Example sentences of "he [verb] that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has written to Michael Heseltine , President of the Board of Trade , giving him warning that substantial unemployment could result from artificial constraints on the business . |
| 2 | There are also some splendid quotes ; Planck 's gloomy view of the advance of science led him to believe that scientific truth triumphs not by convincing its opponents , but rather because they eventually die . |
| 3 | By contrast , Marx shows that other systems , working on different assumptions , can exist , and this for him implies that future change to a radically different social system is therefore also possible . |
| 4 | on , it was equally if not more dreadful to him to think that this successor might treat the emirs ‘ as superiors — as Royalties ’ , thereby incurring ‘ their astonished contempt that the King 's representative — the conquering dynasty — should so behave ’ . |
| 5 | Part of him accepted that one day she would get married — and not to him . |
| 6 | ALAN Hickman from Derbyshire became worried about the advice he was receiving over his pension transfer when he realised that each expert he consulted recommended a different course of action . |
| 7 | Mowbray 's hand fell to his sword hilt as he realised that great brass tongue only tolled when the Tower was under attack . |
| 8 | The devil , Trent thought , and found himself smiling as he realised that continual fear had acted as a drug , lifting him free of reality in the same way that marathon runners broke through the pain barrier into an almost hallucinatory state of calm . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He agreed that moral development was in 3 stages , but believed that these were divided into two parts . |
| 11 | He agreed that this advice had been good but said that things had now gone too far . |
| 12 | He agreed that some training groups might pull out but others would take their place . |
| 13 | He argued that Labour policy-making , though democratic in concept , was defective in practice . |
| 14 | He argued that greater emphasis needed to be placed on the practical applications of scientific work if Britain 's economic downturn were to be reversed . |
| 15 | In this book he argued that all life should be a preparation for dying . |
| 16 | In addition , he argued that legalizing adoption was against the teaching of ‘ the church ’ . |
| 17 | He argued that British car users meet only 27 per cent of the real costs which their vehicles impose on society , constituting a huge burden on the economy . |
| 18 | He argued that social progress towards a free-enterprise society was inevitable and saw progressive evolution as a useful foundation upon which to build a philosophy of cosmic development that would include the human race . |
| 19 | Though he argued that any attempt to lay down rigid rules for classifying applications would be doomed to failure' , Dobry thought that guidance should be given in a national code of practice . |
| 20 | Secondly , he argued that these consumption processes are increasingly provided by the state in a collectivized form , since they become too expensive , especially at times of economic crisis , for private firms to supply . |
| 21 | He argued that either symbol was used whenever it fell more easily to the hand . |
| 22 | He realized that one wall of the pit was convex and made of some hard substance . |
| 23 | Then he remembered that his wife had been there when old Sally had died , and he realized that this information might be worth something . |
| 24 | He recommended that Red Army youths become village teachers to counteract this trend . |
| 25 | At the same time he announced that economic austerity measures , including a freeze on public sector promotions , were to be " reconsidered " ; this had also been one of the demands of the workers ' organizations . |
| 26 | And , finally , he announced that another referendum would be held in January 1961 . |
| 27 | Of the science fiction writers he asked that each serial should explore and extrapolate on a known scientific or cultural theme , such as nuclear war , doppler imaging or xenophobia . |
| 28 | Though he claimed all the peoples of Burma were now united he admitted that this unity ‘ is only in the initial stages … tender and fragile ’ . |
| 29 | Because he thinks that one day you might help his son . ’ |
| 30 | Would the Prime Minister explain why he thinks that deplorable situation exists ? |