Example sentences of "[vb past] that [noun] had been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the issue of CPSU property , the Court ruled that Yeltsin had been correct to expropriate party property which belonged to the state , but that the Court of Arbitration would have to rule in cases where property ownership was in doubt . |
| 2 | On March 21st , a despatch from Falkenhayn admitted that Rupprecht had been right about the British not being able to take the offensive , and at the same time it ordered the withdrawal of three of his divisions for the general reserve . |
| 3 | Best , for example , argued that changes had been immense : " In just five years ( the NHS ) has been transformed from a classic example of an administered public sector bureaucracy into one that increasingly is exhibiting the qualities that reflect positive , purposeful management " ( Best 1987 : 4 ) . |
| 4 | Clair George , listing the things that had to be done — — finding private money , transferring it out of the country , buying arms , shipping them , procuring boats and aircraft — noted that North had been obliged to do all this ‘ with a gum band and some balsa wood ’ . |
| 5 | The Miller spokeswoman confirmed that Sainsbury had been aware of the plans , and that as it was a non-retail development , there would be no conflict of interest . |
| 6 | Lieutenant Whitby of the Cameronians confirmed that laxness had been rife , although he was more worried at the lack of respect meted to the prisoner than the damage done to his self-esteem . |
| 7 | Punch published two harsh cartoons and , when at the end of February 1858 the government was defeated , The Times , with possibly a touch of exaggeration , declared that Clanricarde had been able by his ‘ mere presence ’ in the cabinet to destroy an exceptionally strong administration . |
| 8 | Franjiyah claimed that Geaga had been responsible for the assassination in 1978 of his father Tony Franjiyah — something which Geaga denied . |
| 9 | A spokeswoman claimed that Itoh had been involved in discussions with Sun regarding OEM supply of the X-terminal built by C Itoh , but Sun had decided to go its own way . |
| 10 | Wallis was critically afflicted with consumption and William Foster , in a letter published in Peck 's Annals , claimed that Wallis had been sick for thirteen years . |
| 11 | Pilcher 's first trials with the Bat in the summer of 1895 showed that Lilienthal had been right to insist that a horizontal tail surface was essential , and after modifications Pilcher succeeded in making a number of short downhill glides , but the dihedral angle was still too great for lateral stability . |
| 12 | The document also alleged that Montazeri had been involved in a gang whose members had been executed in Iran in 1987 after smuggling explosives to Saudi Arabia during the pilgrimage to Mecca the previous year [ see pp. 35541-42 ; 35677 ] . |
| 13 | In his appearance before the House government operations subcommittee in May Pierce denied any personal knowledge of malpractice , but subsequent testimony , particularly from his special assistant , Joseph Strauss , indicated that Pierce had been instrumental in providing assistance to friends , aides and others in housing schemes . |
| 14 | This reflection went far to set up Harry again in his own esteem , for it meant that Isambard had been sure of his victim 's obstinate silence even under torture ; more sure of it , if the truth were told , than Harry himself had been at the worst moment . |
| 15 | The prosecution contended that Rashid had been chief lieutenant to Abu Ibrahim , leader of the May 15 guerrilla group . |
| 16 | From then onwards , ‘ Fred T. Jane ’ became a recognized signature on bold black and white illustrations in a number of books and magazines ; so realistic was the picture in the Illustrated London News of the torpedoing of the ironclad Blanco Encalada in the Chilean revolutionary war of 1891 that a legend grew that Jane had been present at the action . |
| 17 | She knew that Hugh had been wrong in what he had tried to do , but she also knew that no real intimacy had taken place . |
| 18 | I knew that response had been bad in our parish and I honestly did n't expect many young people to be there anyway . |
| 19 | On one level I knew that Robert had been unfaithful to Lili and on another I knew that he could n't possibly have been . |
| 20 | At that time , he was not suspicious of any burglars but thought that Sara had been careless and had left the window unlocked . |
| 21 | In the rune-friezed , banner-hung oratorium reserved for cadets the Necromundans hung on the words of crippled veteran lecturers ; and on one such occasion Lexandro learned that Valence had been correct in his seemingly blasphemous comments uttered in the scriptory … |
| 22 | Despite turnover being virtually flat at £13,242m , Vallance said that BT had been successful in controlling operating costs . |
| 23 | The court had heard evidence from Kelly , who said that Blissett had been involved in an ‘ ordinary aerial challenge ’ . |
| 24 | Defending Emmanuelli in a radio interview prior to his indictment , Prime Minister Pierre Bérégovoy said that Emmanuelli had been obliged to receive donations in his role as party treasurer and that his personal honesty was not in doubt . |
| 25 | Mr McEwan said that police had been unable to trace any members of the missing girl 's family still living in the Coatbridge area . |
| 26 | A contemporary physician in Barcelona , Dr Diza de Isla , wrote that syphilis had been unknown until that date and that he had treated members of the crew for ‘ bubas ’ and the ‘ serpentine disease ’ . |
| 27 | The police suspected that Samuel had been involved in a serious armed robbery at a building society in Birmingham . |
| 28 | In her article , she explained that Major had been Prime Minister for only 17 months . |
| 29 | Commentators suggested that Hezbollah had been immune from the disarming process because of its close connections with the Iranian government , which itself had close , but increasingly tense , relations with Syria . |