Example sentences of "had be [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately in past years , due to lack of financial support , it had been impossible to maintain regular contact between the youngsters , she added . |
| 2 | Mr Kerfoot said this week that in 1988 one of his oil suppliers on the Rhine had been keen to send raw material to Britain by rail instead of road because of pressure from the German Government . |
| 3 | The details have escaped me , but he and Sir Andrew Clarke , as churchwardens ( their memorial tablets are near to each other in the south transept ) had been obliged to take legal action over the advowson — the word which , because of its precision of meaning and its sound , I could see he enjoyed introducing ; but they had evidently covered themselves in so doing , because , the Anglican Church being established , their office carried official responsibilities . |
| 4 | Music , both light and heavy , had been able to use new technology to improve the balance . |
| 5 | The SLORC regime had been eager to attract foreign investment ; this was thought to have been the major factor in its decision to proceed with the election . |
| 6 | Foreign diplomats said the lack of a further reshuffle after a meeting of the central advisory commission meant Deng had been unable to persuade other party elders to retire to smooth the transfer of power to his heir . |
| 7 | Most participants in special programmes simultaneously answered that they were in temporary jobs because they had been unable to find permanent work ; a small proportion , consisting mainly of YTS participants , saw their places on the scheme as jobs which were temporary because they involved a contract for training . |
| 8 | It is clear that the Mercians under Aethelred had been unable to assert Mercian authority in Kent in the confused circumstances of these years and the limits to Mercian power in this area had been strikingly reaffirmed . |