Example sentences of "it had [be] [vb pp] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been hoped to have the English version ready for publication by Easter this year but it had been delayed principally because of objections to the use ‘ inclusive language ’ . |
| 2 | It had been planned to hold the talks in Abuja , Nigeria on Oct. 28 and Nov. 7 under the auspices of the Organization of African Unity [ see p. 38323 ] . |
| 3 | It had been planned to take the aircraft up to 5,000ft and carry out some general handling checks , but I never got up that high , consequently I ended up doing a figure of eights over Duxford at 300ft . |
| 4 | Unfortunately the CIG meeting on 14 July , at which it had been planned to discuss the revamping of the Infopack , had to be cancelled because of the large number of apologies due to holidays and sickness . |
| 5 | Unfortunately the CIG meeting on 14 July , at which it had been planned to discuss the revamping of the Infopack , had to be cancelled because of the large number of apologies due to holidays and sickness . |
| 6 | It had been intended to number the main service 109B and 109W , for Blackfriars and Westminster respectively , as had been done in the case of the Wimbledon services , but there was a change in heart at the last minute and the buses were delivered with blinds numbered 109 only . |
| 7 | Peter Runciman , 64 , former executive chairman of Shanks & McEwan , said it had been decided to issue the profits warning to the stock exchange at a meeting of the company 's three-man executive committee on 5 September . |
| 8 | Neither side gave any details , apart from the fact that it had been decided to disregard the existing agreement and formulate a new one . |
| 9 | Although a Jordanian government statement issued on Sept. 23 said that there was no intention of expelling Saudi diplomats , a Foreign Ministry spokeman confirmed on Sept. 25 that it had been decided to recall the ambassador in protest against the expulsions . |
| 10 | In 1936 it had been decided to relay the Lytham Road track , despite considerable opposition in the Council . |
| 11 | It was obvious that the plane had been repainted before its journey and Whitlock suddenly wondered if it had been done to erase the memories of the previous regime . |
| 12 | I complained mightily , only to be told that the stone table was a well-intentioned afterthought , erected in recent times , and that it had been removed to restore the henge to its original form . |
| 13 | Firstly , it had been postponed to allow the United Opposition of Trotsky , Zinoviev and Kamenev to be expelled from the Party before the Congress actually convened . |
| 14 | At the Washington talks it had been agreed to postpone the summit meeting between Gorbachev and President Bush scheduled for Feb. 11-13 . |