Example sentences of "felt that [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They felt that a low status job of that kind was unfair to the family as a whole and would be unhelpful in his search for a permanent one . |
| 2 | I know it was a lie , but at six years old I felt that a close relative should be the one to tell him in a quiet way . |
| 3 | He was pessimistic about Britain 's economic prospects and felt that a free-trade policy would leave her at the mercy of economic storms like that of 1931 . |
| 4 | They felt that a good deal of the South Western Board 's troubles were brought on by excessive expenditure and inadequate tariffs , and Steward found little sympathy from the other Boards , since some of them had equally serious system extension , reinforcement and standardisation problems , and were financing them by adequate tariffs . |
| 5 | Many felt that a grand gesture of statesmanship was required in relation to Northern Ireland . |
| 6 | The Royal Fine Art Commission , while regretting the loss of the long facade by Kirkland , felt that a tall building was needed to act as a gateway from the M8 . |
| 7 | The matter is to be discussed at the next inter-church committee meeting , but meanwhile the meeting felt that a reasonable contribution towards costs could be forthcoming from the council . |
| 8 | They also felt that a general induction course focusing on special educational needs would be helpful . |
| 9 | It is only fair , however , to place on record that he never felt that a tiny measure of diplomacy was worth trying . |
| 10 | When she was calmer , she also made it clear that she felt that a stricter approach that forced Balbinder to concentrate and work harder was all that was needed . |
| 11 | On the thorny question of the failure of the Goya ‘ Portrait of Dona Maria Teresa de Vallabriga y Rozas ’ ( lot 342 ) , unsold at £600,000 Charles Beddington noted that prices for Goya paintings are still puzzlingly low ( particularly as the record price for a Goya drawing now stands at £600,000 ) while he felt that a recession-led caution may have contributed to the lack of interest in the Zurbarán , bought in at £900,000 ( est. £1.2–1.6 million ) . |
| 12 | Palatine are a regional brewery with a strong Cheshire-Lancashire identity , and we felt that a pie-based menu was particularly appropriate . |
| 13 | In order to realize this objective Dewey felt that a fundamental reconstruction of social institutions was required . |
| 14 | In my small way I felt that a little daylight was filtering through . |
| 15 | He felt that a winning hand had been dealt him and he had played it badly , perhaps even from a professional point of view . |
| 16 | With some 22,000 students moving around within our city , even if one felt that a nominal sum should be paid — here I am looking after the interests of the hon. Member for City of Durham ( Mr. Steinberg ) whose lovely daughter is now a constituent of mine ; I trust that she will be sensible and know where to put her cross — it is clearly administratively impossible to handle and , given the changes in student support , that small relief will be welcome . |
| 17 | It had also been opposed , however , by the government 's political opponents , who felt that a first-past-the-post system would give an unfair advantage to the LDP . |
| 18 | ESP felt that a third option should be available — to clean and test the pumps , to see if they needed to be repaired or whether they were still usable . |
| 19 | By autumn 1990 Chameleon had been installed successfully at 12 sites throughout Europe , but Intergraph felt that a third party with a ‘ wider skill set ’ was needed to exploit the system 's full potential . |
| 20 | She felt that a whole phalanx of gibbering wraiths could rise from beneath the flagstones and Elizabeth would indifferently offer them sherry . |
| 21 | We felt that a positive message delivered through TV advertising could help us regain the position of being seen as a market leader , a quality provider and a major innovator in financial services . |
| 22 | One DCSL felt that a high proportion of the schools in her division were relatively conservative and unaspiring in terms of RBL reflecting the traditional aspirations of middle-class parents and a grammar-school.type curriculum . |
| 23 | By the time of the Chicago conference , ‘ many nations felt that the primary objectives of international airlines were political and military and that economic and other objectives were only of secondary importance ’ . |
| 24 | Mrs Whitehouse clearly felt that the religious spokespersons should be able to deal in terms of ‘ moral absolutes ’ . |
| 25 | Speaking for the British Veterinary Association , Neil King , its president , felt that the joint proposals represented a sensible middle ground . |
| 26 | Many still felt that the chief need was for full employment and adequate pay , which would enable the working class to provide for their own needs and to retain their independence of state control ; though they were prepared to accept immediate state help for those whose needs could not be met in this way , such as the aged . |
| 27 | Women , in particular , felt that the private sector had qualities which were sometimes lacking in the NHS . |
| 28 | After graduating , Keeton felt that the available fellowship should fall to him . |
| 29 | When the Catholic hierarchy was restored in 1850 Shrewsbury , whilst defending the restoration in public and denouncing the Catholic peers who distanced themselves from it , felt that the triumphalist attitude of Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman [ q.v. ] |
| 30 | Mr Rees felt that the current impasse on distribution methods stemmed from a degree of confusion between voluntary systems and Administration Orders . |