Example sentences of "had [been] [vb pp] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the Cienfuegos speech Castro confirmed that work on the Juraga nuclear power plant in Cienfuegos , the construction work on which was begun in 1972 and which was now 90 per cent complete at an estimated cost of US$1,000 million , had been halted indefinitely for lack of funds . |
| 2 | This village had been built solely for the duration of the festival , for the thousands of funeral guests who were expected to arrive on foot from the far corners of the kingdom . |
| 3 | The expression of that loathing had been reserved exclusively for her . |
| 4 | Agreement had been secured locally for the deployment of 500 armed UN peacekeeping troops in the capital , Mogadishu , and on Aug. 28 the UN had approved the deployment of an additional 3,000 troops . |
| 5 | The fishing nets and the postcards were no longer on display , and the woollens and the charming useless pottery had been packed away for the coming winter and the new season to follow-then they were out of the village , passing through a scattering of newer and less substantial houses and following the narrow lakeside road to Langstone . |
| 6 | It was nonsense to pretend it had been done solely for her benefit . |
| 7 | By contrast , in the Rose Theatre case the judge seems to have been influenced to deny standing partly by the fact that the Trust had been formed only for the purpose of campaigning for the preservation of the remains of the theatre ; whereas the same judge in another case accorded standing to challenge a grant of planning permission to a representative of a snake-preservation society which had been active on the site in question for many years and had ‘ put money into it ’ . |
| 8 | Written application had been made in advance , and , except for four theses on loan , all had been collected together for this study either within the thesis area or in the thesis collection area of the Stack , to which access was permitted on this occasion . |
| 9 | Once there had been kingcups , but none had been seen now for at least ten years . |
| 10 | I wish you and I had been tied together for ever ! ’ |
| 11 | The Cellinis had been invited partly for her scrutiny . |
| 12 | She had assumed , when she was told that Mills ' murder had been checked thoroughly for any spying connections , that the enquiry had at least had the semblance of efficiency , if not diligence . |
| 13 | It was believed that the treaty had been made simply for private gain , and this view was given substance by Isabella 's appropriation of much of the £20,000 payment from Bruce . |
| 14 | Bert Millichip , the FA chairman , claimed that the decision to seed England in Cagliari had been made purely for footballing reasons . |
| 15 | Bert Millichip , the FA chairman , claimed that the decision to seed England in Cagliari had been made purely for footballing reasons . |
| 16 | The mines had suffered disruption since July and 220 workers had been dismissed earlier for taking industrial action , and according to the managing director at least two weeks ' production had been lost . |
| 17 | It was as large a set as had been developed earlier for general use , except for the London area ( where a few larger sets had been installed in the 1930s and some larger sets of somewhat antiquated design were also completed by the BEA in its early years ) , There were , however , doubts about the flexibility in start-up and shut-down times for the new 60MW and other new designs , and a fortiori about more advanced designs . |
| 18 | Because of the way in which my visit to the judges and the prison was arranged , I am quite confident that no ‘ set-piece ’ situations or activities had been organized just for my benefit or to create a more favourable impression of the judicial system or the detention centre . |
| 19 | These patients had been treated earlier for pernicious anaemia in the same hospital between 1972 and 1985 . |
| 20 | Bearded schizophrenic Tony Strong , 34 , — described as ‘ dangerously sick ’ — had been detained indefinitely for treatment . |
| 21 | In Ghana the forest animals had been killed mostly for food , ‘ bush meat ’ . |
| 22 | Later she worked out that she had been kept underground for four months . |
| 23 | There was a table beside it and a pipe lay on top as if it had been left just for a moment . |
| 24 | I moved the reliquary from its altar , after it had been swathed well for safety in moving it to a higher place . |
| 25 | In Ballymacarrett , there was less unemployment , traditional gender roles were more clearly differentiated , the population was resident in traditional streets of terraced houses , and for the most part it had been established there for generations . |
| 26 | The municipal railings had been taken away for the war effort and through the gaps in the makeshift fence of galvanised iron he saw a tramp in an army greatcoat sitting on a green bench . |
| 27 | The empty dishes , china , and uneaten food had been taken away for examination , so the sight and smell were somewhat more palatable than they had been the day before . |
| 28 | Mr Hrawi said no decision had been taken yet for a military showdown . |
| 29 | Mr Hrawi said no decision had been taken yet for a military showdown . |
| 30 | I checked behind the wall ‘ phone to see if any mail had been stuffed there for me but , as usual , there was nothing . |