Example sentences of "were [verb] [verb] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if the condition in question were designed to ensure that all operators of fishing vessels were based in the United Kingdom , it would inhibit the export of fish by British flag vessels to other member states and so constitute a breach of article 34 of the E.E.C . |
| 2 | They were monitored to ensure that similar posts received similar assessments and also that they were " sensible " bearing in mind the position of various jobs within their hierarchies . |
| 3 | In effect , the alternatives presented to the ‘ counter-culture ’ by the liminal experience were also available to some of us in our marginal police world , and we were forced to see that those concepts of order and disorder we had once taken almost as the natural way of things were in fact only one model for society ; a single framework for social action ! |
| 4 | They were encouraged to believe that external agents would tackle the problem of a territorial settlement . |
| 5 | Ian Kennedy , Reader in Law at King 's College , London , who gave the 1980 Reith lecture on medical ethics , felt that firmer legal guidelines were required to ensure that handicapped babies were not left to die , and that the decision could not be left to parents and doctors . |