Example sentences of "it had [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The population of England and Wales had grown steadily in the centuries up to about 1300 , by which time it had exceeded a level which could easily be sustained by contemporary food production . |
| 2 | Meanwhile the justice ministry said yesterday that it had barred a judge from investigating how the prime minister , Pierre Beregovoy , came to receive an interest-free loan in 1986 from a financier later charged with insider trading . |
| 3 | However , when I stripped the pump off the block , cleaned it and left it on the workbench , I noticed it had leaked a small amount of oil from a 1.5mm hole located near the back underside of the pump . |
| 4 | By 1920 , it had secured a comfortable majority on the council and had two of Greater London 's four Labour MPS . |
| 5 | But the STUC also voiced disquiet about the way last Monday 's picketing was handled by police , and said it had secured a pledge that policing would now be ‘ even-handed ’ . |
| 6 | He pointed out that when the council was barred from making further payments on the transactions , it had made a profit . |
| 7 | Clifford Howard commented on how Hollywood could ignore all criticisms as ‘ mere wind ’ and ‘ envy ’ for it had made a success of its own business and it had displayed ‘ a Yankee genius for sensing the taste of the public and giving the world what it wants ’ . |
| 8 | In the second half of last year , it had made a loss of £1m , and broke even in the first half of 1992 . |
| 9 | This view had clear implications for the state as actor , but the events of the 1960s showed that it had made a false assumption . |
| 10 | His unconventionality , his unorthodoxy and his accent all helped the party to feel that it had made a step forward : " the dawn of the new regime " . |
| 11 | The African colony to which he returned was regarded by the British government as ‘ advanced ’ — in African terms — which meant that it had made a start on the road to self-government ; however , the Colonial Office reckoned that the goal was still distant . |
| 12 | Of course , it had made a bloody marvellous spectacle — not to mention £125,000 for doing absolutely nothing — but ‘ the boys ’ were growing increasingly restive at having their records , and themselves , banned . |
| 13 | But then the weather changed and although things were given and flowering it was cold and windy and it seemed strange there should be all that blossom , wrong like , as if it had made a mistake and popped up at the wrong time — that was because I had felt the warmth of those few nice days . |
| 14 | It acted as a retreat house and training centre for people attached to the Society of Saint Sylvester but , under Racy 's leadership , it had made a name for itself specialising in an area of the church 's work which Theodora thought was undervalued . |
| 15 | Why initially did the stock market react favourably to the increased dividend declared by Lloyds Bank after it had made a loss of 224 million in the financial year 1986–87 ? |
| 16 | It was a New England trawler , the Valhalla , based on Gloucester , Massachusetts , from which it had sailed a few days earlier . |
| 17 | The PLO felt able to play what had been for fifteen years its ‘ last card ’ — recognition of Israel — because it had gained a stronger one through the Uprising . |
| 18 | It had lodged a legal appeal against its dissolution . |
| 19 | The Japanese government confirmed on Sept. 16 that it had lodged a formal diplomatic protest over this decision . |
| 20 | The United States wished to discharge its debts to those with whom it had fought during the war ; but it also came to see the volume of refugees as a kind of continuing proof that it had waged a just struggle against evil forces . |
| 21 | The United States wished to discharge its debts to those with whom it had fought during the war ; but it also came to see the volume of refugees as a kind of continuing proof that it had waged a just struggle against evil forces . |
| 22 | Japan 's seventh-largest bank , Tokai Bank Ltd , announced on July 27 that it had uncovered a 63,000 million yen ( $450 million ) fraud involving deposit certificates . |
| 23 | On Nov. 10 Byelarus said that it had uncovered a smuggling ring engaged in carrying Russian uranium to Poland . |
| 24 | Yolland saw that the BCR had installed a turntable at Stretford Bridge , constructed a platform and upon it had placed a temporary station — presumably a building of some sort . |
| 25 | The resting record was analysed to determine the highest pressure recorded in the anal canal after insertion of the probe ( maximum basal pressure ) and then 20 minutes later , after it had achieved a stable baseline ( minimum basal pressure ) . |
| 26 | After jilting Touche Ross , with which it had planned a worldwide merger , it married its UK practice with the UK practice of Coopers & Lybrand . |
| 27 | The Central Bank of Iraq announced on Sept. 10 , 1989 , that it had imposed a 1 per cent increase in interest rates on savings deposits and bank loans , the first such increase for over eight years . |
| 28 | At one time Dalgety was up 16p as Elf Aquitaine , the French oil group , confirmed it had formed a joint company with Australian Robert Holmes a Court to hold a 5.5 per cent stake in the Dalgety agricultural and food group . |
| 29 | Touche Ross announced on Tuesday that it had formed a new international firm , Deloitte Ross Tohmatsu ( DRT ) without Deloitte UK . |
| 30 | Ratsiraka 's concessions followed seven weeks of strikes and demonstrations organized by the opposition Comité de forces vives , a coalition of 16 opposition parties , which on June 21 announced that it had formed a " provisional government " [ see p. 38277 ] . |