Example sentences of "had move [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 However , during his last period in office , since 1989 , the government had moved towards a market-driven economy with the privatization of state enterprises and trade liberalization .
2 Glad that the conversation had moved to a wide field , she gave a sigh of relief .
3 Caroline who had moved to a new area was asked by a neighbour to join a committee planning the local summer carnival .
4 He felt a sharp twinge of guilt now for not taking the trouble to visit , but William 's family had moved to a better neighbourhood when William 's mum had made her first million , and Preston had gradually lost touch .
5 I had had one very close childhood friend , Maeve , but her family had moved to a different part of the country and I never saw her again .
6 By 1973 the Conservatives had moved to a statutory prices and incomes policy and massive state intervention in industry ; the reorganization of secondary schooling along comprehensive lines proceeded , albeit at a slower pace than under Labour , and the trade union legislation under the Industrial Relations Act was effectively non-operational .
7 But Lucy had moved to an easy chair and sat , chin cupped by an exquisite palm .
8 Jack Jones found himself assailed by Paul Johnson , the ex-editor of the New Statesman who had moved to the far right , as ‘ The Emperor Jones ’ , almost a fourth estate of the realm in himself and the symbol of overweening trade-union power .
9 Johnny had moved to the far end of the room and she could no longer see him , but she could guess at the expression on his face .
10 A different tactical response by the US asbestos industry was to export its hazardous production to other non-regulated peripheral countries such as Mexico and the South American countries , following earlier examples of asbestos companies who had moved to the southern US states to avoid higher insurance costs in the northern states .
11 Review the requirement for computer support of outposted files as an added value factor once a department network had been installed ( Note : this was due to take place after the departments had moved to the new accommodation ) .
12 Meanwhile in 1974 , revived British effort had moved to the clear waters of Loch Morar ( which had a similar tradition of sighting established by The Loch Morar Survey of 1970–72 ) .
13 By this time the trial of Mrs Dyer had moved to the Old Bailey .
14 ‘ Ven ! ’ she whispered , and was barely aware that they had moved to the darkened area of her bedroom .
15 But by 1842 the congregation had moved into a new building , later used by the Presbyterians of McCracken Memorial and demolished in 1968 to make way for their new church hall .
16 Within the year Thomas had moved into a new company , Macdonald Raintree , which was partly owned by BPC and by Raintree in the US and which had been set up mainly to sell rights and coeditions in Raintree output in Europe .
17 However , by 1884 even his timid wife believed in his affluence as they had moved into a pleasant merchant 's house in Didsbury where their youngest children , Walter and Jessie , were born .
18 During the summer of 1979 I had moved into a collective house whose occupants were libertarian hippies , socialists , Christians and noisy heterosexual feminists .
19 The industry , meanwhile , had moved into a different era ; the international standards had changed , and it was time to bring the law up-to-date .
20 Now , Kirov had moved into a secondary stage , manipulating every conversation so that apparently casual words left just the subtlest hint of something else unsaid , yet implicitly suggested .
21 In Victoria mid-week , the President 's XV , with Graf kicking three of his four penalties , had moved into a 14–3 lead before two errors , a missed tackle mid-field and then a missed touch kick allowed Swansea to turn the tide with tries by wing Simon Davies and centre Scott Gibbs .
22 Following township rumours that the Mandelas had been living apart for some weeks , the Sowetan newspaper said Mrs Mandela continued to live in the mansion she had built in a better part of Soweto but Mr Mandela had moved into a well-guarded home in Johannesburg 's affluent northern suburbs .
23 Tony Zanetta : ‘ David had moved into a little house in Chelsea in New York and called Michael Lipman .
24 Then , after they had moved into the small building , the door was closed .
25 And Goodwin was different too , with his emphasis on professionalism , and his links with those other people , older than her , who had moved into the mainstream media .
26 Castro , though the legitimate ruler of Cuba , had moved into the Communist camp ; Cuba was in America 's " backyard " ; and so any means might be employed to remove him .
27 We had moved into the new factory in June 1979 and the first effect of our association with GEC was an input of capital to purchase badly needed equipment .
28 Luke had moved into the rug-strewn entrance hall while she was still trying to summon a mood adequate to the demands of the situation , and now he was closing the door .
29 Lanskoi , the minister , had moved into the reformist camp and become reliant on Nikolai Miliutin .
30 Miss Honey did just that , and within a couple of weeks she had moved into The Red House , the very place in which she had been brought up and where luckily all the family furniture and pictures were still around .
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