Example sentences of "[noun prp] had been [verb] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sewell had been made responsible to Coleman for maintaining discipline among the students . |
| 2 | In October Bao had been hospitalized due to heart disease . |
| 3 | Bahrain and Qatar were both members of the Gulf Co-operation Council ( GCC ) , and reports emerged on July 29 that a series of GCC ministerial meetings scheduled for July had been postponed due to " rising tension " between the two countries . |
| 4 | In response to appeals by AI members last year , the Israeli authorities replied in April 1991 saying that ‘ Abd al-Ra'uf Ghabin had been arrested due to his activities relating to his alleged involvement in the PFLP — printing and distributing PFLP leaflets . |
| 5 | In the alternative , however , they contended that the payments by Woolwich had been made pursuant to an implied agreement between Woolwich and the revenue whereby it was agreed that the revenue would hold the sums pending the outcome of proceedings to determine the validity of the relevant regulations , and that any entitlement of Woolwich to repayment arose on the date of the first judgment of Nolan J. with the effect that interest ran only from that date . |
| 6 | Mindful of the manner in which the fortresses of Liege and Namur had been taken prior to the Battle of the Marne , at relatively little cost , by the use of the new and highly effective howitzer , General Erich von Falkenhayn ordered up a 42cm version of this formidable weapon and commenced the bombardment of the city 's outer fortifications on the night of 27/28 September . |
| 7 | DeFreitas had been considered fortunate to be selected for the first Test , when he was left out of the original squad but leapfrogged Essex seamer Mark Ilott after Alan Igglesden pulled out injured on the eve of the game . |