Example sentences of "[noun] had join [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such an ‘ abuse ’ was exemplified by the courts in Wheeler v. Leicester City Council where the City Council ( which had adopted an anti-apartheid policy ) banned the Leicester Rugby club from using a Council recreation ground because three members of the club had joined an English touring side to South Africa . |
| 2 | As I remember it was one morning a little while after my father and Miss Kenton had joined the staff , I had been in my pantry , sitting at the table going through my paperwork , when I heard a knock on my door . |
| 3 | More flares had joined the others , illuminating the area like some fiery aquatic tattoo . |
| 4 | Spain and Portugal had joined the system as observers in November 1990 , in the hope of joining in June 1991 [ see pp. 37535 ; 37870 ] . |
| 5 | Applegarth had joined the International Working Men 's Association ( the First International ) in January 1865 , a few months after its foundation , and at the third congress in Brussels in June 1868 he was elected chairman of the general council . |
| 6 | Richard had joined the birdwatching society hoping to make friends and been disappointed when the membership dwindled in consequence ; now he found himself surrounded by eager acolytes . |
| 7 | The two assassins had joined the crew of the navy rescue expedition which had followed the escape pod down from the survey vessel from which it had been ejected , and they had been prevented from finishing off both their intended victim and the accidental witnesses only because of the timely intervention of a Yek patrol . |
| 8 | Desmond and Dominic had joined the Cheshire Regiment and Shaun the Royal Air Force , so the Anderson house seemed very quiet . |
| 9 | Carrington and Benson had joined the Wingco in the control room when they 'd received the radar tip-off , and heard him cursing under his breath . |
| 10 | It was before Spain had joined the Common Market and United Biscuits ' efforts to acquire a suitable company in one of the EEC countries had come to nought . |
| 11 | Spain had joined the ERM in June 1989 [ see p. 36741 ] . |
| 12 | However , by March 16th 1921 the Palais had joined a growing list of ballrooms in a new column headed ‘ Dancing ’ . |
| 13 | Within three days an estimated 870,000 workers had joined the strike , shutting down gas pipelines , mines and the main Burgas oil refinery , paralysing the Black Sea ports , and grounding the national airline . |
| 14 | In September 1934 the USSR had joined the League of Nations , and six months later they signed a pact with France . |
| 15 | Military sources said the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge guerrilla group had joined the KPNLF in a pincer attack on Sisophon . |
| 16 | It was also announced that Sudan and Zaïre had joined the PTA , bringing total membership to 18 . |
| 17 | By this time our pursuer had joined the merry band on the peak , and we could hear his companions gasping not far behind him . |
| 18 | On March 9 the Georgian Supreme Soviet had declared illegal the treaties of 1921-22 by which Georgia had joined the Soviet Union , calling the Red Army occupation which had preceded them " an international crime " . |
| 19 | James Hamilton had joined the British Army at the outbreak of war . |
| 20 | Daak had joined the group and was standing behind Ace . |
| 21 | ‘ Why ca n't someone on the Left ever do something like that ? ’ he remarked admiringly to Anthony Powell in 1941 , when he heard Waugh had joined a commando unit . |
| 22 | By 1987 the European Commission had joined the UN ECE in the forest survey business and required all member states to undertake a standard grid survey , reporting on a set number of trees at regular 16 km intervals , using a common method . |
| 23 | In 1585 his father had joined the expedition to the Low Countries of Robert Dudley , Earl of Leicester [ q.v. ] , and Thomas became a military follower of Leicester 's stepson Robert Devereux , second Earl of Essex [ q.v . ] . |
| 24 | Earlier , on Oct. 5 , 1989 , Yvon Briant , president of the National Centre of Independents and Peasants ( Centre national des indépendants et paysans — CNIP ) announced that 14 former leading members of the FN had joined the CNIP . |
| 25 | ‘ Deal , ’ Ted Hammond said , and they set off to see if the sisters had joined the party yet . |
| 26 | Bridge had joined the firm as an assistant solicitor and was later made a salaried partner with a view to and shortly before his becoming a full capital ( equity ) partner . |
| 27 | They knew that a number of passengers had joined the cruise just to see St Kilda , and that they would almost be made to feel responsible for any disappointment . |
| 28 | Scandinavia was , after all , not a very important trading partner now Britain had joined the EC . |
| 29 | But its existence meant that Britain had joined the other major states of Europe in providing herself with a minister and an administrative machine designed to conduct and control foreign policy . |
| 30 | Chancellor John Major told the Commons Britain had joined the E M S as the time was right . |