Example sentences of "he [verb] that the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He disclosed that the crisis in the inspectorate had led to 32 vacancies in a professional staff of 135 in October .
2 During their conversation , he realised that the vision was for the present and not 4 years in the future .
3 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 ) .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 He realised that the cuts forced on the production had in fact helped it .
8 With the ribbon of blacktop offering a new perspective , he realised that the vortex within which they fled was turning away from the mountains .
9 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 .
10 He realised that the power required to rotate an optic , even the large ones , was less than anyone had assumed .
11 Sickeningly he realised that the end of the ‘ Lanc ’ had been severed off .
12 He realised that the religion of a rival would be the last consideration on Jessica 's agenda .
13 Soon he realised that the coveralls which were visible on the far bank were Navy dark blue and not Survey Service drab grey .
14 Smelling the fresh dust in the air he realised that the load of grain in the hopper had only recently been discharged into the stall .
15 When he realised that the trousers hovered round his calves and that the shirt did n't do up it was too late ; I had put on my newer , better-fitting shirt , bloused my trousers on to the tops of my boots and was putting on his beret as he stood there looking like a circus tramp .
16 He checked that the gun was cocked , and squeezed again .
17 He checked that the weapon was loaded , then that the flint was firmly seated in its leather-padded jaws .
18 If he has no such evidence , does he think that the introduction of Sunday trading in Britain is likely to cause the kind of social and moral breakdown that has been suggested by some advocates of restrictions ?
19 He ruled that the costs were justified and Customs were directed to pay in full .
20 He ruled that the costs were justified and Customs were directed to pay in full .
21 And he cared that the sailors on the Baglietto should respect his ability .
22 The inquiry heard details of a memorandum written by a Foreign Office official in which he agreed that the ambassadors might be persuaded along those lines in order to avoid embarrassment to their embassies .
23 He agreed that the evidence in support of the assessment of Mr X 's low intelligence was overwhelming — but the court refused to hear his evidence .
24 But he agreed that the genre was degenerating .
25 On the other hand he agreed that the Americans could not risk the destruction of their own forces in Britain by a pre-emptive Soviet strike or allow a major part of their bomber force to remain earth-bound while British ministers tried to make up their minds .
26 Although he agreed that the legend was a piece of fiction , he believed it to have originated with someone unacquainted not only with the real history of the abbey but also with history in general , probably a professional itinerant storyteller in the middle to late sixteenth century .
27 He agreed that the courts could intervene if the question was whether or not the Commission had acted within its powers or its jurisdiction .
28 When I rang Dr Sykes [ the paper 's diarist had written ] he agreed that the review was ‘ a little harsh ’ , but insisted the whole affair was nothing more than ‘ a storm in a port glass ’ .
29 In Rickards v Oppenheim [ 1950 ] , the defendant wanted a body built on his Rolls Royce chassis and he agreed that the plaintiffs ( from whom he had purchased the chassis ) could use a sub-contractor to do this specialized work which should have been completed in March 1948 .
30 He agreed that the prison had a long-standing reputation of having a liberal regime and added , ‘ I would have been mad to try and change it radically .
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