Example sentences of "this had been the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie was sure now that this had been the girl in the hotel in London . |
| 2 | The Queen had already been informed ; this had been the purpose of his visit to Sandringham the previous day , which had generally been regarded as part of the normal routine , and not as marking any special occasion . |
| 3 | In the West Bank and Gaza Strip , the two areas most immediately affected , this had been the subject of heated debate . |
| 4 | The government initially claimed that it had no prior notice of the Commission 's intention to initiate proceedings , but it was later disclosed that this had been the subject of correspondence between the Commission and the Department of Transport . |
| 5 | Moreover , there was a powerful lobby of Jewish opinion in favour of putting adopted nationality before race and religion ; indeed , this had been the keynote of Jewish immigration to Britain since the 1880s . |
| 6 | This had been the position of the most accommodationist end of the PLO , led by Yasser Arafat . |
| 7 | This had been the centre of society vice in the old days . |
| 8 | Previously this had been the case for interest on development of investment properties , but interest on dealing activities was capitalised . |
| 9 | There was a finding that the contractors were at fault with regard to the old shafts , but it is not clear that they should have realised that their conduct would affect the plaintiff 's land and even if this had been the case there would have been a serious issue at that times whether the defendant was liable for the negligence of his contractor . |
| 10 | If this had been the case I may possibly have been offered some cosmetic surgery , but this wo n't happen because it 's a natural part of pregnancy . |
| 11 | However , at out next meeting she agreed that this had been the problem . |
| 12 | This had been the problem with The Family Reunion as well , and it was one which he attempted to solve in his next play . |
| 13 | As he darkened his palette in Drenthe , this had been the thrust of his art of darkness . |
| 14 | This had been the message of the monastic reform of the tenth century , which was being rapidly replaced by a new message of organization under papal direction , extending through dioceses and parishes until it finally reached the individual . |
| 15 | This had been the story that he 'd used when it had n't seemed so serious , and it was the story that he was sticking with now . |
| 16 | And this had been the way things were for as far back as the frogs could remember . |
| 17 | Identical with the name of its West German counterpart , this had been the party 's name before its merger with the Communists in 1946 , and an SPD executive announced on Jan. 23 that the party 's pre-1946 assets were to be restored to it . |
| 18 | This had been the cause of the 1925 dispute , and the situation had altered little between 31 July 1925 , ‘ Red Friday ’ and 1 May 1926 when the coal lock-out began . |
| 19 | This had been the routine during the landing at La Breche and the advance to the Orne bridges . |
| 20 | — The custom was started in 1978 by Canon Bruce Grainger , as this had been the practice at Canterbury where he was a minor canon . |
| 21 | This had been the view vehemently advocated by the Independent Labour Party in the 1920s and by Oswald Mosley , when he was a supporter of the Labour Party during the 1920s . |
| 22 | This had been the view of the enclosed Calvinist chapel or Methodist station , hidden away from the high streets of life . |
| 23 | This had been the root of so many of her fantasies about him in the past , fantasies that involved her having power over him . |
| 24 | This had been the pattern of the past two days . |
| 25 | This had been the intention of The New Order in 1908 and many of its contributors were enthusiastic backers of the Unionist Social Reform Committee when it was set up in 1911 . |
| 26 | There was nothing more interesting to be seen than if this had been the entrance to a rabbit warren , nothing but a tunnel that led down into darkness . |
| 27 | This had been the method of Cardiff , Emanuel , Wallington — and , I suspect , most places besides . |
| 28 | The fragment of an oak leaf , brown and dead , quivering on its neck , let Tallis know that this had been the leader . |
| 29 | This had been the house of a banker . |