Example sentences of "[noun] had [verb] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the heat could not be sufficiently localised to avoid this , then the first solders had to have a higher melting point than the subsequent ones . |
| 2 | Edward had created a further group of dispossessed by his readiness to manipulate property descents , either to endow his family or to advance the creation of regional hegemonies for trusted supporters . |
| 3 | Edward had created a further group of dispossessed by his readiness to manipulate property descents , either to endow his family or to advance the creation of regional hegemonies for trusted supporters . |
| 4 | Since this meeting , Richard had had a further debate with his conscience . |
| 5 | Both Lyell and Wallace opted for a theory in which a supernatural force had affected the later stages of human development . |
| 6 | No force had taken a worse drubbing in the first mad onrush of Plan XVII than the Second Army that had then been under his command ; yet , in the moment of defeat , he had made an astonishing turnabout . |
| 7 | The barometer had fallen a further ten points to 28.5 . |
| 8 | Aquino had suffered an earlier disappointment when Imelda Marcos , widow of the former dictator , was in July 1990 acquitted by a US federal court on corruption charges [ see p. 37613 ] . |
| 9 | He was opposed by Corazon Aquino ( the widow of the country 's most prominent opponent of the Marcos regime until his murder in 1983 — see pp. 32517-18 ) , and although Marcos claimed victory it was generally believed that Aquino had secured a greater number of votes . |
| 10 | Although Marcos claimed victory it was generally believed that Aquino had secured a greater number of votes . |
| 11 | To his surprise Moscato found out that Gimbert had broken an earlier pact and chose to place his country and the World Cup ahead of their friendship . |
| 12 | Jaruzelski took responsibility for the act , but repeated his assertion that martial law had prevented the greater evil of an invasion by the Soviet Union . |
| 13 | Ferdinando surprised her by having someone write a letter for him towards the end of March which made it plain that Mrs Browning had fared no better in Rome than in Siena and was very ill . |
| 14 | Soon the seven-year-old girl had killed an older pupil who mocked her . |
| 15 | ( In November 1991 trade negotiators had postponed an earlier deadline — see pp. 38601-02 . ) |
| 16 | An army spokesman announced on Jan. 3 that the military had foiled a further coup plot , supposedly hatched jointly by the rightist Reform the Armed Forces Movement ( RAM ) and the leftist New People 's Army ( NPA ) , which was to have opened with the bombing of the Basa air base in Pampanga . |
| 17 | McStay and Grant had got the better of Hamilton and McGinlay while Slater and Collins were more effective than Lennon and Wright on the flanks . |
| 18 | Though no-one was prepared to admit that Roman Catholics had got the better of the argument , some Protestants felt a certain dissatisfaction with an afterlife in which all earnest endeavour , for better or worse , was at an end . |
| 19 | For hours the planet had grown no larger in Miles Engado 's faceplate ; seeming instead to retreat as he fell towards it . |
| 20 | Vuk Karadžić continued the work of Dositej , whose writings had influenced the younger man during his formative years . |
| 21 | Despite the fanfare which greeted the launch of the Air 180 last year , the subsequent arrival of the Air Huarache had made a greater impression on our testers , who have found it to be both innovative and effective . |
| 22 | The reversal of his stance was announced after he and other officials had held a further meeting with representatives of the Democratic Party ( legalized in December ) , the Ecology Party ( registered on Jan. 7 ) and the Republican Party ( registered on Jan. 10 ) . |
| 23 | His feelings had gone no deeper than the surface . |
| 24 | Branson 's absence had made office life more predictable , less exciting , but Virgin had become a better record company . |
| 25 | Lee Seung Yoon , the new head of the Economic Planning Board , Chung Yong Euy , the Finance Minister , and Park Pil Soo , the Minister for Trade and Industry , were known advocates of " growth first " expansionary measures , whereas their predecessors had laid a greater emphasis on prices and incomes management and on increased social justice . |
| 26 | According to the extracted deposition of one pupil , Doris Harrison , Miss Outram had told the older girls about the forced feeding of suffragettes in prison . |
| 27 | As always , Lucien 's dreams had invented a happier history for him . |
| 28 | Clearly Auld was of the opinion that the Tyndale incident could have been avoided if the authority had taken a wider view of its role . |
| 29 | Of late my father had lent the greater part of this ground to a retired gardener and his wife , who had little garden of their own . |
| 30 | My dear Mary had had a truer idea when she called Victor ‘ The Modern Prometheus ’ . |