Example sentences of "[ex0] had been a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unless there had been a general exodus of small proprietors , a good deal of land had been acquired by outsiders , possibly with a view to letting it to graziers . |
| 2 | Yet , despite Mrs Thatcher 's resolutely ‘ gung-ho ’ attitude , it was increasingly clear that there had been a general shift in Britain 's stance on Iran and the whole of the Middle East . |
| 3 | There had been a low haze hiding most of the surrounding hills , the loch had seemed suspended in some floating mirage , broken only by the oars rattling , and the water that slopped in the bottom of the boat . |
| 4 | There had been a slight uncertainty about her . |
| 5 | Data collected form this union in 1987 , 1988 and 1989 suggested that there had been a slight improvement in the usage rate of the lobon-gur solution compared with the unions studied in the 1984 Community Household Survey . |
| 6 | By noon on the same day , it is hue , the Government had accepted that there had been a slight set-back and that the European Communities Bill would have to be put temporarily on ice , but almost immediately they conceived and put into place a new plan . |
| 7 | By early 1940 there had been a substantial drift-back of evacuees to the cities : something like 80% had returned . |
| 8 | Initially there had been a substantial market for British films in the US , where demand remained for some time ahead of the production levels achieved by American filmmakers . |
| 9 | The Court of Appeal said that there had been a jurisdictional error . |
| 10 | There had been a long struggle . |
| 11 | There had been a long list of such casualties in Libby 's life , this was just another . |
| 12 | There had been a long time when he had been surrounded by wire and bars . |
| 13 | Well , perhaps there had been a second bank-book , after all ? |
| 14 | Perhaps there had been a second confrontation after all and another loss of control . |
| 15 | All of a sudden , she realised there had been a collective intake of breath and that everyone around her was staring at the monitors . |
| 16 | He did not reiterate Mr Major 's claim that Nissan came to the region because of his party 's policies , but preferred to point out it would not have done if there had been a Labour Government in situ . |
| 17 | ‘ Third , ’ the Doctor said , as Bernice whirled to see an open doorway where only seconds earlier there had been a flat wall , ‘ I imagine those androids would prefer us not to attempt to escape , in the TARDIS or in any other way . |
| 18 | Consequently , and for thoroughly laudable reasons , there had been a systematic drift of responsibility from MC ( ‘ to its executive subcommittee , MMRC , between 1979 and 1984 . |
| 19 | Unlike previous years , however , the significance of the Iowa contests was reduced by the fact that neither of Bush 's two challengers ( Buchanan and former Ku Klux Klansman David Duke ) contested the caucus , whilst amongst the Democrats it had long been accepted that the contest would be won by Tom Harkin , one of the state 's representatives in the Senate , and so there had been a minimal amount of campaigning . |
| 20 | The effect of this decision is to reverse the trend that was evident from the preceding cases in which there had been a gradual tendency to expand the range of third parties to whom accountants might be held to be liable as a result of errors in financial statements . |
| 21 | It looks as though there had been a Phoenician settlement on the island which introduced this strain ; and though in pottery a true Geometric style supervenes , the eastern tradition seems to linger on , especially in fine gold work , to link up with the orientalising phase proper . |
| 22 | It drew comparisons between the events in Cleveland , Rochdale , and now Orkney , stating that there had been a consistent failure — if not an outright refusal by Social Work Departments — to carry out proper investigations , pooling of information from the families and all the professions and services involved with them . |
| 23 | There had been a proud history of Managers in the Association . |
| 24 | There had been a noticeable spring in Mr Major 's step in the previous two days and he reiterated his optimism to rapturous flag-waving . |
| 25 | When Gabriel and she had been a couple they had run into her one day when there had been a freak storm . |
| 26 | ‘ He wished to make it clear for the purposes of this case that there had been a genuine company in Bombay called Rasiklal & Sons , ’ Dutta told Snaresbrook Crown Court . |
| 27 | Furthermore , it might be argued from Case 131/86 United Kingdom v. Council , where the Court looked at the preparatory measures to the legislation in question in order to determine whether it was genuinely intended to be agricultural legislation , that the Court might investigate whether there had been a genuine consideration of the question of subsidiarity . |
| 28 | There had been a strong possibility that the Newleys would have turned the security locks as well . |
| 29 | There had been a strong element of pretence contained in his behaviour towards Alexei thus far and , for the moment at least , the subterfuge was going to have to be continued . |
| 30 | From the start there had been a strong streak of elitism in their outlook . |