C1 · Word order
The verb group at the end of the clause
Long verb groups in subordinate clauses.
- The fact that the application has been rejected was published.
- The report states that the new rules will be introduced next year.
- It is unclear whether the file can still be amended.
- He claims that the inspection was carried out properly.
- Nobody knows whether the question has been answered.
- The board regrets that the committee could not be convened.
- The minister confirmed that the money has been transferred.
- The audit showed that the controls had been bypassed.
- We assume that the figures have been verified twice.
- The plan fails because nobody has checked the assumptions.
- The minister announced that the decision would be published in the gazette.
- The council decided that the old regulation should be replaced.