Example sentences of "had [verb] its [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is believed funds were channelled through an unauthorised company , Wentworth Asset Management , which had let its application for Fimbra membership lapse . |
| 2 | Although the first issue for 1858 welcomed the Nazimov Rescript with a banner headline , and although Herzen freely acknowledged that Alexander II had earned his place in history by setting the process of emancipation in train , by May 1858 The Bell had restarted its pressure for emancipation with land and soon it was insisting that much remained to be done before the process of reform bore fruit . |
| 3 | In February 1939 all national and regional committees were disbanded and the League Annual Conference was cancelled after the National Advisory Committee had declared its support for Cripps and his Petition campaign . |
| 4 | Eurotunnel had declared its need for an additional £2,500 million of funding to cover increased costs beyond the £4,800 million estimated in November 1987 , while in February 1990 the group had undergone a number of financial and management changes [ see p. 37261 ] . |
| 5 | Reports on July 30 said that France had indicated its support for a partial easing of sanctions against Iraq after the UN sanctions committee failed on July 24 unanimously to agree to an Iraqi request to sell oil worth US$2,400 million to buy food and medicines . |
| 6 | In March 1952 Moscow , in the so-called ‘ Stalin Note ’ , had revived its pressure for discussions about a German peace treaty . |
| 7 | Iran was suspicious of Turkey 's aims in the region and had criticised its call for US involvement . |
| 8 | UN nuclear weapons expert Maurizio Zeffirero declared on Dec. 8 , following an inspection visit to Iraq , that the government had expressed its willingness for the first time to open discussions regarding foreign suppliers of its nuclear weapons programme . |
| 9 | The three-room cottage where she had been born had lost its interest for Eve as her dislike of the Westwards had grown . |
| 10 | The Shekhawat ministry won a vote of confidence in the assembly in November 1990 , necessitated by the withdrawal of support by the Janata Dal after the BJP had ended its support for the V. P. Singh government [ see p. 37854 ] . |