Example sentences of "they feel that " in BNC.

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1 Did they feel that women could n't be militant ?
2 It is unlikely that the presence of the higher hurdle will prevent reviewing courts from quashing a decision should they feel that this is warranted .
3 Erm , also inclination of head towards the listener and erm erm , how did they feel that they 'd finished the erm , speaker 's intonation and a drop in volume of voice towards the end , and erm , also you 've got quite a full tags .
4 For this reason , they feel that the siege of Londonderry has never been lifted and they are prepared to die to defend that heritage .
5 They feel that as innocent parties they are being cheated .
6 They feel that , on alcohol advertising in particular , the EC has ducked the issues posed by a single market and satellite broadcasting ; and that as a result regulations may be cut back to the loosest common denominator .
7 To be on the safe side , they feel that they need to have equity ratios of at least a percentage point or two above the BIS minimum .
8 They feel that these systems are expensive and unnecessary , especially since they undermine firms ' existing facilities for small orders .
9 They feel that there is a danger of being dazzled by it and thus of missing a unique opportunity to make sense of the early history of animal evolution .
10 Bereaved people may seem reluctant to accept invitations out , but that is often because they feel that they will be in the way or make an odd number at any gathering , and the hurt and embarrassment this creates is awful .
11 They feel that if Jobson resigns , Dave Webb , the most successful manager in the club 's history , will not leave in the summer .
12 They feel that if the Conservatives emerge as the largest minority party on April 9 and attempt to rule alone , the Liberal Democrats could make Labour ‘ sweat ’ by keeping the Tories going , even though this would mean effectively abandoning their clear commitment to electoral reform above all else .
13 In the early years of married life , a couple may try and establish as wide a social network as possible and , then , in later life if they feel that it is sufficient , they may ask relatives to be godparents , thus reaffirming existing kinship ties , rather than extending the network further .
14 Also , they feel that human beings do not learn left to themselves , so one generation imposes learning on another .
15 Reporters are constantly under pressure and if they feel that stories must be double-checked on every point they will not use them .
16 employees will only admit weaknesses if they feel that this will not be held against them .
17 Understandably they feel that it is such an intangible asset that it is more productive to go straight into the negotiating situation and test out the reality of bargaining power .
18 Essentially light-greens and welfarists are in the business of compromising , and compromising with pride , as they feel that this is the most effective way of making progress in our society .
19 Those on the dark green or rights side of the debate voice varying degrees of absolutism with an equal amount of pride , because they feel that the stating of and defence of those absolutes is the only means by which to reform the system .
20 They consider that it may be demeaning for a client to be ‘ helped ’ by a volunteer ; they consider that a person working for no pay is being exploited ; and they feel that volunteering confirms a sexist role model because it is mainly women supported by wage-earning husbands who volunteer .
21 If they feel that the committee is erring they have a duty to intervene and point out what they think is the best course .
22 Some ministers perhaps keep it on because they feel that it caters for a section of the adult church with whom they are unwilling to compromise in the sermon .
23 They feel that they have lost control and become puppets with someone else pulling the strings .
24 A third group of carers take on the job because they feel that they have to .
25 But they feel that they belong to two families and , as one girl put it , ‘ I was part of that woman 's body for nine months ’ , so discovering her birth-mother 's identity seemed , to her , an urgent necessity .
26 They feel that to explain everything will be to destroy the beauty of nature , but they are wrong .
27 Perhaps humans may be aware that they enjoy themselves most when they feel that their pleasure is approved of by some overall authority .
28 They feel that Shetlanders do not appreciate the sacrifices they are making : instead they suspect they are being regarded by Shetlanders as a nuisance not really to be welcomed and as far as possible to be ignored altogether .
29 They feel that the more control they can exercise over their surroundings , the safer life will be for them .
30 Friends may refrain from expressing any sympathy because they feel that it might be inappropriate and embarrassing for her , and she may be feeling that people will regard her as a hypocrite if she gives way and weeps , although she may need to do this for a variety of reasons , one of them being not so much for what she has lost , but for what she never had .
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