Example sentences of "had [adv] [be] [vb pp] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had hitherto been assumed that successive Clean Air Acts had dealt with the problem . |
| 2 | It had long been recognized that many species are protected from predators by colouring that provides camouflage . |
| 3 | It had long been known that some metals gave colours to flames ; but this was an unreliable test , because colours are hard to describe exactly , and because they are usually masked by a brilliant orange-yellow . |
| 4 | It had long been thought that many seventeenth and eighteenth century blocks in Rome were of a type of construction essentially Medieval or Renaissance , but Ostia shows that the basic plan of these is Roman . |
| 5 | The court refused to issue an order of mandamus on the ground that it had not been established that such a blanket directive had been issued and that it was within his rights to deploy his forces as he wished . |
| 6 | Stirling had not been told that such a unit was operating in the target area , despite the fact that its presence might stir up the enemy . |
| 7 | They had not realized that Dr Dunstaple had the support of the Royal College of Physicians … and felt distinctly aggrieved that they had not been told that such an august body disagreed with their own man . |
| 8 | Until recently it had always been assumed that all calories are the same , regardless of where they came from . |
| 9 | For all his reverence for Hugh of Lincoln Richard had always been determined that other bishops should not be like him . |
| 10 | It had also been reported that 37 prisoners in the Central Prison at Kenitra ( 50 km from Rabat ) took part in a 24-hour hunger strike on Dec. 10 , 1988 , in protest against prison conditions and alleged repression of prisoners ' families . |
| 11 | As it was , he did n't understand that he had to stand still , because he had n't been taught that this was required . |