Example sentences of "had [adv] be [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Finnish government had hitherto been pressing for a change in the plans , to incorporate a special section allowing passage for rigs over 65 metres high . |
| 2 | The main stumbling block had been the appointment of its chair [ see pp. 37712 ; 37777 ; 37858 ] , a problem temporarily resolved on Dec. 11 when Prince Norodom Sihanouk , who had hitherto been pressing for the chairmanship , called on the SNC to " stop talking about the chairmanship and vice-chairmanship … and have the 12 SNC members , on an equal footing , work for peace " . |
| 3 | She had only been daunted for a moment , however . |
| 4 | For years before that , however , football enthusiasts in Glasgow had long been agitating for an international match against the deaf footballers of England , without success . |
| 5 | It had apparently been arranged for the drugs to be delivered to a warehouse in Bristol . |
| 6 | The Florios worked the room with ease and self-confidence and by the time they had reached the podium an aide to the candidate was saying that almost a million dollars had already been raised for the Democratic campaign . |
| 7 | It is also possible that seasonal meeting places had already been determined for the exchange of goods and people as well as social intercourse . |
| 8 | Arróspide [ see also p. 34182 ] was at the time in a Paris prison awaiting trial for offences committed in France , and his extradition had already been sought for the 1987 supermarket bombing in Barcelona [ for which see p. 35851 ] . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , estimates had already been obtained for the provision of a nurses ' recreation room and tennis courts for the nursing staff . |
| 10 | Thus , when Ludendorff arrived at his new headquarters at Marienburg , orders had already been given for the mass of the Eighth Army to form a half-moon facing southeast , toward the centre of which' Samsonov , urged on by telegrams from Jilinski , was now marching his weary men . |
| 11 | Contracts had already been given for the erection of grandstands and a tented village . |
| 12 | ESRC funding enabled the research team to classify and analyse biographical material that had already been collected for the 1900-39 cohorts through record search and postal questionnaire for the 1940-67 cohorts . |
| 13 | Mr Dowson , who is due to be married in June , said equipment worth more than £1,000 had already been bought for the programme . |
| 14 | In July the Earls of Northampton , Oxford , Pembroke and Devon together with Sir Hugh Despenser , Sir Richard Talbot and Sir Richard Stafford took an army to the duchy and put Charles of Blois to flight at the battle of Morlaix on 30 September , while in October the king himself embarked for Brittany , aware that part of the duchy had already been regained for the Montfort cause . |
| 15 | However , the ground sought had already been promised for a schoolmaster 's residence . |
| 16 | This is , in effect , what had already been known for a considerable time as a ‘ cantata ’ for six voices , four viole , two violini , and string and keyboard continuo , in four strongly contrasted sections ( solo and tutti ) preceded by a sinfonia . |
| 17 | Three hundred and eight pounds was for the ladies open , four hundred and twenty for the outing to , two hundred and twenty six had already been paid for the coach , plus all the prizes . |
| 18 | It was getting quite late now , and the ward had already been darkened for the night . |
| 19 | Glenda Jackson had already been approached for the female lead . |
| 20 | Léonie had just been kissed for the first time by a boy . |
| 21 | But for Seldes too it was ‘ the times ’ that had largely been to blame for the infantile nature of the movies . |
| 22 | His bullying tactics had always been reserved for the weaker sex , Virginia guessed bitterly . |
| 23 | Those army commanders who had still been hoping for a coup realized that all such hope was now lost . |
| 24 | Jake fingered the paperweight idly as he continued , ‘ It had probably been developing for a few days . |
| 25 | Opposition parties had also been pressing for an early poll , especially in view of the poor performance by ANAP in local elections since 1989 [ see p. 36528 ] . |
| 26 | Maiga , generally considered to be Saibou 's deputy , had also been blamed for the Feb. 9 killings , and his departure was described as " in the interest of the nation and in order to restore calm " . |
| 27 | WPC Tracy Walker , praised for her hard work , courtesy and administration skills , had also been nominated for the award . |
| 28 | Although still two years before the Club was constituted , the land had clearly been earmarked for a golf course , and in 1906 ‘ The Syndicate ’ , as the company was known locally , agreed to sell this same 70 acres of land to a nucleus of people who were to form the kernel of the Club 's future bondholders , but who were then merely interested persons . |
| 29 | But this was to increase utilization of that Cumbrian coast line which had originally been conceived for the movement of iron ore and coke and this symbolized the extent to which the railway companies , as distinct from the resorts , long regarded the holiday traffic . |
| 30 | A total of eight candidates had originally been registered for the presidential contest [ see pp. 38768-69 ] , but one , Joseph Estrada , had later decided to withdraw his candidature in favour of contesting the vice-presidency . |