Example sentences of "had [verb] [adj] [noun] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was the authority that caused so much scandal as a result of the compulsory competitive tendering legislation with such iniquitous dealings in the management buy-outs of the school meals service that the Audit Commission had to issue special guidelines for all future cases . |
| 2 | Gratuities were paid to Mrs. Pemberton and also to Mrs. Cossart , whose husband had taught Modern Languages for 25 years , and one of £100 was offered to Johnston the Clerk when he retired , but he declined . |
| 3 | On June 19 a bill was passed repealing the 1953 Reservation of Separate Amenities Act , which had legalized separate facilities for different races [ see p. 37567 ] . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , by early December Jordan had received firm commitments for some US$500,000,000 in aid ( from Canada , China , France , Germany , Japan , South Korea , the Netherlands and Taiwan ) ; in addition , a further US$12,600 million had been pledged by the European Communities ( EC ) and the Gulf financial crisis co-ordination group to the three so-called " front-line states " , Jordan , Egypt and Turkey . |
| 5 | In contrast , a sustained increase in bowel frequency was noted in 12 of 17 unselected women who had received pelvic radiotherapy for gynaecological malignancy 1–26 years previously . |
| 6 | The Edo Bakufu had dominated political decision-making for 250 years . |
| 7 | The kingdom of Kent had enjoyed political stability for some time . |
| 8 | Brian had reported general malaise for five days before he developed paraesthesiae in his right arm and weakness in his legs . |
| 9 | While Hacking had accepted joint responsibility for this organisational blueprint , his own instincts were to preserve the independence of the chief engineer 's department from Self 's administrative control as much as possible . |
| 10 | Endoscopic laser Doppler flowmetry was used to measure neoterminal ileal blood flow in 16 patients who had undergone ileocolonic resection for Crohn 's disease and had since remained clinically and biochemically free of disease , and eight control patients who had undergone similar surgery for colonic carcinoma . |
| 11 | This would include patients who had undergone previous surgery for large bowel cancer and individuals with a strong family history of colorectal neoplasia , as well as those with chronic ulcerative colitis . |
| 12 | Richard struggled stubbornly on , but the effective end of the civil war came on 13 July when William the Lion , King of Scots , was captured at Alnwick , just one day after as numerous chroniclers pointed out — Henry had done public penance for those hasty words which had led to Becket 's murder . |
| 13 | García had been in hiding since the April coup , taking refuge in the Colombian embassy in Lima from where he had made public appeals for popular resistance to Fujimori . |
| 14 | The opposition parties [ see below ] had presented minimum demands for electoral reform , in preparation for the forthcoming referendum on constitutional changes and ensuing legislative elections . |
| 15 | This was a man of forty-six who had had multiple sclerosis for six years . |
| 16 | All patients were volunteers and all had had previous vagotomy for benign duodenal ulcer disease . |
| 17 | The news is embarrassing for Mr Lang , who ten days ago told an Edinburgh audience that inward investment had provided huge opportunities for local sub-contractors . |
| 18 | She told the court that she had known eighteen-year-old Beno for three years , that in 1941 he had lost his power of speech when his lodgings suffered a direct hit , and that thereafter he had lived with the fantasy of becoming an air force officer . |
| 19 | She said Canine Rescue re-homed 130 dogs last year and in the past week had found new homes for five dogs . |
| 20 | Of the 41 Local Authority libraries that replied , 24 had automated or were considering automation ; the majority had implemented automation of accessions , cataloguing and circulation , but only 2 had introduced automated systems for ILL . |
| 21 | Organization was the key to successful and rapid mobilization , and the Prussian army had set new standards for all armies by its performances against Austria and France . |
| 22 | In a keynote address , President Turgut Özal of Turkey urged members to demonstrate greater unity to prevent a repeat of " Iraq 's lawlessness " in invading Kuwait , adding that the invasion had caused widespread suffering for many of the countries represented at the Conference . |
| 23 | Within three months of taking office he had authorised secret funding for moderate Christian Democrats and military officers in El Salvador . |
| 24 | At their previous meeting in December , the Palestinians had derided Israeli proposals for interim self-government as ‘ Swiss cheese — they get the cheese , we get the holes . ’ |
| 25 | On the examinations front , those publishers who had left undone titles for certain examinations are now doing them , while those who had already produced titles for the same examinations are producing more . |
| 26 | sorry can , can we get to the question again , want to see if I 've got it right , correct me if I 'm wrong , over the eighty schemes and the five years that you had put forward budgets for all , you had n't included a contingency fund element ? |
| 27 | High-tech industries , based on computer software and the like , had meant near-boom conditions for such places as Cambridge , Basingstoke , Winchester , and especially Swindon , the outstanding growth town of the decade . |
| 28 | The cultural pattern of the son 's wife being subservient to his parents had created immense difficulties for this mother as she was unable to counter any of their behaviour directly . |
| 29 | His report reveals that , at the time of the the disturbance , that prison had certified normal accommodation for 970 prisoners , but held 1,647 prisoners . |
| 30 | The appalling state of the roads and the cost of transport by coach placed most journeys out of the reach of all but the affluent classes who had begun coastal visits for medical treatment and relaxation in the early part of the century . |