Example sentences of "[verb] that [pron] had been [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The letter was brief , and couched in the most guarded terms ; it reported a half-yearly profit to the end of December , but also added that there had been some deterioration in the product and requested a fresh consignment , preferably of foreign origin . |
| 2 | Comparing , for fixed-term contract workers , the results of the 1984 survey with those of the 1980 survey we found that there had been little change . |
| 3 | they did not consider that there had been enough preliminary discussion in their school prior to the review . |
| 4 | Same-Lamborghini 's UK importer agreed that there had been some problems with the quality of cab fittings on some early models . |
| 5 | This is exactly the way the band saw it and , when pushed , certain employees of Rough Trade agreed that there had been some kind of promotional foul-up . |
| 6 | Then the farmer admitted that there had been many applicants for the job already , but each had been driven out of the stall by the horse . |
| 7 | He revealed that there had been several Iranian-US contacts " in the last few days " through the Swiss embassy in Tehran . |
| 8 | He added that it had been some years since he had been back in England . |
| 9 | While Roel Pieper recognised that there had been some negative reaction to the merger both from Unix Labs employees and Unix Labs shareholders , as well as Unix International Inc members , he said that this was merely a human reaction to change and he felt confident that their talks in Japan and to Unix Labs members had a been able to address the concerns of Japanese customers regarding the Japanese market . |
| 10 | Xinhua also noted that there had been some unrest at Beijing University late on June 3 . |
| 11 | We did not claim that there had been any cases of poisoning in Britain , but referred to the numerous American cases ( FDA Drug Bulletin 1977 , vol 7 , p 26 ; New England Journal of Medicine 1979 , vol 300 , p 238 ) . |
| 12 | In regard to his relations with the Vietnamese de Lattre claimed that Bao Dai was the ablest statesman in Vietnam ; but perhaps rather spoilt things by adding that there had been several recent instances when Bao Dai ‘ had showed the proper co-operative spirit and , in some cases , even initiative ’ . |
| 13 | The report showed that there had been many changes and improvements since 1986 , but that some deficiencies remain . |
| 14 | But the coded language of the joint communiqué issued at the end of Churchill 's Washington visit of January 1952 showed that there had been little or no meeting of minds . |
| 15 | By the end of the project we could report that there had been some changes and developments in practice . |
| 16 | Initial reports from the site indicated that there had been some damage to buildings at the camp site , some distance from the gas plant , but that the plant itself remained unscathed . |
| 17 | The offenders got off with unduly light sentences , and ugly rumours persisted that there had been some urgent covering-up by Deputies , and even Ministers , who had been embroiled . |
| 18 | The Court of Appeal held that the evidence did not establish that there had been any direct procurement by the defendants of any wrongful acts by the drivers or loaders or that the latter had committed any wrongful acts ; also that there was no evidence of any actual knowledge by the defendants of any contract between Bowaters and the plaintiffs . |
| 19 | Government officials also confirmed that there had been some forewarning of the rebel attack but that the magnitude of it had been unexpected . |
| 20 | On the one hand , only three per cent of credit buyers said that there had been any difficulty getting the sort of terms they wanted — more or less regardless of what type-of credit they actually used , or of their socio-economic background . |
| 21 | Annabel wished that there had been some way young Eve could have been sent to university too . |
| 22 | She had worn a full-length coat because it was all she had that was decently subfusc ; now she wished that she had been less conformist . |
| 23 | The Prime Minister has again denied that there had been any direct British assistance to the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia . |
| 24 | Although the CEGB immediately denied that there had been any unreported incident at the power station , the effect of the health authority report was electric . |
| 25 | The unrest was taken sufficiently seriously to prompt vigorous attempts by senior members of the government to dampen this constant speculation about the leadership : for example , Sir Geoffrey Howe , among others , publicly denied that there had been any Cabinet-level discussion about the Prime Minister standing down . |
| 26 | The magistrate , Mr S.K. Upadhyaya , resplendent among the dusty villagers in a navy blazer and a silver-tipped walking stick , denied that there had been any attempt to intimidate voters . |
| 27 | Mrs. Healey denied that there had been any collision and proposed to call expert evidence to prove that any damage to the plaintiff 's car could not have been done by her car . |
| 28 | Israel initially refused to comment on the report but it was finally confirmed on Dec. 28 by Arens who denied that there had been any direct contact with Iran . |
| 29 | The authorities denied that there had been any insider trading by dealers anticipating price rises resulting from the March 21 suspension of trading . |
| 30 | French relief workers claimed that the Djibouti government and French army officers stationed in Djibouti had sent back a group of refugees across the border into an inhospitable desert region of Ethiopia on June 2 ; however , the French Foreign Ministry denied that there had been any forcible expulsions from Djibouti . |