Example sentences of "had been [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is worth posing additional questions to promote discussion some that have been found to be useful are : If there had been no problem with the purchase of the bacon-curing business what would you have done with the £500 paid to the accountant ? |
| 2 | There had been no problem in having Eve brought up as a Catholic , since the Westwards had never wanted to know about her at all , and did n't care what faith she was raised in just as long as they never had to hear her name . |
| 3 | There had been no problem in finding a matching replacement for the cut piece ; a hardware shop in Inverness had supplied it , and it had taken only a few minutes to fit . |
| 4 | The historical reasons underlying the emergence of these principles , as explained by Dixon J. in Yerkey v. Jones , 63 C.L.R. 649 , may explain why cases , in which there had been no disposition of property by the surety wife but merely the acceptance by her of a contractual obligation to pay her husband 's debts , did not attract the same approach as the cases in which security over property had been given . |
| 5 | But there had been no reference to them in the detailed report of Surrendered Ex-Enemy Personnel sent up by 5 Corps to Eighth Army two days earlier , on 15 May [ KP 112 ] . |
| 6 | Even his marriage to Primaflora in some way had charmed them although , of course , there had been no opportunity for her to visit either Episkopi or Kouklia . |
| 7 | Something unforeseen and urgent had happened , since Sean had obviously known of it yesterday afternoon , and there had been no opportunity for him to inform her . |
| 8 | And from that moment to this there had been no opportunity for any kind of personal discussion . |
| 9 | It was now over forty hours since the money had been handed over , but there had been no word of Ruggiero Miletti 's release . |
| 10 | There had been no word from Lanai . |
| 11 | There had been no word from Eve for a week , which was not a good sign . |
| 12 | The law would be taking its stately course and perhaps one day she would have to sign documents , but as yet there had been no word from France — even Marguerite had not written — and Jenna felt very much alone . |
| 13 | There had been no word from Steve or Maria Lisa and though there was no time element concerned with this contract she was still a little worried that nothing had been accomplished with the airlines and tourist board in Palma . |
| 14 | Since her father 's death she had written regularly to her grandfather , but there had been no word in reply from Hester . |
| 15 | Four years ago there had been no payment on account scheme . |
| 16 | All the land and other assets had not been valued and there had been no consideration of a clawback provision should the company profit from subsequent disposals . |
| 17 | The Israeli authorities say that ‘ Abd al-Ra'uf Ghabin 's allegations of torture and ill-treatment were investigated and that ‘ there had been no deviation from the accepted procedures for interrogations ’ . |
| 18 | On the Lantonment and river sides of the banqueting hall there had been no firing of chain shot to clear the jungle : this was partly to save powder , partly because the banqueting hall was , anyway , higher than the surrounding land and thus more difficult to surprise ; there were also natural clearings to be seen here and there where the ground was too stony for a thick growth . |
| 19 | And there had been no damage to any arteries , the small amount of blood there was had come from minor cuts from the broken bottle . |
| 20 | At his trial , the judge rejected his submission that there was no case to answer in that the goods had been sold under a contract between the customer and the shop and that there had been no appropriation of property belonging to another . |
| 21 | The insurers appealed to the Court of Appeal , contending that there had been no appropriation of the property by the buyer but that the owner had transferred the ownership of the property to the buyer , who had obtained a voidable title . |
| 22 | The Court of Appeal overturned the resultant conviction for theft on the ground , following Morris , that there had been no appropriation in England because the defendant had there taken possession of the krugerrands with the owner 's authority . |
| 23 | After evidence had been led for the prosecution counsel for the defendant submitted that there was no case to answer on the theft charges because the manager of the shop had authorised the transactions , so that there had been no appropriation within the meaning of section 1(1) of the Act . |
| 24 | She had been surprised in the end that her daughter had agreed to come , she had been so arbitrary and changeable lately , and there had been no way of knowing what would please her , and what bring out her bitter scornful sneer . |
| 25 | There had been no difficulty about that . |
| 26 | There had been no difficulty in finding her . |
| 27 | But of course there had been no communication between her aunt and Silas for three years , therefore she was unlikely to be aware of what went on at this back-blocks property . |
| 28 | Since her marriage there had been no communication with her former employer , not even at Christmas , and she could never think of her as a sister-in-law . |
| 29 | The money had been taken but there had been no communication from the kidnappers . |
| 30 | According to Richardson , there had been no discussion of tactics beforehand . |