Example sentences of "had been a [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the current market situation Mr Peel noted that Old Masters continued to be the strongest area , although there had been a reduction in both size of sales and prices realised in some areas . |
| 2 | The Israeli human rights group Betselem issued a report on Dec. 8 which claimed that there had been a reduction in the number of casualties inflicted by the security forces in the occupied territories during 1990-91 . |
| 3 | If the loans were found to have been sold at a loss , the vendor would make a repayment , dependent on whether there had been a reduction in the bank 's tax liability or not . |
| 4 | Speakers at the demonstration included a former general , Albert Makashov , dismissed after the August 1991 coup attempt , Col. Viktor Alksnis , and the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party , Vladimir Zhirinovsky , who had been a candidate in the Russian presidential elections of June 1991 [ see p. 38273 ] . |
| 5 | The Cuban leader said the election had been a success in the face of intense pressure from the United States , hostile radio stations run by Cuban exiles in the US had called on Cubans to abstain or spoil their votes . |
| 6 | Just as he had made an example of earlier insubordinates , such as Hedilla , Varela , Galarza and Yagüe , now the monarchist Kindelán , who had been a stone in Franco 's shoe since 1936 , was arrested and exiled to the Canary Islands . |
| 7 | There had been a shortfall in applicants and in funds : |
| 8 | Complying with her appeal , Dada abandoned his kedgeree and , sucking his moustache inwards always with him a sign of annoyance he picked up the viburnum , still with its precious burden , opened the bottom sash of a long window , and flung out the double butterfly as viciously as if it had been a slug in the salad . |
| 9 | There had been a lull in activity after a number of serious setbacks in the city for the terrorist organisation . |
| 10 | Henry ( born Buck Henry Zuckerman ) who , like Nichols , had been a performer in an improvisational theatre group in Chicago , had written only one film , the offbeat and unsuccessful The Troublemaker , three years previously . |
| 11 | As for Richard , he had been a thorn in her flesh for too long now . |
| 12 | Subsequent speculation linked the attacks to the Comisión Néstor Paz Zamora ( CNPZ ) , named after the late brother of President Jaime Paz Zamora , who had been a militant in the National Liberation Army ( ELN ) , a left-wing guerrilla group which had launched an unsuccessful guerrilla movement in 1970 . |
| 13 | There had been a delay in building it , so that I had only managed a few hours ' practice in the streets of Salford . |
| 14 | The company admitted that there had been a delay in installing new screening equipment at the plant , which produces boiled sweets . |
| 15 | There had been a scandal in London — but scandals gathered as naturally round Byron as clouds round Mont Blanc . |
| 16 | From the end of the fifteenth century she had been a factor in European diplomacy . |
| 17 | Later in the month , however , agreements were reached which pre-emptied a crisis although discontent in the military remained and had been a factor in Enrico de Melo 's resignation as Defence Minister at the beginning of the year [ for which see p. 37197 ] . |
| 18 | The authorities denied that " ethnic rivalry " had been a factor in rioting in the town of Labe in Middle Guinea region on Oct. 29 , 1989 , in which six people were killed and the town 's police station was set on fire . |
| 19 | But Mr Plant denied that Timothy Gedge had been a nuisance in any way whatsoever . |
| 20 | Moreover , that was not the only spookish thing about the place : Henry knew for a fact that hundreds of years before , there had been a magician in the family . |
| 21 | There had been a heaviness in the air on the Robemaker 's approach those other times ; a cold , greasy feel , as if thick , oily fog had swirled out into the clean air . |
| 22 | FROM the way Soviet soldiers sometimes carry on , you would think they had not heard there had been a change in Germany . |
| 23 | A Bill of Parliament received its second reading on 23 March 1930 , but by February 1932 , there had been a change in the government and Mr. Pybus , the new Minister of Transport , decided to drop the Bill . |
| 24 | By notice of appeal dated 22 April 1992 the father appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the judge was wrong in law to reject the submission that any consideration of the children 's welfare in the context of a judicial discretion under article 13 ( a ) of the Convention was relevant only as a material factor if it met the test of placing the children in an ‘ intolerable situation ’ under article 13 ( b ) ; ( 2 ) the judge should have limited considerations of welfare to the criteria for welfare laid down by the Convention itself ; ( 3 ) the judge was wrong in law to reject the submission that in the context of the exercise of the discretion permitted by article 13 ( a ) the court was limited to a consideration of the nature and quality of the father 's acquiescence ( as found by the Court of Appeal ) ; ( 4 ) in the premises , despite her acknowledgment that the exercise of her discretion had to be seen in the context of the Convention , the judge exercised a discretion based on a welfare test appropriate to wardship proceedings ; ( 5 ) the judge was further in error as a matter of law in not perceiving as the starting point for the exercise of her discretion the proposition that under the Convention the future of the children should be decided in the courts of the state from which they had been wrongfully removed ; ( 6 ) the judge , having found that on the ability to determine the issue between the parents there was little to choose between the Family Court of Australia and the High Court of England , was wrong not to conclude that as a consequence the mother had failed to displace the fundamental premise of the Convention that the future of the children should be decided in the courts of the country from which they had been wrongfully removed ; ( 7 ) the judge also misdirected herself when considering which court should decide the future of the children ( a ) by applying considerations more appropriate to the doctrine of forum conveniens and ( b ) by having regard to the likely outcome of the hearing in that court contrary to the principles set out in In re F. ( A Minor ) ( Abduction : Custody Rights ) [ 1991 ] Fam. 25 ; ( 8 ) in the alternative , if the judge was right to apply the forum conveniens approach , she failed to have regard to the following facts and matters : ( a ) that the parties were married in Australia ; ( b ) that the parties had spent the majority of their married life in Australia ; ( c ) that the children were born in Australia and were Australian citizens ; ( d ) that the children had spent the majority of their lives in Australia ; ( e ) the matters referred to in ground ( 9 ) ; ( 9 ) in any event on the facts the judge was wrong to find that there was little to choose between the Family Court of Australia and the High Court of England as fora for deciding the children 's future ; ( 11 ) the judge was wrong on the facts to find that there had been a change in the circumstances to which the mother would be returning in Australia given the findings made by Thorpe J. that ( a ) the former matrimonial home was to be sold ; ( b ) it would be unavailable for occupation by the mother and the children after 7 February 1992 ; and ( c ) there would be no financial support for the mother other than state benefits : matters which neither Thorpe J. nor the Court of Appeal found amounted to ‘ an intolerable situation . ’ |
| 25 | Simultaneously , it seemed , there had been a change in barometric pressure . |
| 26 | The Secretary of State did not tell us that there had been a change in circumstances since the Government rejected the Prior report . |
| 27 | However , there had been a fall in profits necessitating a cost-cutting exercise . |
| 28 | Grain imports would be necessary , he said , although there had been a fall in the Soviet oil revenues used to pay for them . |
| 29 | There had been a fall in private consumption in 1989 following the imposition of the unpopular consumption tax . |
| 30 | Hawke did receive a boost from the unemployment figures , however , which showed that there had been a fall in May to 9.4 per cent , the first reduction for five months . |