Example sentences of "[coord] [that] [pers pn] were " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some experts maintain that these molluscs were able to swim in the open ocean , or that they were attached to floating seaweed : some such mechanism has to be invoked to explain how these bivalves came into an environment that lacked bottom-living animals . |
| 2 | It used to be a popular theory that death-feigning animals were somehow self-hypnotised , or that they were thrown into such an acute state of shock by their tormentors that they went into an unconscious , cataleptic state , as though from a fit or seizure . |
| 3 | Simon denies that anything was said in private or that they were criticised by the coaches or management . |
| 4 | Resentment was always present when parents felt either that there was a lack of openness or frankness on the part of the professionals or administrators , or that they were being coerced , or that their concern for and about their child was being called into question . |
| 5 | Many of these fearful criticisms of the working class centred on the feeling that they were getting above their station in life , or that they were encroaching upon previously reserved territories of the middle class . |
| 6 | In accordance with that view , the final conclusion expressed by the Advocate General was that , in the circumstances of the Conforama and Marchandise cases , it could not be concluded that the obstacles created exceeded what was necessary for the attainment of the objective pursued or that they were out of proportion thereto . |
| 7 | If true , this would have implied either that the police had knowingly allowed a car that they thought was full of explosives to drive into and around the island , or that they were aware throughout the operation that the car was not dangerous . |
| 8 | It was n't just that she had grown older and softer or that they were harder than he had been . |
| 9 | At the outset , five hypotheses were selected prospectively on the grounds that they were refutable within the context of the study design , that they were of relevance to current duodenal ulcer research , or that they were of potential importance for both ulcer healing and ulcer recurrence . |
| 10 | Cos any spare the men or that they were usually away for a har taking up a harvest . |
| 11 | those that have n't , are less fortunate than that , there must be something either for them or that they were going to heaven was n't they ? |
| 12 | It is usually held in October or November and I thought that holding it today perhaps heralded better news or that we were on the brink of a breakthrough or a decision . |
| 13 | Instead for many , many years there has been in Channel 4 a culture , which allowed you to expect these matters to be dealt with properly , without being made to feel that you were being perverse in raising the issue yet again or that you were making a point or a special case . |
| 14 | The consensus that emerged about the teachers who had mattered to them was neither that they were strict nor that they were liberal , but simply that they were interested in them as people . |
| 15 | It was not that the folk of London were more pious than those of San Gimignano — both evidently shared in their way in the popular religious revivals of this age ; nor that they were less gentrified . |
| 16 | There is no mention anywhere of the fact that these were brothers and sisters , nor that they were born in Frome ; that has been for us to establish later . |
| 17 | At a victory press conference Bossano denied that the result meant that Gibraltarians were anti-Spanish , " nor that they were expressing hostility nor enmity towards Spain " . |
| 18 | Nor that you were giving in to Narouz . ’ |
| 19 | As before , he was concerned to hear that we had enjoyed a good flight to his native city , had found a good hotel and that we were managing to survive the bitter cold , the snow and the ice of a Canadian winter . |
| 20 | People from the stations we visited in such areas , or whom we encountered upon their being transferred to Easton , felt policing there was not typical and that we were obtaining an unrealistic view . |
| 21 | I told him that we were n't eating and that we were n't paying the rent — almost destitute . |
| 22 | But I was even more thrilled by the fact that our little tiff had been meaningless and that we were still good friends . |
| 23 | One of them gesticulated to us and , using harsh , staccato Russian ( which neither of us understood ) and rather violent stabs into the air , made it very clear that we had taken a dangerous route over the ice and that we were very stupid indeed . |
| 24 | It is true that it was a dreadful blow , and that we were bitterly disappointed , but we offer no excuses . |
| 25 | The consequence , for me at least , was that I reckoned that the earthquake account for 1992 had , so to speak , been settled , and that we were in the clear for a year or so . |
| 26 | The Sergeant took us into the small canteen and told us quietly and forcefully that our holiday in Aubagne was over and that we were off to start four months of basic training designed to turn us into legionnaires . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 28 | He laughed back when I told him that I came from a poor barrio in Britain and that we were no longer referred to as people either . |
| 29 | We received a message by telephone that this was fine and that we were to get in touch when we were ready to take up the offer . |
| 30 | I realised at the beginning of 1992 that we were not core and that we were to be disposed of — we had a very difficult year . ’ |