( who enjoyed Haider 's support ) , did not represent the party when he declared that the German culture and people were being swamped . |