Example sentences of "had [verb] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too much emphasis had been placed upon the strengthening of security by military rather than political means , and this had placed an undue burden on the domestic economy . |
| 2 | In September these two groups had formed an anti-negotiation alliance alongside Hamas and seven other smaller non-PLO groups . |
| 3 | The trunks in the clearing had formed an ever-tightening ring which threatened to overpower him ; to crush him with its living might . |
| 4 | It had already formed local pacts with the SzDSz in five counties , but on March 30 Antall announced that the HDF had formed an electoral pact with the Smallholders and the Christian Democratic People 's Party whereby the three parties would support the best placed candidate in each constituency . |
| 5 | Talks sponsored by Djibouti President Hassan Gouled Aptidon brought together in Djibouti on June 5-15 the leaders of four Somali groups — the United Somali Congress ( USC ) , which had formed an interim administration in Mogadishu in January [ see pp. 37946-47 ] ; the Somali Salvation Democratic Front ( SSDF ) ; the Somali Patriotic Movement ( SPM ) : and the Somali Democratic Movement ( SDM ) . |
| 6 | By this time , too , the citizens of Rome had been excluded from papal elections ; they had formed an important pressure group in the past . |
| 7 | I was hypnot-ized by the knowing way this eleven-year-old blurted out so unfeelingly a tragedy that had paralysed an entire family . |
| 8 | Associated Press of Pakistan claimed on Aug. 26 that Pakistani troops had repulsed an Indian attack on a post in Mirzapur , and that the Indians had " lost 20 lives including their two officers " while the Pakistanis " suffered two casualties " . |
| 9 | The developers and their henchmen , the Council , had tricked an old lady into parting with her cottage and twelve acres of ‘ agricultural ’ land at a knockdown price . |
| 10 | Emma said the launch of the 4th Red Nose Day had provoked an incredible response . |
| 11 | A plumber greeted us upon arrival with news that there was a problem with the water supply ; but not to worry , he had arranged an alternative source — a pipe from the burn . |
| 12 | Gardener John Tobin , of Speke , who had to wait an extra day for his £160-weekly wage , said : ‘ It 's a disgrace . ’ |
| 13 | The party broke up when Father D'Arcy , whose life was organized round the liturgy , rose saying that he had to attend an obligatory office at Campion Hall . |
| 14 | As days turned into weeks , Ned 's owner began thinking that his dog had developed an unhealthy obsession with his lump of rock . |
| 15 | By the middle of the twentieth century , Britain had developed an electoral system the basic characteristics of which have been delineated above : single-member constituencies , first-past-the-post election to determine the winner in each , and each adult citizen having the right to cast a vote . |
| 16 | Xerox Corp announced yesterday that it had developed an advanced ink-jet technology that uses a 128-nozzle print head for desktop computer printers , and that it has retained Tokyo Electric Co Ltd to assemble the printers ; Xerox is manufacturing the printers ' ink-jet cartridges at its Canandaigua , New York plant ; it notes that the 128 nozzles enable faster print speeds than competing printers ; the printer will ship later this year . |
| 17 | Under the violinists Johann Stamitz and Christian Cannabich , the orchestra had developed an unparalleled reputation for discipline and virtuosity — an ‘ army of generals ’ , as the English historian Dr Burney described it . |
| 18 | She wondered if she had developed an early warning system since the fiasco with Marcus . |
| 19 | In addition , the steering had developed an ominous creak at parking speeds and the rear silencer on the exhaust had again come adrift . |
| 20 | And over the past few days it had developed an infuriating habit of wandering unerringly back to the subject of Adam Burns . |
| 21 | I had developed an extreme closeness with two of the doctors , and I called them , and they both agreed to go in and evaluate Ron 's condition and get back to me , and I said I would abide by their decision . |
| 22 | French publishers found a lively market for the polyphonic chanson and its instrumental arrangements ; composers based Masses on it , even in its most scabrous forms ; and even before the foundation in 1570 of the Académie de Poésie et de Musique on the initiative of Jean-Antoine de Baif , French composers had developed an extreme form of Humanist song in musique mesurée a l'antique . |
| 23 | Adherents of the current PAL broadcasting standard , including the UK Sky Broadcasting Corporation , had clashed with the electronics manufacturers Philips and Thomson which had developed an improved system known as HD-MAC . |
| 24 | She had developed an implacable hatred for Adolph 's doctor . |
| 25 | Haig-Thomas had developed an infected throat and several nasty ulcers on his legs . |
| 26 | The hoverspeeder had completed an erratic circle , and was now moving away from them again . |
| 27 | The first hint of such an ability in bees came years ago when von Frisch discovered that bees that had flown an indirect route to a food source were nevertheless able to indicate by their famous communication dances the straight line direction to the food . |
| 28 | Although subjects in the study could almost all subsequently remember seeing the weapon they were worse at identifying the person holding it than in a comparable condition where the subjects had heard an ordinary conversation followed by a person passing through the room carrying a pen . |
| 29 | To his surprise Moscato found out that Gimbert had broken an earlier pact and chose to place his country and the World Cup ahead of their friendship . |
| 30 | People would believe that it was unnecessary to dispute the matter and that they had received an additional benefit for the injury that had been forced upon them . |