Example sentences of "he [verb] that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using Britain as an example , Napoleon III and the economists who advised him believed that the introduction of free trade would help to strengthen the French economy , since only by opening up French industry to greater competition would it be galvanized into accepting new methods of production . |
| 2 | A meeting with the area planning officer , about the changing hut on the Stratton Bates recreation ground has resulted in him recommending that the hut be replaced with a building of similar size and in the same location . |
| 3 | Then he looked at the Curator , straight into his eyes to make him understand that the person he was thinking of was himself . |
| 4 | According to Eadmer , it was a small incident which opened Anselm 's eyes to the true state of affairs , and made him realize that the king would in no circumstances allow him to take any action beyond the routine of his episcopal duties . |
| 5 | This leads him to conclude that the Sons of Light , the Sons of Truth , the Sons of Zadok , or Zaddikim ( Zadokites ) , the Men of Melchizedek ( the z-d-k ending reflecting a variation of Zadok ) , the Ebionim ( the Poor ) , the Hassidim ( the Essenes ) and the Nozrim ( the Nazareans ) are ultimately one and the same — not different groups , but different metaphors or appellations for essentially the same group , or the same movement . |
| 6 | His experience of flying this route has led him to conclude that the bravery and daring of the crews who took [ part in these raids was quite remarkable and deserves to be more widely known . |
| 7 | 1956 saw him complaining that the author of an article on ‘ Christian Social Thought ’ had used the word ‘ sociology ’ so that ‘ unless my memory is greatly at fault , Durkheim and Lévy-Bruhl ’ would be excluded from its province . |
| 8 | He told Anne Ridler some time later that such a success almost prompted him to believe that the poem was not very good , although no doubt he was being partly ironic : he was , at least , demonstrating the " usefulness " which a poet might possess in time of war . |
| 9 | In a most interesting essay in the recent volume of Essays on the Depopulation of Melanesia the great psychologist W. H. R. Rivers adduces evidence which has led him to believe that the natives of that unfortunate archipelago are dying out principally for the reason that the ‘ Civilization ’ forced upon them has deprived them of all interest in life . |
| 10 | His experience as president of the Scottish Institute had led him to believe that the way forward lay in joining forces with the English and Welsh in a single British Institute of Chartered Accountants , and in 1989 , he spearheaded the Scottish side of the campaign . |
| 11 | in the case of an action arising from making a deposit otherwise than in accordance with conditions specified in a disposal licence , that the defendant took all such steps as were reasonably open to him to ensure that the conditions were complied with ; |
| 12 | May I welcome his decision to hold a public inquiry about these proposals and urge him to ensure that the inquiry is held in such a way , in such a place and at such a time that the concerns of many thousands of people about the proposals can be fully communicated ? |
| 13 | I remember him saying that the person in the anecdote had to remain anonymous since it was still not done for a woman to confess she enjoyed promiscuous , recreational sex . |
| 14 | And in 1944 when Cole wrote his book as part of the Movement 's centenary tribute to the Rochdale Pioneers , when Consumers ' Co-operation could still look back on many decades of unbroken success , it would have been as natural for him to suppose that the Pioneers had in this respect been mistaken and that their mistake stood in need of explanation . |
| 15 | His analysis also allows him to argue that the rationality which typifies our social institutions , and our transactions within them , is tending to take the form of strategic ( i.e. cognitive-instrumental ) rationality , rather than a genuinely interactive communicative rationality . |
| 16 | Weber 's vision of increasing rationalization and bureaucratization , under both capitalist and industrial socialist régimes , also led him to think that the advance in civilization would not lead to greater happiness for everyone . |
| 17 | It ran beside a broad , shaded boulevard of feathery pepper trees , and the sudden sight of European-style buildings made him reflect that the jungles , fields and villages through which they 'd been moving for the past few hours had remained unchanging throughout many centuries . |
| 18 | Had he been in his place on Tuesday , when my right hon. Friend made the opening speech on the Loyal Address , he would have heard him say that the Government would introduce a measure to deal with the young thugs , as my hon. Friend calls them , who indulge in joyriding , a practice which hon. Members in all parts of the House deplore ; those young people will , therefore , be offending . |
| 19 | The court held that such a clause was prima facie unreasonable under s 3 , and that , as he had not discharged the burden of proof upon him to show that the clause was reasonable under the circumstances , the plaintiff could not rely on it in order to obtain summary judgment . |
| 20 | We had one anxious telephone call from a Swedish newspaperman , who had run the story in his weekly science column , and was much perturbed when two professors challenged him to prove that the story was true . |
| 21 | The relevant sections state that ‘ it is a defence for him to prove that the failure arose from circumstances beyond his control . ’ |
| 22 | He disclosed that the crisis in the inspectorate had led to 32 vacancies in a professional staff of 135 in October . |
| 23 | During their conversation , he realised that the vision was for the present and not 4 years in the future . |
| 24 | He realised that the ratio R/L = G/C give the necessary condition for distortionless transmission , where R = resistance ; L = inductance ; C = capacitance and G = leakage ( conductance ) . |
| 25 | So far as mens rea is concerned , the issue is not whether the defendant himself considered that the words or conduct in question was insulting , but whether he realised that the persons whom he was addressing might do so . |
| 26 | We just got away , ’ he was repeating loudly to his neighbours when he realised that the noise of conversation had ceased and people were all sitting down . |
| 27 | If that is so , the defendant can not be convicted if he raises doubts as to whether or not he realised that the person with whom he was dealing was a policeman , or that he did not realise that what he was doing would make the task of the policeman more difficult . |
| 28 | He realised that the cuts forced on the production had in fact helped it . |
| 29 | With the ribbon of blacktop offering a new perspective , he realised that the vortex within which they fled was turning away from the mountains . |
| 30 | He realised that the van would be clear of the car park before he could get onto the return ramp , and even with its shredded front tyre , it could get outside the hotel area , and the driver escape into the streets of London . |