Example sentences of "[adj] had [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had been a central theme of Left propaganda , appealing to a movement which had always tended to think dichotomously . |
| 2 | This had been a cruel blow , but it would n't stop her from ensuring that justice was done . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Once this had been a thriving town , prospering on fishing and tourism and the naval college . |
| 5 | Since the war , or at least since the post-war pattern settled into what looked like immobility round about 1950 , this had been a stony field to work in . |
| 6 | But I soon found that this had been a dubious choice . |
| 7 | Although Perot refused to endorse the candidacies of either Clinton or Bush , he conceded that the Democratic Party had done " a brilliant job " in reviving itself , and that this had been a key factor in his decision to withdraw . |
| 8 | This had been a great success in both countries not only for the deaf but for their hearing fellow citizens , who made " learning sign language " the second most popular study after English in adult education . |
| 9 | A BR spokeswoman said today : ‘ This had been a prolonged negotiation which has now been resolved . |
| 10 | Underlying this had been a deeper fear of more extreme socialists , especially the syndicalists , who might threaten violence and revolution . |
| 11 | ‘ If this had been a Serbian place you would have sent 500 troops here , I guarantee it , ’ Mr Delimustafic said . |
| 12 | Describing 1989 as ‘ a fantastic year for freedom ’ , Mrs Thatcher said 1979 had been a turning point in history and Conservatives were the pathfinders . |
| 13 | To a considerable extent the Europe of the Six had been a Christian Democrat creation . |
| 14 | However , on Oct. 6 following talks on the same day with Sirimavo Bandaranaike , the leader of the opposition Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( SLFP ) , President Ranasinghe Premadasa agreed to consider the formation of an interim all-party administration and the holding of a referendum on the country 's executive presidential system ; the latter had been a major demand of the SLFP , which opposed the concept of the executive presidency . |
| 15 | But the road to 1918 had been a troubled one . |
| 16 | Another BTO survey found that 1992 had been a good breeding season for songbirds . |
| 17 | Like 1929 , 1949 had been a bad year for believing that God was on America 's side . |
| 18 | World War I had been a desperate see-saw battle up till its closing days . |
| 19 | The last years of Henry VII had been a prosperous period for the port — the average annual sum paid in customs dues from 1504 to 1509 was over £10,000 , and in the early years of Henry VIII a group of merchants had maintained voyages to Brazil . |
| 20 | 1951 had been a good year for Minton . |
| 21 | Before the US Justice Department brought its indictment of the Libyans on 14 November , 1991 , the intelligence community 's working theory was that the bombing of the Boeing 747 had been a co-ordinated effort of Syria , Libya and Iran . |
| 22 | The arrest and interrogation of the IRA suspects in 1971 had been a military operation with only one or two RUC men of low rank involved in a supporting role and under army direction . |
| 23 | He said Fisher 's plea of guilty had been a mitigating factor . |
| 24 | That had been a futile crusade , he knew now , but it was better than the lie Seth offered , the lie that concealed the end of all things . |
| 25 | That had been a long meeting . |
| 26 | That had been a long , long time ago and we were still reeling through the London streets with never a sign of a park anywhere . |
| 27 | That had been a long time ago . |
| 28 | But that had been a long time ago . |
| 29 | That had been a great adventure , but it was nothing to his travels . |
| 30 | That had been a great and memorable moment ; that was when they knew he was a man of substance . |