Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although he did not commit a future Labour government to taking the tunnel into public ownership , he made it clear that he believed it would require a public stake to complete the project . |
| 2 | Mr Buchan is also a conoisseur of socialist folk-singing : he made it clear that he would find it hard to set the policy review to traditional music : ‘ I am a primeval socialist . ’ |
| 3 | But he made it clear that , in these identifications , desire and politics were inseparable . |
| 4 | He felt that , with a wife and child to support , he should be paid what he was worth , and he made it clear that he was not prepared to give in when he thought he had a good case . |
| 5 | After other speeches condemning Ian Paisley , Terence O'Neill rose and delivered a long statement in which he made it clear that he regarded the defeat of Ian Paisley as a central part of his reforming Unionism . |
| 6 | He made it clear that , as well as a commitment from ‘ day one ’ to legislation on proportional representation , followed by a referendum , he would insist on being part of a coalition government with Cabinet posts for his MPs . |
| 7 | When Tommy was interviewed at the time , he made it clear that he was a man with his sights firmly set on the future , and so it is no surprise that in 1991 , Tommy Rodgers is again setting new standards . |
| 8 | He made it clear that at that point a judgement would be taken as to whether the draft treaty was acceptable or not . |
| 9 | He made it clear that the Employment Secretary , Michael Howard , was not prepared to see Community action in the field of industrial relations and that Community legislation should not push up labour costs in such a way as to reduce the ability of business to compete in world markets . |
| 10 | He made it clear that it was for Sir Rufus to determine , and for you to comply . |
| 11 | But Rodrigo was not like other mercenaries ; he made it clear that he required nothing for himself . |
| 12 | Chamberlain was the chairman of the JAC , established by the Board of Trade , but he made it clear that he wanted to see ‘ a separate department of the city 's government , in which the education authority and the Ministry of Labour would cooperate in order to cover all sides of juvenile welfare ’ . |
| 13 | He came round to find a hostile Maltese crowd around him , but when he made it clear that he was English the mood changed . |
| 14 | He made it clear that this was his target when he said yesterday : ‘ Put it this way , if there was a chance of winning the championship and I did n't think I might just do it , then I would n't be normal , would I ? |
| 15 | Although he talked about how ‘ we , as communists , essentially intend to work in harmony with nature ’ , he made it clear that this meant ‘ understanding and controlling the laws of nature … to place them at man 's service ’ . |
| 16 | Instead , at a press briefing , he made it clear that he would be looking to private benefactors to come to the rescue in extreme cases , and pointing to the successful purchases of ‘ Portrait of a lady with a squirrel and a starling ’ by Holbein for the National Gallery ( see The Art Newspaper No. 16 , March 1992 , p.1 ) and Canaletto 's ‘ The Old Horse Guards , London , from St James 's Park ’ by Andrew Lloyd-Webber ( see The Art Newspaper No.19 June 1992 , p. 3 ) . |
| 17 | He made it clear that he was prepared to use the power of the government to its fullest extent to provide what he regarded as everyone 's right — " the right to a comfortable living " . |
| 18 | He made it clear that they must carry out orders ‘ exactly ’ . |
| 19 | Harrison did n't exactly avoid us , but he made it clear that we were not to hang around his neck . |
| 20 | He made it clear that he would plead guilty to indecent assault but not to rape or attempted rape and he was allowed to do so . ’ |
| 21 | In turn he made it clear that the directors wanted an opportunity to participate in whatever business they ended up in and that there was a realistic profits incentive . |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | Blood-stained trousers indicated that Putt had suffered other injuries and he made it clear that he was unable to walk . |
| 24 | He made it clear that he will represent the industry in his own way . |
| 25 | When my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister opened the debate , he made it clear that he had sensed right the mood of the House and of the British people . |
| 26 | Also on Jan. 5 Todorov broadcast on nationwide state television an appeal for an end to the protests , but he made it clear that the Dec. 29 resolution would not be rescinded . |
| 27 | He made it clear that he had " no specific proposals " beyond " the wish of the international community for a peaceful solution " , and conceded on Jan. 14 that the talks had been " polite but unfortunately unsuccessful " . |
| 28 | And he made it clear that he was n't talking about regular reallocation of senior positions in the Church . |
| 29 | He made it clear that he thought a minority Labour government would have no right to a dissolution if it was rapidly defeated in the Commons . |
| 30 | In the House of Lords on 30 January 1700 , when the Tory Archbishop of York , John Sharp , defended traditional Anglican doctrines of non-resistance and passive obedience , he made it clear that the authority which must be obeyed was the law of the land . |