Example sentences of "[noun] had been [verb] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the very thoroughness with which British industry had been converted to war work , the degree to which overseas investment had been sold to pay for the war effort , and the war-weariness accumulated over six years of privation created a twin dilemma : public expectations of a better post-war world had increased in reverse proportion to the capacity of the British economy to finance it . |
| 2 | A National Parliamentary Movement ( MNP ) of 19 parties had been formed to campaign for the early adoption of a parliamentary system , which could mean severely curtailing Collor 's powers . |
| 3 | In preceding weeks a seven-member committee had been formed to prepare for the privatization of 76 state companies , in which foreign investors would be able to acquire minority holdings . |
| 4 | Since 1987–88 , the state has , for the first time , been responsible for providing stationery and textbooks , which previously parents had been expected to pay for . |
| 5 | Although the British offered assurances that they would still work towards freer trade relations as circumstances permitted , the multilateralists in Washington had been compelled to settle for much less than they would have liked . |
| 6 | Prior Robert might not have been very greatly grieved if Tutilo had been made to pay for his outrageous offence with his skin , but Prior Robert had been at dinner with the abbot and several other witnesses that night , and in any case could hardly be imagined as lurking in wet woods to strike down the delinquent with his own elegant hands . |
| 7 | In October 1917 , minute 27640 states : The Acting General Manager mentioned that in connection with the aeroplanes which the Railway Companies had been asked to construct for the government , the L & NW had undertaken at Wolverton a share of the work , i.e. construction of wings . |
| 8 | The Guardian of April 18 reported that nearly 2,000 state-controlled companies had been forced to file for bankruptcy after an April 16 deadline for the repayment of their debts . |
| 9 | The Imperial 's staff , torn between a natural amour propre that a rival team had been imported to cook for the Prince of Wales and relief that they would not be responsible for royalty 's displeasure ( yet with the ignoble hope that they might get all the credit ) , watched anxiously to ensure that the incoming team was competent . |
| 10 | He said BC had been authorised to negotiate for future contracts on the basis of supplying at a world market related price . |
| 11 | By one of those somersaults that can make Parliament so perplexing , whereas Ministers in the Commons had been forbidden to vote for abolition , in the Lords they were instructed to support the suspension of the death penalty for five years . |
| 12 | Helen had been trying to learn for some time , but she found it very hard although Tony was endlessly patient with her . |
| 13 | Blanche had been doomed to fight for her promotion , watch her weight , and fret over her childlessness . |
| 14 | Well , in the passage from Matthew 's book about the life and times of Jesus , he tells us that after Jesus had been moved to pity for the lost-ness of the crowd , he turned to his best friends and said : |
| 15 | Sharing Coleman 's opinion of President Hafez Assad as the evil genius of state-sponsored terrorism , NALA had been formed to press for the withdrawal of Syrian and Israeli troops from Lebanon and for the restoration of democracy under the aegis of General Michel Aoun , who , in September 1988 , had been appointed head of an interim military government in Beirut by outgoing President Amin Gemayel . |
| 16 | As this severely restricted the scope of what the agencies had been directed to search for , Shaughnessy felt confirmed in his suspicions that the government had something to hide and sought to obtain depositions from the officials who had signed the declarations . |
| 17 | Following this direct action , BP Coal flew in its executives to meet LAG , a meeting that LAG had been attempting to organize for a year and a half . |
| 18 | Ghozali 's immediate reaction to the amendments had been to threaten to ask for a second reading of the bill . |
| 19 | The area had been going to seed for many years after the ship chandlers who once thrived there went one by one out of business . |
| 20 | People had been forced to combine for their own salvation . |
| 21 | In his view it was disgusting that the union had been forced to battle for four years to win the day . |
| 22 | In February 1952 , The Musical Express bade farewell to its readers with a final issue that blazed proudly on its cover ‘ Tommy Dorsey For Olympic Games ’ , the accompanying story telling of how bandleader Dorsey and his orchestra had been booked to play for four hours daily at the games in Finland that summer . |
| 23 | Captain Mark Phillips had been expected to remain for some time in his cottage on the estate , where he has lived since the marriage broke up three years ago . |
| 24 | For the celebration , soldiers of his Army had been forbidden to shave for the last month so that their faced would more nearly represent those of warriors of old . |
| 25 | I can recall , back in the early ‘ 80s , serious difficulty encountered in the Castle Brand Pension Fund which , when the Company closed , was found to be in serious deficit , as part of that fund had been used to pay for earlier redundancies in that Company . |
| 26 | But BitC was an outfit with drive , enthusiasm , and a determination to make the sort of changes in society that Charles had been trying to make for years . |
| 27 | Bratti had been discovered spying for a rival security service . |
| 28 | The aircraft required a compass swing and had oxygen system leaks and because of this Lt Ferris had been required to sign for its release from maintenance , therefore accepting responsibility for his own safety . |
| 29 | In one town , however , second wave fundholders had been told to fend for themselves by those in the first wave . |
| 30 | The contract had been expected to account for up to 20% of Zenith 's business over its life . |