He established, to his own satisfaction, the mechanism whereby short- wave radiation had produced a deterioration in human physical performance.

He had established his position to his satisfaction.

They established to their satisfaction that he could have pitched at the end of last season, but they chose to give him the extra rehabilitation time.

"In 1982, when I first started dating him, I established it on the second date to my satisfaction," she said.

He finally managed to establish this fact to Mr. Rifkind's satisfaction.

She felt better, having established this to her own satisfaction.

Have you established to your own satisfaction that I am only a machine?

It had been nine months since I'd established, to my satisfaction, my heroic qualities.

She'd confirmed her bearing on the target, established to my satisfaction that she could reach it safely and undetected.