Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] that [noun sg] [was/were] " in BNC.

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1 He was so small and weak that illness was to be expected , but this still came as a shock to Tess .
2 The law ought , in my opinion , to give relief if satisfied that consent was truly lacking but will require of signers even in this class that they act responsibly and carefully according to their circumstances in putting their signature to legal documents .
3 It may also be evaluated more specifically in terms of : how effectively and efficiently it produced evidence about the state of Art teaching in the school ; how reliable and valid that evidence was ; how validly that evidence was interpreted in arriving at the conclusions embodied in the final report ; and the extent to which the review process was an effective means of motivating those involved to act upon its conclusions .
4 As such that undertaking was as obnoxious as if it had been contained in the articles of association , and was therefore unenforceable , being contrary to Art 131 of The Companies ( Northern Ireland ) Order 1986 .
5 In August 1911 the diehard peers used language as violent as any that Law was to use later , and in the crucial decision on the House of Lords Law sided with the hedgers rather than the ditchers .
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