Example sentences of "[vb past] that this had " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Mayday was transmitted , but it later transpired that this had not been heard , probably due to a simultaneous transmission from another aircraft . |
| 2 | But I soon found that this had been a dubious choice . |
| 3 | However , at out next meeting she agreed that this had been the problem . |
| 4 | By the end of the inquiry the Board admitted that this had risen by a further 10 per cent . |
| 5 | Berthold Schwarz , a psychiatrist and enthusiastic investigator of the paranormal , declared that this had ‘ set parapsychology back 1 00 years ’ . |
| 6 | As in 1933 , he accused the Jews abroad of stirring up agitation and boycotts against Germany , and claimed that this had made an impact on Jews inside Germany itself , whose public provocative behaviour had stirred up countless complaints and calls for action by the government . |
| 7 | A spokesman from Hewlett Packard commented that this had caused SAP to lose out to Oracle in the UK : ‘ But SAP is now revising its R/3 marketing strategy ’ , he said . |
| 8 | Later reconnaissance indicated that this had sunk . |
| 9 | She saw that this had really caught the other girl 's imagination , and hurried to strike while the iron was hot . |
| 10 | It was only after the women had left that she thought to check the receipt book to make sure it had not been her duty to collect payment for today 's four lunches , then sighed with relief when she saw that this had been attended to at lunchtime by Jean . |
| 11 | The US ambassador , who had marvelled at the readiness of the British to hazard so much in company with France ( a nation which they were in the habit of disparaging ) , now saw that this had been no more than a passing flirtation . |
| 12 | The Party had modified its opposition to the Government 's rearmament programme and the Left felt that this had inhibited the campaign against Chamberlain . |
| 13 | Boy thought that this had been in some ways the perfect night , the best that he had ever had since he 'd arrived at The Bar . |
| 14 | The least amount of change was thought to have occurred in relationships with patients : just one doctor thought that this had changed ‘ quite a lot . ’ |
| 15 | Of the 23 disabled professionals who had been accepted for training as disabled people , eight reported that their entry qualifications were better than average , and five thought that this had been a major factor in their acceptance for training . |
| 16 | Gregory knew he was writing in a rustic style , and he thought that this had certain advantages in terms of its accessibility to the intended audience . |
| 17 | Iraqi forces were debarred from using military aircraft , although it subsequently emerged that this had only been made explicit with regard to fixed-wing aircraft rather than helicopters . |
| 18 | Manners retorted that this had taken place in February and Palmerston was in no position to criticize him for acting independently as he had heard that Palmerston himself had instructed the architect to prepare designs in a different style without consulting the House . |
| 19 | The greatest amount of change was thought to have occurred in relationships with consultants : 13 ( 37% ) said that this had changed ‘ a great deal ’ or ‘ quite a lot . ’ |
| 20 | A Defence Ministry spokesman said that this had been decided because of the " difficult conditions " in Armenia , Azerbaijan and Georgia . |
| 21 | Floy said , ‘ We thank you all , ’ and hoped that this had the correct formality . |
| 22 | Both women wished that this had not been said . |
| 23 | The family alleged that her death was caused by a police-officer who pushed her over ; the police denied that this had occurred . |
| 24 | The woman denied that this had ever happened quite vehemently . |
| 25 | As Mungo hunched his shoulders and thrust his hands deep into his pockets against the dank evening mist , Emily explained that this had once been a riding school . |
| 26 | In her defence the artiste explained that this had only been caused by the persistent attention paid to her by mosquitoes that night . |
| 27 | I explained that this had come out during my long interview with Inspector Drew last night . |
| 28 | The report of that research — Accident risk and behavioural patterns of younger drivers , published last year — showed that more than a third of the men aged 17 to 25 were assessed as ‘ unsafe ’ drivers , and suggested that this had more to do with lifestyle than with driving skills . |
| 29 | He reconstructed the present land masses into a single super-continent called Pangaea and suggested that this had initially split into two continents , Gondwanaland ( Gondwana ) to the south and Laurasia to the north , before further rupture and drift resulted in the familiar shape and location of the continents today . |