Example sentences of "that [adj] have been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that the loyalists knew was that their very own Special Constabulary was going to be dismantled and that this had been one of NICRA 's long-standing demands . |
| 2 | Lynch knocked out Peter Kane of Golborne in the thirteenth round , and it was generally agreed that this had been one of the finest contests between flyweight boxers . |
| 3 | " If we have been unable to give Spain greater well-being " , he said , " let it be very clear that this has been due to foreign incomprehension . " |
| 4 | The report also stated that there were longstanding moves to purchase at least three 400-600-megawatt reactors from the former Soviet Union , but that these had been subject to numerous delays . |
| 5 | The most available historical models are all from the period of different forms of patronage , and it is not surprising that these have been predominant in the forms of new public bodies . |
| 6 | The effects of the Recruit scandal , the enforced resignation of two Prime Ministers and the introduction of an unpopular consumption tax meant that 1989 had been one of the LDP 's worst years . |
| 7 | Although involved in the Great Leap Forward ( 1958-60 ) and the Cultural Revolution ( 1966-76 ) , he later recognized that both had been disastrous for the country 's economic development . |
| 8 | One recent study listed over 1,300 such deals concluded by developing countries between 1980 and 1987 ( Jones and Jagoe , 1988 ) and concluded that most had been due to the instability of the financial system . |