Example sentences of "there had been a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was she a fool to hope there had been a deeper meaning in that fierce command ? |
| 2 | Natwest Bancorp said there had been a further reduction of charge-offs with its allowance for loan losses standing at $568m , or 4.68 p.c. of total lending . |
| 3 | There had been a further recent development ; only a couple of days ago Herr Hamnett 's brother , another agreeable young gentleman , had turned up and collected his entire belongings . |
| 4 | By 1971 there had been a further reduction in this proportion , so that only 4.3 per cent of the population lived beyond what may be considered practical limits for commuting to metropolitan labour market centres . |
| 5 | He seemed to be unaware that there had been a further post-duopoly review and that competition within the telecommunications industry is being opened up generally . |