Example sentences of "had [adv] previously been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most had not previously been covered by a trade union unemployment scheme . |
| 2 | Lord Scarman referred to violence and disorder ‘ the like of which had not previously been seen in this century in Britain ’ , while one Conservative MP summed up this orthodox reaction in a parliamentary debate ( on 13 April 1981 ) when he spoke of the riots as ‘ something new and sinister in our long national history ’ . |
| 3 | A change of diagnosis was regarded as one in which manometry resulted in a diagnosis that had not previously been made by other investigations even if clinically suspected — for example a diagnosis of nutcracker oesophagus in a patient presenting with non-cardiac chest pain . |
| 4 | Perhaps because she had not previously been living in London , Moira observed precisely what it was that dozens of well-bred young ladies were enthusing over ; the long pin-tucked nightdresses , which no one else was making , to wear as day or evening dresses . |
| 5 | Since the maximum term of imprisonment which might be imposed in the Magistrates ' court for a single offence is six months , the Act effectively took out of the hands of the magistrates the power to impose sentences of immediate imprisonment on the majority of offenders who had not previously been sentenced to imprisonment or borstal training . |
| 6 | It also helped in identifying important variables which had not previously been thought to be particularly interesting . |
| 7 | Renault set up the first European organisation to collect and recycle certain car parts which had not previously been dealt with . |
| 8 | It is most unlikely that such behaviour had never previously been observed with comparably simple systems . |