Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] that it was [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ( vi ) If the court should hold that a right to sue in libel must be allowed to a local government authority , then , in the alternative , this court should , in extending the law of libel to permit actions by a local authority , impose particular restrictions or limitations upon the cause of action , namely that a local authority could only sue for libel upon proof of special damage ; and that the council would be required to prove both the falsity of the allegation and that it was published maliciously .
2 He also rejected arguments that the transcript did not fall within the term ‘ documents ’ in s 2(3) of the 1987 Act and that it was protected from disclosure by legal professional privilege .
3 Boris Becker recently expressed the view that there was too much money in tennis and that it was ruining the game — a view of course that it is much easier to make objectively once you have £5m in the bank .
4 and used steel cans and that it was costing them less to use that than it was to use
5 I thought — it was silly I know , but I thought perhaps seeing Aubrey had reminded you of Madeleine and that it was going to be as awful as it was when you came back from England after that holiday .
6 No proof is available that the incident was designed to produce such a backlash nor that it was masterminded by an element within the government 's undercover set-up .
7 In hospital they told me they were going to do a routine examination and that it was going to be a twist in the scrotum or it was going to be a tumour ; and it might be benign or it might be malignant .
8 In a statement published on Jan. 26 the movement said that " dialogue was impossible " with Taya and that it was forced to fight with every means to bring democracy to Mauritania .
9 This has led to speculations that life may have originated in the depths of space and that it was brought to the Earth by meteorites .
10 It is interesting that JTR noticed J. McL 's graveyard on that wild shore road and that it was defaced .
11 He added that it was believed an anti-aircraft gun was in the locality and that it was fired recently .
12 He had no doubt it was one of the verderers ' horses and that it was dying ; indeed , even as he watched it the spasmodic movements seemed weaker and less purposeful .
13 It simply stated that Mr. Cox was a long term member of the Communist Party and prominent in C.N.D. and that it was desired to investigate his activities to ascertain whether the Communist Party was manipulating C.N.D. in a clandestine way .
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