Example sentences of "it had [adv] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soviet spokesmen could argue that although the USSR had for decades proselytised the notion of a national liberation or solidarity ‘ front ’ of Third World states , aligned at least politically to the Soviet bloc , it had not created regional groupings or coalitions of states militarily tied to the USSR or the Warsaw Pact and it had supported the opposition of the non-aligned states to military blocs . |
| 2 | It had not reached full strength until approximately 15 December 1949 ; the school system ( subdivision into Infantry Staff School , Korean Military Academy , Artillery Ordnance , Engineer , Quartermaster , Finance , Medical Schools ) comprised a solid foundation for the army and must be continued . |
| 3 | The war had , of course , done considerable damage to Spain 's productive capacity , but it had not occasioned total collapse . |
| 4 | The Israeli government maintained that it had not encouraged Soviet Jews to settle in the occupied territories . |
| 5 | It had already formed local pacts with the SzDSz in five counties , but on March 30 Antall announced that the HDF had formed an electoral pact with the Smallholders and the Christian Democratic People 's Party whereby the three parties would support the best placed candidate in each constituency . |
| 6 | It had already produced great wars and upheavals ; even greater ones were to come . |
| 7 | And , where it had successfully sold Scottish products , had not re-invested the profits there . |
| 8 | Lucy could only conclude that , whatever Charlie had been saying , it had n't included specific mention of her name . |
| 9 | It had also begun open-top chamber experiments in which pollutants are filtered from the air so that tree growth can be compared in ‘ ambient ’ ( polluted ) and clean conditions . |
| 10 | It had also drawn public criticism from Bettino Craxi , secretary of the Socialist Unity Party ( PSU — formerly the Italian Socialist Party — see p. 37786 ) , who in March 1990 had indicated that an alliance with a reformed and renamed Communist Party might be possible [ see p. 37508 ] . |
| 11 | A Muslim officer who recently quit the Yugoslav army claimed yesterday it had massively armed Serbian militiamen in Bosnia and co-ordinated plans to partition the republic along ethnic lines . |
| 12 | It had continually opposed socio-political change and had had little understanding of the industrialization process up to that time . |
| 13 | Eagle Trust ( the parent company of WS ) admitted on April 17 that it had recently shipped hydraulic equipment to Iraq which could have been used as a recoil system for a gun . |
| 14 | Eventually , on Feb. 25 , the Israeli Foreign Ministry disclosed that it had formally requested additional US military aid worth US$1,000 million to offset defence costs incurred as a result of the crisis . |
| 15 | Thorn 's shares shot ahead 20p to 848p on the news that it had almost doubled annual profits to £289.9m . |