Example sentences of "[Wh pn] had [verb] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the sixth century , craftsmen were increasingly operating from workshops , employed by those who had made a greater success in the agricultural way of life and were able to support a greater number of specialists and farmworkers . |
| 2 | The Executive Director of UNEP , Mostafa Tolba , who had advocated a shorter timetable , said that " the package [ was ] not enough " , adding that the depletion of the ozone layer by CFCs was " an unfair action to future generations " and that " we have done the damage ; we have to undo it " . |
| 3 | The students who , in the training trials , heard the buzz half a second before the shock , jerked their finger back more consistently than those who had had a longer gap between the buzz and the shock during training , and they did so much more markedly than those who heard the buzz at the time of the shock or after it ( see Fig. 24.1 ) . |
| 4 | Marked eels from Europe never reach the Sargasso sea , only their counterparts who had taken a shorter journey to the American mainland . |
| 5 | Some run efficient remedial courses , which could surely be used for youngsters who had taken a broader sixth-form course . |
| 6 | For the first time , ministers formally acknowledged the security aspirations of the 12 members of the European Communities ( EC ) , some of whom had urged a greater defence role for the nine-country Western European Union [ see pp. 37212 ; 37931 ; 38216 ] . |