Example sentences of "[noun pl] that had [adv] [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too much apple pie ’ , kicked its way into many ears that had previously been unaware of the band 's existence . |
| 2 | Trades that had once been skilled were being divided into their constituent parts so that less skill was required to carry out any one process . |
| 3 | Deem gives the example of cuts in teacher training , which had the effect of reducing the opportunities that had previously been available to large numbers of girls who had been considered by their teachers to be , as they put it to Michelle Stanworth , ‘ not university material ’ . |
| 4 | He had a grey fringe round back and sides , although a few wisps that had once been fair or ginger were combed over the top . |
| 5 | It was essentially an extension of the friendly society schemes — the societies helped administer it — but it also covered occupational groups that had never been able to be members . |
| 6 | Companies that had previously been prepared to pay the Institute 's tuition fees , which are higher than for other professional qualifications , now queried it . |
| 7 | I tried to engage him in conversation about the analogy between pottery and alchemy , and Laura prompted him to share ideas that had long been familiar to them both , but he showed little interest . |
| 8 | The special field of organic chemistry was already flourishing , though this was still confined to the properties — mainly the properties useful in production — of materials derived from sources that had once been alive , such as coal . |
| 9 | Moreover , the proportion of women that had ever been married or in conjugal union by age 16 varied widely , from less than one per cent in the Republic of Korea to 87 per cent in Bangladesh . |