Sentence examples for he thought achieved from inspiring English sources

He believed that paintings should be about their materials -- canvas and paint -- and he championed the artists he thought achieved it, starting with the Abstract Expressionists, who reveled in what Danto calls the "viscous, fluid, gummy, dripping, unctuous, slathery, ropy, brushy, pasty, opaque and splattering" stuff that is paint.

Of all the Labour health secretaries, who do you think achieved the most?

You'd think achieving childhood greatness would make you feel fantastic.

He thought he had achieved "a better price" than if he had gone a more traditional buying route through a broker, and had gained the property more quickly.

But Crow had also struck deals and was regarded by rail industry bosses as someone they could do business with: his unquestioned militancy allowed him to carry the union with him when he thought he had achieved all he could.

His 2008 book, "Democratic Authority," tried to construct a philosophical justification for democracy, a feat that he thought could be achieved only by balancing two propositions: democratic procedures tend to make correct policy decisions, and democratic procedures are fair in the eyes of reasonable observers.

Johnson began work on Macbeth to provide a sample of what he thought could be achieved in a new edition of Shakespeare.

When I asked him why he thought he could achieve what others have failed, he said, "I've actually given this a fair amount of thought," and then he let me in on his theory of success.

Hague told the Commons foreign affairs committee that he would soon be telling the World Service what he thought it could achieve as a "contribution" to the spending review.

Mr. Johnson's first task was often persuading owners to give him priority over the architect, who was sometimes reluctant to build around Mr. Johnson's reiteration of the classic concepts he thought necessary to achieve superb sound.

This is not only because of his martial manner and bellicose deeds, but also because he was such a paradox: a political reformer, a conservationist, a buffalo hunter, a prolific author, a militaristic liberal and, yes, a "war lover" if he thought it would achieve peace and order.