Example sentences of "[noun] had [verb] a [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 | 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 . |
| 6 | The barometer had fallen a further ten points to 28.5 . |
| 7 | 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 ] . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Although Marcos claimed victory it was generally believed that Aquino had secured a greater number of votes . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Soon the seven-year-old girl had killed an older pupil who mocked her . |
| 12 | ( In November 1991 trade negotiators had postponed an earlier deadline — see pp. 38601-02 . ) |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | Branson 's absence had made office life more predictable , less exciting , but Virgin had become a better record company . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | As always , Lucien 's dreams had invented a happier history for him . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | My dear Mary had had a truer idea when she called Victor ‘ The Modern Prometheus ’ . |
| 21 | It has been shown that 10 per cent of the 400 people interviewed in Birmingham had given a lower age to gain admission to Britain , and now can not gain a pension at the proper time ( Bhalla and Blakemore , 1981 ) . |
| 22 | Health departments had achieved a clearer separation of purchases and provider functions , and much more effective methods of needs assessment at the district-wide level . |
| 23 | How many more of us would be fluent French speakers if our first French teachers had done a better job ? |
| 24 | A return to work was negotiated under the conditions prevailing before the strike had begun so the union had prevented a further round of wage reductions ; but this was achieved at such a cost as to convince the leadership of the impossibility of organizing effective strike action in agriculture . |
| 25 | In all , 348/742 ( 46% ; 42.8% to 50.1% ) responders had taken a further qualification after leaving school ( fig 2 ) . |
| 26 | The communiqué that was issued after the meeting noted that the talks had been ‘ frank and useful ’ and did not disguise the fact that there were still ‘ major differences ’ on a series of key issues ; but the two leaders had achieved a better understanding of their respective positions and had agreed on the importance of maintaining a ‘ constant dialogue ’ . |
| 27 | On May 25 contra leaders had suspended an earlier agreement to disband , signed on May 4 , claiming that government guarantees for their protection were insufficient and that troops of the Sandinista People 's Army ( EPS ) had massacred 14 demobilized contras in Waslala , 300 km north of the capital , Managua . |
| 28 | If Austin Rover 's Leyland forebears had made a better job of the Stag in the first place , values would probably have risen before . |
| 29 | Midge had lost an elder brother , killed by a shell on his nineteenth birthday in the Second World War . |
| 30 | The fall in seasonally adjusted unemployment of 22,000 last month was even more of a surprise , at a time when forecasters had expected a further rise of 35,000 . |