Example sentences of "of [noun] had [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The archbishop of Cologne had second thoughts on the wisdom of helping Otto , for with Richard 's death no more money was coming from England , commercial interests suffered and the Rhine and Lotharingian supporters were hard hit . |
| 2 | Was it an example which showed that the power and position of France had first to be destroyed ? |
| 3 | The Secretary of State had first to rule that the building was of outstanding architectural interest , which Michael Heseltine had done . |
| 4 | It is significant that in ( David Raymond ) Smith the Court of Appeal had first to perform some surgery on the relationship of mens rea to the actus reus of criminal damage to reach the desired conclusion and it is therefore unsurprising that adverse comment was expressed by some of their Lordships in Morgan . |
| 5 | Talking to Pierre as we fished off the coast of Brittany had first given me the idea of working on a trawler . |