Example sentences of "that had [be] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The printers " picnic that had been arranged for a Saturday at the beginning of August 1914 had to be cancelled because of the outbreak of war . |
| 2 | Gorbachev , speaking at the closing ceremony , acknowledged that there were basic disagreements between the two sides , but thought the meeting had created ‘ opportunities for progress ’ ; Reagan thought that ‘ useful preliminary results ’ had been achieved , and hoped that further progress would be achieved at the meeting that had been arranged for the following year . |
| 3 | As I crouched in the slit trench in the semi-darkness I could hear the odd British shell that had been intended for the Germans but had dropped short in the orchard explode with a terrific roar close at hand , causing a shower of dirt to fall from the roof of the trench . |
| 4 | He went from house to house dragging two metal ingots and everybody was amazed to see pots , pans , tongs and braziers tumble down from their places and beams creak from the desperation of nails and screws trying to emerge , and even objects that had been lost for a long time appeared from where they had been searched for most and went dragging along in turbulent confusion behind Melquíades ' magical irons . |
| 5 | The special arrangements that had been made for the new pathway students had caused resentment among other students , who felt that they were being treated like second class citizens , and enthusiasm from staff members who had been involved in the parallel track had reassured other faculty members . |
| 6 | I do not agree with Stella Lowry that ‘ special arrangements that had been made for the new pathway students had caused resentment among other students , who felt that they were being treated like second class citizens . ’ |
| 7 | Against Sartre 's claim to establish Marxism 's truth philosophically , Althusser reasoned that if Marxism is a science , then the history of Marxism ought to conform to the kind of history that had been developed for the sciences . |
| 8 | As their experience built up , the Treasury became less and less convinced that the role that had been envisaged for the nationalised industries in overall demand management was a desirable one . |
| 9 | Britain usually send six or seven for the relay team but for Los Angeles the selectors decided to rely on the sprinters that had been picked for the individual events . |
| 10 | Ian went off and came back with a box the same size as the ones that had been used for the train . |
| 11 | But not even the penny-pinching Strange could have complained overmuch about the price that had been paid for the extraordinary information Morse had gleaned . |