Example sentences of "that [art] [noun] had been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given this stark choice , the jury decided that the policeman had been deceitful rather than that the woman had been ‘ wicked and false ’ in her evidence . |
| 2 | Lord Arbuthnott , who presented a plaque and scroll to the Nevis Range directors , said that the decision had been unanimous . |
| 3 | The next day the TV critic of the Express noted that the Telethon had been full of publicity-grabbing TV stars jostling to exploit the programme for their own careers . |
| 4 | And in an interview with ITN last night Morton said he had made it ‘ quite clear ’ in the new chapter of his book that the Queen had been sympathetic towards Diana . |
| 5 | Anti-apartheid demonstrators were prosecuted for invading court number 2 at Wimbledon during a match involving the South African , Cliff Drysdale ; the House of Lords ultimately decided that the meaning of ‘ insulting ’ was properly a matter for the magistrates ( who had acquitted in this case ) and allowed the defendant 's appeal against the Divisional Court 's decision that the conduct had been insulting . |
| 6 | If the judge awarded damages to the petitioner on the grounds that there was no compromise or that the compromise had been cancelled and on the grounds that the respondents had been guilty of misconduct in the Clearwater transaction , then the respondents could have appealed to the Court of Appeal and either party , losing before the Court of Appeal , could have appealed to the Privy Council as of right and on that appeal all three issues , the compromise issue , the cancellation issue and the misconduct issue could have been argued . |
| 7 | Martinho encouraged him in this opinion-he liked to make out that the organisation had been moderate until hijacked by extremists who believed in violence . |
| 8 | Mr. Wright added that the committee had been impressed by the prompt action by Teiman . |
| 9 | At the time , most observers believed that the real reason was that the BBC had been unable to persuade the newly-elected Conservative government to contribute towards the cost of setting up ( about £3million at 1977 prices ) or running a dedicated traffic service . |
| 10 | Chadli , speaking after a Cabinet meeting on June 14 , said that he was pleased that the poll had been democratic and peaceful . |
| 11 | R : Everyone felt that the campaign had been worthwhile , but there had been a lot of tensions and problems to deal with and so that affected how we all felt at the end . |
| 12 | Party workers claim that enthusiasm for him and his party is positively bubbling in Guisborough , but admitted that the campaign had been slower to get off the ground in other parts of Langbaurgh . |
| 13 | Cox argued that the interception had been unlawful because it did not meet the published criteria regulating such interceptions . |
| 14 | Subramanian Swamy , Minister of Law and Justice and of Commerce , said on May 29 that the government was convinced that the LTTE had been involved in the assassination . |
| 15 | Stirling nevertheless felt that the trip had been English saboteurs , Maclean demanded . |
| 16 | ( Perhaps the fact that the pubs had been open all day had something to do with that . ) |
| 17 | Though the campaign scarcely gripped the imagination as the victories in the west had done — some reports hinted that the significance of the campaign had not been properly grasped , and that the victories had been unable to affect the popular mood for more than a very short time — it seemed to provide yet another example of Hitler 's strategic genius . |
| 18 | Did you get what you wanted ? ’ and a wave of feeling that the day had been good came with the words . |
| 19 | Myeloski sat on a chair and heaved a big sigh , a theatrical moment signifying that the day had been hard . |
| 20 | One glance was sufficient to show that the regular had been right . |
| 21 | A political storm which had developed in September around the proposed sale of 35 small islands in the Bay of Argolis and the Saronic Gulf abated after a government official , Byron Polydoras , on Oct. 14 assured journalists that the proposals had been that " certain rocky islets " should be leased — not sold — " on a long-term basis for tourist development " . |
| 22 | A doctor examined the body and decided that the man had been dead for several hours . |
| 23 | Finally , in 1973 , David Robinson at Kings College , London , used Carter 's and my results to show that the conjecture had been correct : such a black hole had indeed to be the Kerr solution . |
| 24 | Official results showed that 98.7 per cent of voters had endorsed the document , and that the turnout had been 97 per cent . |
| 25 | But Cambridge City Council 's environmental health department warned that the success of the appeal did not set a precedent , and that the court had been careful to reiterate its concern at the ‘ grave breaches of the Food Hygiene Regulations ’ . |
| 26 | The government for its part claimed that the Tigers had been guilty of over 30 breaches ; reports also indicated that they had used the opportunity to build new fortifications near government military bases in the north Jaffna area and near the Elephant Pass ( linking the Jaffna Peninsula with the rest of the country ) . |
| 27 | Now they knew that the women had been right , Jesus had indeed risen from the dead . |
| 28 | This had occurred to me , but I 'd hoped that the attack had been random . |
| 29 | On investigation , it was apparent that the claimant had been unaware of the regulations in this respect , and they had also been overlooked by the supervisor and administrative assistant who were involved in processing the claim . |
| 30 | The Head of Department then said that he considered that the criticism had been constructive , that he accepted most of it and would try out various changes . |