Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] had [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To return to the main point : we introduced surface dyslexia as the pattern of acquired dyslexia which would be expected if neurological damage had affected the lexical procedure for reading aloud and spared the non-lexical procedure . |
| 2 | Although South Korea did not make an official response to the preconditions — all of which it had rejected in the past — it did agreed to suspend its pursuit of membership of the UN until the two Korean states had discussed the issue further . |
| 3 | By the time that the new Fono convened in early May , the traditional political manoeuvring had increased the HRPP 's legislative strength to 30 seats , compared with 16 for the SNDP and one independent . |
| 4 | By mid-century , many scientific and professional groups had grasped the value of the new medium as an aid to empirical verification . |
| 5 | Coggeshall was neither large nor particularly affluent ; John Paycocke , nephew of Thomas and inheritor of the imposing Paycocke house , was assessed at no more than £53 , though the richest man in Coggeshall , his son having £10 as well ; to all appearances Thomas 's munificent bequests had depleted the family fortune . |
| 6 | As the modified aircraft had left the Long Beach and Oxnard facilities , they were test flown and ferried to Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in Orange County . |
| 7 | Most famously , after the Al Fayed brothers had acquired the House of Fraser , which includes Harrods , the Secretary of State in April 1987 appointed inspectors under the Companies Act 1985 to investigate and report on alleged fraud and deceit in the takeover . |
| 8 | But farmers have short memories : within a couple of years economic stagnation had stemmed the labour outflow and even led ex-farm workers in some areas to ask for their former jobs back . |
| 9 | A succession of economic crises had limited the money available for new social policies . |
| 10 | The smaller regional administrative units had initialled the Treaty on March 18 . |
| 11 | The cull grenade is the old Norwegian method but without the explosive in the bomb ; and the Spanish , Icelandic and Korean whalers had removed the explosive because the explosions were spoiling too much of the meat , which was a major export product to the Japanese market . |
| 12 | By the end of the 1970s , the increasing weakness of American political parties had become the subject of comment and concern across the country . |
| 13 | A few months later that piece of old scrap had become the basis of a mainly timber-built , chain-driven model motor car , on the lines of the bull-nosed Morris Cowley with a rounded back . |
| 14 | NICK SKELTON and John Whitaker took the top two places respectively in the Regnbagen Grand Prix in Gothenburg , Sweden , yesterday , after German riders had monopolised the show 's World Cup competitions . |
| 15 | The faithful Chignell had collected the luggage by this time , and secured two porters — one for Breeze and the other to cope with his employer 's paraphernalia . |
| 16 | Most of all , the Colonel was intrigued that the wet blanket had absorbed the energy of the pistol shots . |
| 17 | ON FRIDAY MORNING the gale was as fierce as ever and during the night the high tide had flooded the shops on the waterfront . |
| 18 | Every member of the 22-man England squad and many of their West German opponents had signed the programme which was previously owned by a retired policeman , from Brandon . |
| 19 | If she had stopped to think , she would have remembered that Brown Owl had told the Pack more than once always to seek the help of a grown-up they knew in any case of emergency . |
| 20 | When the track and the signals at the ageing junction were due for renewal , British Rail had chosen the cheapest option to enable InterCity trains to travel faster at the expense of local services , the inquiry into the 1991 disaster which killed four people and injured 22 , was told . |
| 21 | No word was given , however , on how the Government 's social policies had worsened the plight of the poorest families already suffering under the economic consequences of Conservative rule . |
| 22 | Different groups had to lift the positive flap just a little ( half an inch ) or rather more ( up to seven inches ) ; thus the groups differed not in whether they had received pre-training with the cues but in the magnitude of the response acquired . |
| 23 | The English courts had to consider the meaning of the phrase ‘ civil or commercial matter ’ as used in section 9(1) of the Evidence ( Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions ) Act 1975 , passed mainly to give effect to the Convention ; the precise question was whether the evidence sought was ‘ for the purposes of civil proceedings … before the requesting court ’ within section 1 of the Act , the italicised phrase being interpreted in section 9 to mean proceedings in any civil or commercial matter . |
| 24 | So when the proverbial shit had hit the fan in Whitehall , Connors , or somebody like him , would have drawled at the emergency conference . |
| 25 | The old warrior had steered the realm of Ulthuan through its greatest crisis and held the kingdom together when it could have easily splintered and been conquered . |
| 26 | Licensed deposit-takers had to meet the same requirements , but did not need to offer as wide a range of services . |
| 27 | The Nationalist high command had disrupted the normal functioning of the country 's political , economic , cultural and social life , but had given no thought to the construction of alternative infrastructures and super-structures on their own organizational patterns . |
| 28 | The Inland Revenue had told the SE that Barlow Clowes ' advertising literature appeared misleading about the tax implications of investing in certain funds . |
| 29 | If the Old Testament had foretold the Messiah 's entry into Jerusalem on an ass , it had also citied precedents for his cleansing and purifying of the Temple . |
| 30 | Even though I was still an innocent youth , Old Shallot had met the most fierce and sinister of warlocks , magicians and witches : men who used dark powers to unhinge the mind of their opponents . |