Example sentences of "[adj] that he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is quite clear that he accepted its authority and its validity . |
| 2 | When he introduced the report in the house , my right honourable friend , the member for Kingston upon Thames made is clear that he accepted them all and that the government was committed to carrying them out . |
| 3 | Laing made it clear that he despised his fellow MPs for affecting the common touch and wearing Olex ; he himself never appeared in the house without a worsted suit and a carnation . |
| 4 | The most notable absentee , of course , was former captain Vivian Richards , who had made it clear that he wished to end his career in the World Cup where , in the previous four tournaments , he was the only batsman to exceed a career total of 1000 runs . |
| 5 | Alexei 's expression was anguished , and it was clear that he wished himself elsewhere . |
| 6 | It has been said that he provided no leadership and lacked control of the episcopate , and it is clear that he waited on events in 1326–7 , only casting his lot with Isabella and Mortimer when the king 's cause was obviously lost . |
| 7 | When told it could , Postelnicu made it clear that he expected a regular supply of Scotch to be discreetly deposited there . |
| 8 | In this he was only following in Lanfranc 's footsteps , and it is clear that he expected the king to exercise more authority in ecclesiastical affairs than the more ‘ advanced ’ ecclesiastical theorists of his time thought tolerable . |
| 9 | He also advocated the appointment of prison inspectors and made it clear that he expected them to be as thorough as he himself had been , probing every corner and speaking with every prisoner . |
| 10 | Furthermore , Mr Farraday had made it clear that he planned to hold only very rarely the sort of large social occasions Darlington Hall had seen frequently in the past . |
| 11 | Mr Fitton yesterday made clear that he had always been acting in an independent capacity in the offer for Eagle , and that it had no connection with Braithwaite . |
| 12 | Quickly it became clear that he had mistaken quiet and comfort for contentment . |
| 13 | Mr Masters was quite clear that he had first seen the blue BMW late on the Saturday evening , ten days before , pointing out that , while you could n't exactly complain , it had made access to his own forecourt space a little difficult , or at least when there was already another car on the forecourt , which there mostly was , that being Mrs Masters 's runabout . |
| 14 | With direct reference to the ‘ Jewish Question ’ , and in response to a ‘ demand ’ for more radical action which he had read in a newspaper , Hitler made clear that he had at the time to proceed tactically and in stages , but that his strategy was to manoeuvre his enemy into a corner before destroying him completely . |
| 15 | When it became clear that he had nothing to tell me , I made my exit in the face of dismissive politeness . |
| 16 | But after a while , the roads on his map began to criss-cross each other in a crazy fashion and it became clear that he had forgotten the geography of his land . |
| 17 | Jonadab had made it clear that he had done his son-in-law a favour in allowing him to jump the queue and buy four of his grey shirehorses and now Stephen had to screw up his courage and confess that one was dead . |
| 18 | His speech made clear that he had been brought reluctantly to much the same view as his Director of Propaganda . |
| 19 | He had to make it clear that he had learnt his lesson on tariff reform , and to do this in a way as compatible as possible with the dignity of an ex-Prime Minister . |
| 20 | When we played at his club in Westwood and I beat him comfortably , he discussed the result with his friends in such a way that it was clear that he had deliberately thrown the match in order to contribute to our personal relationship . |
| 21 | Although the sentencer did not expressly mention section 53(2) , it was clear that he had allowed a substantial discount for the pleas of guilty . |
| 22 | Wilson would talk at great length and it became clear to me that the number of people in whom he could confide safely was very small ; in fact it was clear that he had few , if any , complete political friends . |
| 23 | It was immediately clear that he had put his foot in it . |
| 24 | It soon became clear that he had enjoyed having a free hand with Frank . |
| 25 | Even if Steen had ever had such intentions , the events of the last week made it clear that he had changed his mind . |
| 26 | Through the haze of Bell 's which had been the weekend , it had become clear that he had little alternative . |
| 27 | Neither of them had heard the door open , but suddenly Tom was there , and it was clear that he had heard Faye 's last words . |
| 28 | The correspondence shows that the lunch-date was eighteen months after Vivien 's death , and makes it clear that he had to attend the funeral of Mrs Mirrlees , a great friend at whose house at Shamley Green , Surrey , he had spent some of the war . |
| 29 | ‘ In any case , it is clear that he had made his mind up . |
| 30 | When my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister opened the debate , he made it clear that he had sensed right the mood of the House and of the British people . |