Sentence examples for observed this was from inspiring English sources

But as the judge observed, this was a form of pure economic loss.

As the South African coach, Jake White, observed, this was a game the visitors could, and should, have won rather than succumbing to a sixth successive away defeat.

On the right to marry of article 12 ECHR, the court observed this was the first case in which it examined whether people of the same sex had the right to marry.

"Of all exploding stars ever observed, this was the king," said Alex Filippenko, UC Berkeley astronomer and leader of the ground-based observations at the University of California's Lick Observatory in California and the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii.

Contrary to predictions, while substantial recovery-supportive friend network changes were observed, this was unrelated to 12-step participation and, thus, not found to mediate its positive influence on outcome.

There was no "universal civilization," Huntington had observed; this was only the pretense of what he called "Davos culture," consisting of a thin layer of technocrats and academics and businessmen who gather annually at that watering hole of the global elite in Switzerland.

Mr. Woodward observed: "This is not simply the self-serving of a politician who was using illegal methods.

As Greg Rusedski, no slouch with ball in hand, observed, "This is the best chance for Raonic, in the tie-breakers, if he is going to win this match".

While there are scholars who consider the Exodus story to be "folk tales," the commentary observed, "this is a minority view".

If ever there were a moment to untangle a management structure mired in process, as another old hand, Sir John Tusa, observed, this is it.

As the oilman turned wind farmer T. Boone Pickens has observed, "This is one emergency we can't drill our way out of".