Example sentences of "had been [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since the spring of 1918 , when pacifist hopes that a ‘ peace between equals ’ could indeed turn the First World War into a ‘ war to end war ’ had been finally dashed , there had been no convincing reason to believe that a second global bloodletting could be avoided . |
| 2 | Lunt later conceded that this was because there had been no comparative studies , and urged scientific tests to establish the levels of natural toxins in organic products and their effects on humans . |
| 3 | Throughout the inter-war period there had been no effective plan , merely Unwin 's work and sporadic activity in the preparation of statutory planning schemes by the London boroughs . |
| 4 | He had boxed her into a corner there had been no other way out of . |
| 5 | Mrs Mitchell said there had been no other complaints of re-occurring trouble on Shakespeare Road . |
| 6 | There had been no other woman in his life for quite a time . |
| 7 | There had been no other people on the premises where the two men were arrested . |
| 8 | Happily there had been no actual loss of life . |
| 9 | However , Mrs. Buttigieg claimed that there had been no prior warnings to indicate that changes would take place over the weekend . |
| 10 | The suggestion caused embarrassment , as , according to the Independent of April 24 , there had been no prior consultation and Walesa was unable to expand on it . |
| 11 | For a recent example , see Capricorn Inks Pty Ltd v Lawter International ( Australasia ) Pty Ltd [ 1989 ] 1 Qd R 8 , where a dispute about damages was referred to accountants by an agreement entered into after the parties ' dispute about liability had been settled by some other method ; there had been no prior agreement in the original contract to refer to an expert . |
| 12 | It was a large tiled room , brightly lit and with the dry , rich smell of animal feed — it made Reynolds realise that there had been no noticeable odour in the corridor at all . |
| 13 | The UK Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Patrick Mayhew and the Irish Foreign Minister David Andrews agreed on Nov. 16 that progress had been made in the talks when round-table and committee stages gave way to bilateral contacts during the past four weeks , although there had been no bilateral meeting between the Irish government and the Democratic Unionist Party . |
| 14 | A University committee charged to investigate the case of the young lecturer determined that there had been no administrative malpractice . |
| 15 | Charges that there had been no good times in England since William came in , or that William had ruined the nation , were fairly common . |
| 16 | While it 's always good to know the odd tuba player ( and let's face it , most of them are ) , Chase unfortunately was a fanatic , believing that there had been no good jazz since the King Oliver band . |
| 17 | In 1912 there had been no such preparation , merely a demand for solidarity which seemed unlikely to succeed . |
| 18 | It was not precisely true , but since Emilia 's first frail arrival in the room there had been no such promise of intimacy between the two women . |
| 19 | There had been no such consultation . |
| 20 | I was sickened by the apparent ruthlessness of it , though afterwards I accepted the published assurances of Jardine and Larwood that there had been no such intention . |
| 21 | There had been no new developments at all . |
| 22 | It argued that Africa had hardly benefited from Bank programmes : though exports had improved , there had been no perceptible impact on growth or inflation , and investment had suffered . |
| 23 | There had been no civil war , no revolution , no dismemberment of French territories . |
| 24 | Held , allowing the appeal and quashing the order , that the judge had failed to specify the fees to be disallowed and had adopted an inappropriate procedure ; and that , in any event , there had been no unreasonable act or omission capable of founding an order under section 19A of the Act ( post , pp. 665G — 666B , G ) . |
| 25 | The shares fell 3p to 276p yesterday , in line with the market , and Ian Wild , of brokers Barclays de Zoete Wedd , said there had been no great surprises in the figures . |
| 26 | Excessive secrecy , unwillingness to consult with senior politicians , reluctance to uncover the hands of cards on the table of missions and operations , and for all that covertness there had been no great efficiency and success . |
| 27 | This , the biggest single enclave in Sussex , not only demonstrates the continued dependence of the prototype works at Newbridge on immigrant workmen , but also implies that there had been no great pool of indigenous labour to draw on in the first place . |
| 28 | There had been no major showdown for 20 years . |
| 29 | She had seen him at 5pm and there had been no major problems . |
| 30 | There had been no major engagements in the field and the sieges that the king had undertaken had been abandoned . |