Making the realisation was the hard part; taking the decision.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away]

But I refuse to call the realisation of self, self-sufficiency.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Reminiscences] Reference

Let us not forget that the rationale for the coming into being of the Alliance, namely the realisation of the tasks of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Address at The 11th National Congress of The National Union of Mineworkers] Reference

We must not forget that the rationale for coming into being of the Alliance, namely the realisation of the tasks of the National.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

In an emotional ceremony that vice chancellor Mamphela Ramphele described as a realisation of her own hopes for the institution.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Theories of value that focus on curbing desire run up against the demand for self-realisation, which is one of the strongest impulses in modern life.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Gray nails Raj Patel] Reference

The realisation was a surprise only because I come from a culture where practically nobody says 'no' without feeling a lot of guilt and associated useless emotions.    From Wordnik.com.  [La Vie Quotidienne] Reference

Not long ago, it was a race to attract the most pay-TV customers - until that is, the realisation that fighting to attract Sky's loyal customer base was near impossible.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference

Integral Transformation "An integral perfection cannot come by one kind of realisation alone".    From Wordnik.com.  [He earns this distinction on merit] Reference

2008, our ­realisation was 97 per cent; for 2009, we ­originally ­budgeted 93 per cent, and we are now running at a realisation of around 89 per cent. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lawyer - Latest News] Reference

It is the view of one consumed with "realisation," face to face with those who don't "realise.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The War on All Fronts: England's Effort Letters to an American Friend] Reference

But what most forget is that acceptance is always followed by "realisation", that their fear was unfounded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Comic Book Movie] Reference

Betty, far away, noticed her air, and concluded that the "realisation" was making rapid, too rapid, progress.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sir George Tressady — Volume I] Reference

The funny thing is that I had exactly the same kind of realisation / experience, when I started blogging in 2001.    From Wordnik.com.  [Klastrup's Cataclysms] Reference

'realisation' of the Government's commitment to the rollout of the NBN.    From Wordnik.com.  [iTnews Australia] Reference

Rendine is struck with a cold blow of realisation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mind Games] Reference

A fortunate omen of realisation, love, and marriage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference

The pleasure of anticipation will add to the realisation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference

"There could be a possible realisation of an equity consideration," Broughton said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kenny Huang bid one of many offers for Liverpool, says Martin Broughton] Reference

I sensed about them a dawning dissatisfaction, as if they had come to a sudden realisation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Stream and The Torrent] Reference

The point about a dawning realisation is, it doesn't have that 'How did you feel?' moment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Labour leadership: The contenders] Reference

Alarm raised after realisation that 113-year-old woman has been missing for 20 years and oldest man had died.    From Wordnik.com.  [Japan launches nationwide search for centenarians] Reference

Three years ago Janey Walker, then head of education commissioning at Channel 4, came to an important realisation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sex, death and government oppression: how Channel 4 is re-inventing the educational video game] Reference

The child, on the contrary, has but little knowledge of causes, and as yet but an imperfect realisation of effects.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference

Terrace; and then the realisation of the present rushes over her, and she starts as if suddenly awaking from sleep.    From Wordnik.com.  [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference

And a realisation of the immense latent power of strong desire and resolution vitalises and disembarrasses the beginner.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference

A gradual realisation that people once spoke, dressed and even thought differently from the way we do is a profound pleasure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lucy Mangan: I say, chaps, the queerest thing has happened…] Reference

But, passing from mere portraiture to the realisation of ideas, the artist feels his liberty, and gives his genius full rein.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of "Punch"] Reference

But a necessary preliminary to the realisation of these day-dreams, was a presentation at court, and that was difficult to obtain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference

It was a bit late to think things through, & the frustration I felt came from the realisation that I hadn't thought things through.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young Skin] Reference

Others, however, see this long-awaited invention as not so much a realisation of the sci-fi dream, but an indictment of the public.    From Wordnik.com.  [How great is the automated lacing system?] Reference

A pleasing symbol of good and loyal friends, constancy in love, and the realisation of your wishes; an emblem of safety to a sailor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference

The futility of gentleness -- the realisation that her father was forever past all need of tenderness, fell like a shroud about her soul.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Darrow Enigma] Reference

But the all-pervading ardour of youth's "Will of Life" whispers with a bitter realisation of what death really means that you WANT to live.    From Wordnik.com.  [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference