Example sentences of "had [vb pp] during the [adj] years " in BNC.
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1 | Indeed , this lack of distinctiveness owed something to the changes which had occurred during the inter-war years . |
2 | In the latter union these changes ‘ were less a surrender of power to the shopfloor than a formal accommodation to the reality of decentralisation which had occurred during the post-war years ’ ( Hyman , 1983 , p. 42 ) . |
3 | However , many things had happened during the two years since she had been told that her mother had died of the fever and that , prior to this , she had not been allowed to see her in case she should catch it and spread it further . |
4 | The value placed on these men is most clearly stated in the Treaty of Andelot , where Guntram and Childebert II settled the question of the succession and dealt with various matters which had arisen during the early years of the latter 's reign . |
5 | The local press , which had flourished during the last years of colonial rule , had been allowed to die . |
6 | Relations with the USA , which had improved during the first years of Rajiv Gandhi 's government , came under strain in 1987 due to the US decision to grant large military aid packages to Pakistan , including early warning surveillance aircraft , and to Indian fears of a Pakistani nuclear bomb . |