Example sentences of "he felt that the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even as he did so , he felt that the sentence , having been written , still existed on some other page . |
| 2 | The controversy culminated in 1877 with Wallich 's unsuccessful demand that the Royal Society should censure his two opponents , for he felt that the Society had tacitly condoned their misdemeanours by publishing their results in its prestigious journal , from which Wallich was debarred since he was not a fellow . |
| 3 | The more he thought about it , the more he felt that the contract he had renegotiated with Virgin had not gone far enough . |
| 4 | Ponting 's defence was that he was acting in the public interest since he felt that the government was trying to mislead Parliament . |
| 5 | Although he was by no means a radical , he felt that the government 's best chance of maintaining its authority was to give more ground — literally — than it was promising to do . |
| 6 | Miliutin realized that landowners would not take kindly to his plan of campaign , but he felt that the government could win their support by setting up gentry committees to work out local details and by sanctioning a debate on peasant affairs in the press . |
| 7 | He felt that the concept had three meanings . |
| 8 | Crawford said at the time that he identified with his character because he felt that the enthusiasm and initiative of youth was often undervalued by the older generation . |
| 9 | He felt that the idea that the human lifespan could continue to increase was biologically implausible . |
| 10 | He felt that the play upon which he had bestowed such care had been a failure . |
| 11 | He was reluctant to take the post for two reasons : he felt that the salary was not high enough , and he did not like the idea of being confined to one place even for six months of the year . |
| 12 | One is the Nimrodel , which consoles their grief and promises them partial security ; as Frodo wades it ‘ he felt that the stain of travel and all weariness was washed from his limbs ’ . |
| 13 | He felt that the Frenchman 's life was a mirror of his own . |
| 14 | He felt that the smuggling would in fact become less of an issue when the rupee became fully convertible ( thus cutting out the trade in works of art in exchange for hard currency ) and when prices for works of art sold within the country equalled those achieved in London and New York . |
| 15 | He spoke not because he felt that the denomination was threatened or was losing ground but because the status quo did not give Congregationalism the dignity its growing wealth and membership had earned for it . |
| 16 | When I talked to Mr Hitch 's son , also on the maypole committee , he felt that the village had retained this ‘ independent spirit ’ and the maypole was still symbolic of this . |
| 17 | He felt that the investment needed was not particularly high compared to other activities , and that there would be a good chance of staffing such a unit on a small scale . |
| 18 | He felt that the prize money was a ‘ comparatively trifling sum ’ and that architects had entered the competition with the hope of having ‘ the honour and credit ’ of executing the work . |
| 19 | He felt that the emptiness was trying to possess him . |
| 20 | He felt that the agreement had been made " in rather a hurry " ! |
| 21 | The local authority says that the justices had no power to add a direction of any sort to the care order and , in particular , they had no power to order that the guardian ad litem be allowed to have continued involvement with L. , so that , effectively , he could apply if he felt that the rehabilitation process was not succeeding . |
| 22 | A second suggestion made by the guardian ad litem is that he should be re-appointed on the question of contact between the child and the mother , and that the court should adjourn that question so that there would be a continuing issue relating to contact and the guardian ad litem could make an application for contact to be brought to an end if he felt that the rehabilitation process was failing . |
| 23 | He felt that the market reached its lowest point in the first half of last year and that a number of signs now pointed to returning confidence : a low unsold ( bi ) rate of 13% ( by value ) so far this year as compared to 21% for this time last year , together with stronger bidding in sales this year . |
| 24 | Inclusion of the hospital as a training school for assistant nurses was under consideration , but he felt that the nursing and domestic staff needed to be reinforced before that were done . |
| 25 | Mr Dalton of the Revenue , in the meeting between the Law Society and the Revenue on 8 June 1981 , stated that he felt that the appointment of a life interest to a beneficiary was not a benefit because it was not " provided out of assets " . |
| 26 | He felt that the appraisal would highlight some of the problems the school was faced with , in particular the change in the intake from white middle class to multi-ethnic and with a growing proportion of pupils with learning difficulties . |
| 27 | She had never helped with any of the bills , so he felt that the house was his alone . |
| 28 | He felt that the transition from junior to senior school was difficult enough without making the children go to a different teacher for every subject , so the three first-year forms had their own class teacher for maths , English , scripture , history or geography ( one teacher took one or the other for two classes ) and science . |
| 29 | He felt that the discipline was cruel and unnecessary . |
| 30 | In retrospect he said that he felt that the review had been a good thing for the department . |