Example sentences of "had [prep] [be] satisfied " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it was he had to be satisfied with a rise of 48 per cent to £514,558 , well below the highest-paid public company boss , Lord Hanson , who received £1.5million for his efforts . |
| 2 | But the Leicestershire player had to be satisfied with gaining a bit more experience at the top level as he went down 3–1 to Tristan Nancarrow , the world No 8 from Australia , in the second round yesterday . |
| 3 | So far as serious crime was concerned , three conditions had to be satisfied : the crime had to be really serious ; the normal methods of investigation had to have been tried and failed ; and there had to be good reason to believe that the interception would result in a conviction ( Birkett , 1957 ) . |
| 4 | Richard had to be satisfied with this response , but he was clearly convinced thereafter that he was destined to overcome Saladin . |
| 5 | St Dunstan 's emerged from the play-offs to challenge the King 's School in the final contest but had to be satisfied with the runners-up spot . |
| 6 | With this , Tamar had to be satisfied . |
| 7 | With this Tamar had to be satisfied , but she felt mutinous . |
| 8 | Rut before he 'd pay any money he had to be satisfied that I was red-haired all over ! |
| 9 | But the churchmen had to be satisfied ; hoodwinked would be a better word … |
| 10 | When the case first came before the Court of Appeal , the court , finding no assistance in the text of the Convention itself , held in effect that the proceedings had to be regarded as in a ‘ civil or commercial matter ’ both under the law of the requesting country , which must necessarily be the starting-point , and that of England , the courts of which had to be satisfied that the request did fall within the terms of the Act . |
| 11 | The duke therefore had to be satisfied with rather less permanent methods of limiting the Woodvilles ' power . |
| 12 | Again , therefore , Truman had to be satisfied with pursuing only parts of his reform programme . |
| 13 | The judge had told the jury of what they had to be satisfied before convicting any of the accused , but the case cried out for a direction which amounted to the reverse side of the coin , namely , that they should not convict any person who was in their charge simply because of his association with others . |
| 14 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that although an adult patient was entitled to refuse consent to treatment irrespective of the wisdom of his decision , for such a refusal to be effective his doctors had to be satisfied that at the time of his refusal his capacity to decide had not been diminished by illness or medication or by false assumptions or misinformation , that his will had not been overborne by another 's influence and that his decision had been directed to the situation in which it had become relevant ; that where a patient 's refusal was not effective the doctors were free to treat him in accordance with their clinical judgment of his best interests ; that in all the circumstances , including T. 's mental and physical state when she signed the form , the pressure exerted on her by her mother and the misleading response to her inquiry as to alternative treatment , her refusal was not effective and the doctors were justified in treating her on the principle of necessity ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's order had been properly made ( post , pp. 786G–H , 795B–F , 796F–H , 797B–F , 798A–B , E–G , 799B–G , H — 800B , E–G , 803C–D , F — 804B , F–G , H — 805B , F ) . |
| 15 | The condition which had to be satisfied under that Act before a care order could be made was that ‘ his proper development is being avoidably prevented or neglected . ’ |
| 16 | For the system to succeed , two conditions had to be satisfied . |
| 17 | The duke therefore had to be satisfied with rather less permanent methods of limiting the Woodvilles ' power . |
| 18 | We 'll have to get the formalities over with first , ’ he said , and she had to be satisfied with that . |
| 19 | A few seasons ago , the much-travelled primary schoolteacher was on the verge of a full international appearance , but had to be satisfied with a B cap against Scotland in Galway . |
| 20 | Gunnell had to be satisfied with £23,000 but declared : ‘ The world championship was the only thing that really mattered this season . |
| 21 | Milligan had two dogs in the final of the Northumberland Gold Cup at Brough Park last month , but had to be satisfied with second-placed Smashiton . |
| 22 | We had to be satisfied with results . ’ |