Example sentences of "[noun pl] 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 | ( In November 1991 trade negotiators had postponed an earlier deadline — see pp. 38601-02 . ) |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | As always , Lucien 's dreams had invented a happier history for him . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | How many more of us would be fluent French speakers if our first French teachers had done a better job ? |
| 8 | In all , 348/742 ( 46% ; 42.8% to 50.1% ) responders had taken a further qualification after leaving school ( fig 2 ) . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If Austin Rover 's Leyland forebears had made a better job of the Stag in the first place , values would probably have risen before . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | This was already clear by 1926 , and could even have been in 1922 , if only the central authorities had kept a closer watch on the pulse of rural life . |
| 14 | Moreover , the Germans had made a further — and fateful — error : they had omitted to occupy the Channel ports , as they might easily have done , without loss , during their initial advance . |
| 15 | Students had defied an earlier instruction from the King to end the boycott , the second in six months . |
| 16 | By the close , the shares had fallen a further 40p on the London market to close at 560p while they ended the day on the French bourse Fr3.6 lower at Fr59.9 amid heavy dealing in both markets . |
| 17 | City analysts had expected a further £50m worth of debt repayment during the month . |