Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [that] it [was/were] [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 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 .
5 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 .
6 It is interesting that JTR noticed J. McL 's graveyard on that wild shore road and that it was defaced .
7 He added that it was believed an anti-aircraft gun was in the locality and that it was fired recently .
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