Example sentences of "[conj] [that] [pron] were [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You will please to remember , ’ its secretary , Henry Oldenburg , told the governor of Connecticut in 1667 , ‘ that we have taken to task the whole universe , and that we were obliged to do so by the nature of our design . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ What is key is to get evidence from the crew as soon as possible and that we were able to do under the marine accident investigation system . |
| 3 | They have no right to jury trial , and they have to prove that the words were false ( in libel , the burden of proving that the words are true is on the defendant ) , that the words were published maliciously and that they were likely to cause financial loss . |
| 4 | The plaintiffs ' case was that Peats and Coopers had made mistakes of mixed fact and law , and that they were entitled to ask the court to determine whether or not Coopers had made those mistakes . |
| 5 | This division , which quite unintentionally put the uncharted territory of Brazil into the Portuguese section , encouraged the Spanish and Portuguese to believe that they had a right , backed by a religious authority recognized by every country in western Europe , to all land that did not have a settled and effective government , and that they were entitled to monopolize the trade of these new territories . |
| 6 | Secondly , it was recognised that existing services were often vital but that they were unable to meet all the needs of this special group of elderly people and that different types of service might be required ; it was never intended that the project should deprive people of existing services and substitute others for them , but that it should bridge gaps between those already available , whether statutory , voluntary or private . |