Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] had [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , it was said that where there had been a fundamental breach of contract , that is , if one party fails to carry out his part of the bargain at all or attempts to render a performance totally different from that contemplated , then that party could not rely on an exclusion clause ( see Karsales ( Harrow ) Ltd. v Wallis [ 1956 ] ) . |
| 2 | She won one victory in January 1981 when a palpable ‘ wet ’ , Norman St John-Stevas , was removed as Leader of the House ( where he had been a conspicuous success ) , while younger men like Leon Brittan and Kenneth Baker were promoted , the latter having been one of Heath 's campaign managers in 1975 . |
| 3 | Although there had been a long established tradition of community and private forestry schemes , it was not until the launching of the Saemol Undong ( or New Community Movement ) in 1970 that it was possible to conceive of a nation-wide forestry policy and programme . |
| 4 | Although there had been a light summer shower earlier in the evening , it was now a warm , clear night with just a soft breeze rustling the ropes and canvas of the small boats berthed in the marina far below . |
| 5 | Although there had been a 6 per cent swing from ‘ right ’ to ‘ left ’ between the two elections the former were still in a clear majority . |
| 6 | A tight monetary policy , the report indicated , could only be reversed once there had been a significant improvement in the country 's balance of payments position and a slowdown in strong inflationary pressures . |
| 7 | Although he had been a sobering and restricting influence in a Germanic way upon the Queen , she took to wearing black immediately after his death and , in a sense , appeared never to cease mourning for him until the day she died . |
| 8 | Dane Jacobsen was one of the best known and most accomplished actors of his generation , so it had been a real coup for the tiny television station to secure his services for a drama serial on the Vikings , to be shot in Cumbria . |
| 9 | Just as fate had been unkind in many ways to those Titfords who had stayed in Frome throughout the 18th century , so it had been a firm friend to the descendants of William the Emigrant after his arrival in Kent . |
| 10 | In the middle of many clashes and difficulties were the men whom I had met , and to whom , if I had been a true friend , I might have given something of the faith and spirit which could have helped them find a better way for their people . |
| 11 | I have sometimes gone into it when the King was absent from Delhi and once pretty far I thought , for the purpose of giving my advice in the case of a great lady so ill that she could not be moved to the outward gate ; but a Kachemire shawl covered my head , hanging like a large scarfe down to my feet , and a eunuch led me by the hand , as if I had been a blind man . |
| 12 | If she had been a religious person she would have put it down to retribution for her sins , but she had lost whatever faith she had had in her years as the Madam of Dublin 's most fashionable brothel . |
| 13 | Still , she thought , bracing her shoulders , if she had been a real mother she would have had to endure many such problems with a teenage daughter . |
| 14 | In any case , even if she had been a skilled charmer it was not possible to allure somebody who slashed back at you like a master swordsman and drove the point in . |
| 15 | He was a real old country doctor , of a type that is fast dying out , and she knew that if she had been a few years younger he would have patted her on the cheek . |
| 16 | If you had been a small shopkeeper with some money why might you have done the same ? |
| 17 | B. If you had been a young person in 1860 , like Jimmy Horsley 's great-grandfather , you might easily have been out of work . |
| 18 | If you had been a young person at the beginning of this century , you may have been in ‘ in service ’ , working as a maid or servant for a wealthy family . |
| 19 | It would have been a different matter if you had been a permanent assistant in the practice . |
| 20 | Perhaps if you had been a different sort of person — less sensitive , less driven by the bitterness of your mother … ’ |
| 21 | This would stop the slaughter of the flock until there had been a full hearing in the High Court , according to Mr Richard North , an environmental health officer and technical adviser to the United Kingdom Egg Producers ' Association , which is backing the nuns . |
| 22 | If an effective will to de-alienate Northern protestants in their attitudes to the republic existed , and if there had been a real change in the Irish catholic hierarchy 's position on such matters , then they would indeed have taken positive steps to support FitzGerald 's attempt to introduce such constitutional changes . |
| 23 | The Navigation Acts were complicated and applying the regulations would have been harder if there had been a great deal of trade between the colonies , but in the seventeenth century most of the trade of each colony on the American mainland or in the West Indies was with England rather than with other colonies . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | If there had been a loose lamp-post in sight I probably would have grabbed that . |
| 26 | Brian Langley , chairman of Athletics Canada , said : ‘ We would have been informed if there had been a positive test on any Canadian athlete . ’ |
| 27 | He sued the defendant for procuring a breach of his contract with X. The action was dismissed because there was no contract , since the identity of the plaintiff was , in the circumstances , material to the formation of the alleged contract ; and alternatively , even if there had been a valid contract , the principle stated above would prevent the action from lying . |
| 28 | He tried to remember if there had been a particular shop nearby but he failed . |
| 29 | The music panellist said : ‘ If there had been a full panel meeting and if we had known certain things which were kept from us the decision might have been different . |
| 30 | One senior source said : ‘ Clearly if there had been a fundamental disagreement ( between the Prime Minister and the Chancellor ) then the Government would n't have raised interest rates . ’ |