Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [noun sg] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sihanouk 's return ended almost 13 years in exile , where he had formed part of the tripartite " Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea " with the Khmers Rouges and the Khmer People 's National Liberation Front ( KPNLF ) led by Son Sann . |
| 2 | These texts were often inscribed on woodwork which had formed part of the old rood screens , reredoses , and triptychs ; this was the case at Binham Priory in Norfolk , where the medieval paintings of saints are now showing through the worn whitewash and black-letter Protestant text . |
| 3 | The bilateral agreement signed by Klaus and Meciar in July had foreseen dissolution of the existing state by Sept. 30 , but left several issues unresolved [ see p. 39015 ] . |
| 4 | Perhaps he had heard mention of the reproductive cycle . |
| 5 | Each time she thought she had caught hold of the essential man he turned out to be as nebulous as the sea mist drifting through her fingers . |
| 6 | He had accepted membership of the royal commission on contagious diseases — the first working man ever to be appointed in this capacity — but this led to fierce opposition from within the union 's executive , and Applegarth resigned in April 1871 . |
| 7 | All had undergone injection of the pancreatic duct , three had repeat injections , and two had overfilling resulting in acinar opacification . |
| 8 | ‘ Open ’ villages where landownership was ‘ much divided ’ were receptive to Dissent and so were large parishes where population growth in the outlying parts had made nonsense of the old ecclesiastical arrangements . |
| 9 | People who had had experience of the National Assembly , where much the same procedures were followed , or who had picked up the style from televised broadcasts of it , were at a decided advantage . |
| 10 | Hereward Marr had had charge of the spiritual wellbeing , the cure of souls , of three villages . |
| 11 | Anselm had not yet visited Canterbury , but he had got hold of the one thing necessary for understanding the members of the old monastic community : they wanted recognition of their saints and understanding of their tradition . |
| 12 | De Gaulle had got wind of the Allied invasion plan in August 1942 , but he was probably unaware of its full political implications . |
| 13 | General Roberts stated that on 6 May a unit of the ROK army had advanced north of the 38th parallel to a depth of 2.5 miles ( 4 km ) and had attacked several settlements . |
| 14 | Russian advisers had been involved in border incidents but there was no evidence that they had advanced south of the 38th parallel . |
| 15 | But the Mesopotamian Jews had a firm tradition of loyalty to the Seleucids , whereas the Palestinian Jews had become part of the Syrian state only about 200 B.C. The Seleucids gladly used the Mesopotamian Jews as soldiers , and the contribution of the Babylonian Jews to the defence of their city during an enemy attack was regarded as being so famous by the author of II Maccabees that he did not think it necessary to specify the circumstances ( 8.20 ) . |
| 16 | Thus sole agency contracts had become part of the accepted pattern or structure of trade . |
| 17 | They related to the constitutional arrangements which existed between 1974 and the end of 1986 whereby the General Council of the Bar had become part of the new Senate of the Inns of Court of the Bar and had ceased to exist as a separate entity , although the constitution of the Senate contained provisions designed to ensure that the Bar Council would remain an autonomous body for the purpose of its separate powers and functions . |
| 18 | Local government ceased to be regarded as an indispensable deliverer of services ; it had become part of the intractable problem of the late twentieth-century urban crisis . |
| 19 | The Union had become part of the capitalist system . |
| 20 | By 1834 , Ebley had become part of the growing Marling empire and , when visited by the Assistant Commissioners , had 42 hand looms at work , 29 not in use , but no power looms . |
| 21 | Some historians have argued that , once the Indians had become part of the Christian community , their cause was championed by the church who protected them from some of the worst excesses of colonial power ( Poblete 1970 ) . |
| 22 | Well the objective was the maintenance of a friendly regime er in a country which had become part of the American sphere of influence . |
| 23 | Well the objective was the maintenance of a friendly regime er in a country which had become part of the American sphere of influence . |
| 24 | Before 1547 he had become vicar of the collegiate church of Norton in Cleveland , and a prebendary of Beverley , Burton-upon-Trent , and St Stephens in Westminster , appointments which ( with the exception of Norton ) were lost due to the dissolution of the colleges in 1548 . |
| 25 | Capt. Valentine E. M. Strasser , the 27-year-old junior officer who had become chairman of the National Provisional Ruling Council ( NPRC ) after leading an April coup [ see pp. 38853-4 ; 38900 ] , made a series of changes in July to both the composition and structure of the government . |
| 26 | Muldoon , who throughout his political career was renowned for his abrasive manner and acerbic tongue , had become leader of the National Party in 1974 . |
| 27 | Devoting his energies to national politics , Adenauer had become President of the Parliamentary Council in 1948–9 . |
| 28 | Thus I learned that Chaplin was dead and so was Elvis ( I 'd thought the former long since gone but this intelligence of Presley startled me ) , that Iranians had held Americans hostage , administered show trials and televised humiliation ; that a geriatric cowboy had become President of the mightiest nation on earth all in all , show biz news . |
| 29 | In 1688 Portland had become superintendent of the Royal Gardens , with London as his deputy . |
| 30 | The Declaration undoubtedly broke new constitutional ground when it stated that " the raising or keeping of a standing army within this kingdom in time of peace unless it be with the consent of Parliament is against the law " ; the Militia Acts of 1661 and 1662 had invested control of the armed forces in the hands of the monarch alone with no suggestion that Parliamentary consent was needed to maintain an army in peace time . |