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"that" usage, subject-verb distance

Which instruction is better:

  1. Insert events that occurred at an earlier time to complement the events in the ‘present’ story.
  2. insert events occurred at an earlier time to complement the events in the ‘present’ story.

How about these then:

I bought the book that is required for this course
I bought the book required for this course

I recommend that you take my advice
I recommend you take my advice

I know that you are correct
I know you are correct

the report that was approved by the board was written by Susan
the report that approved by the board was written by Susan

We are studying advertisement strategies that other companies use to recruit minorities
We are studying advertisement strategies used by other companies to recruit minorities

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