Example sentences of "in [noun] had [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the buildings totally flattened was the new home of the deaf in the town , so for the second time within the space of one year , the deaf in Exeter had to find new club premises . |
| 2 | By the end of the nineteen fifties life in Orkney had come full circle and like everyone else we had acquired a taste for the material things in life . |
| 3 | He had reason to believe , he said , that the Normans in Herefordshire had made good use of the Roman building-materials ready to hand , and there was no reason why others should not do the same . |
| 4 | Priestley 's arrival in Birmingham had given fresh inspiration to the members but his influence , for once , was not beneficial . |
| 5 | Human rights abuses in Iraq had received worldwide attention , but grave violations in countries such as Chad , China , Colombia , Mali , Myanma , Syria and Turkey were accorded little publicity . |
| 6 | There was still no news of Waite , but I read that Archbishop Runcie 's offer to help Iran locate four of its diplomats still missing in Beirut had received official welcome . |
| 7 | By yielding to the seduction of ‘ international finance ’ instead of following the stern duty of imperial economy , weak and corrupt administrations in London had created Irish poverty and resentment . |