Example sentences of "had developed a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Giles went on to outline his vision for the future , a future in which children and adults ‘ had developed a real enthusiasm for regularly visiting bookshops and libraries ’ . |
| 2 | He had decided it was not a subject for honest men , and had gone on to history , where he had developed a real interest in local history and a talent for getting old working-class men and women talking about the customs and social conditions of their childhood . |
| 3 | He had developed a droning style of speaking , and the general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends . |
| 4 | He observed that few libraries had developed a comprehensive approach to stock management , and that , on average , university libraries were acquiring eight times as many materials as they discarded . |
| 5 | Maggie had developed a raging thirst and wondered if she could get a drink at the Commemorative Hall . |
| 6 | Slow to make friends and disappointing academically , Marjorie had developed a perverse popularity by dint of an enterprise nicknamed ‘ rent-a-beating ’ by her classmates . |
| 7 | By 1991 , the IWC scientific committee had developed a revised management procedure ( RMP ) to provide adequate safeguards and had estimated the population of Antarctic minke whale at 760,000 , well above the number needed to resume commercial whaling ( see Nature 357 , 532 ; 1992 ) . |
| 8 | In 1870 he followed Stroudley , with whom he had developed a close friendship , when the latter moved to the London , Brighton and South Coast Railway as locomotive and carriage superintendent and became locomotive and carriage works manager of that railway . |
| 9 | Although she now felt a little better physically , her mind had developed a nasty habit of wandering . |
| 10 | Meanwhile speculation about the emergence of a " fresh strain of HIV " grew after reports that 30 patients in France , Spain , the United Kingdom and the USA had developed a rare form of immuno-deficiency illness with AIDS-like symptoms but without traces in their blood of known strains of HIV . |
| 11 | Born in 1841 , Robert 's origins were bona fide proletarian ; he worked in a glass factory and as a house painter , taking evening classes in art which proved such a successful venture that he was able to set up a studio by 1869 and had developed a substantial reputation by the 1880s . |
| 12 | Nothing remotely in common , yet they had developed a warm regard for each other . |
| 13 | Before this point , whenever IBM had developed a new computer it used a completely different architecture from previous models and consequently existing software and hardware were discarded . |
| 14 | Since 1954 the Soviets had developed a new proposal to resolve European security problems , whereby all existing European borders would be recognised in an arrangement involving Eastern and Western bloc states . |
| 15 | When he left , after numerous rows with American socialists , though the class struggle was still his main concern , he had developed a new sympathy with cultural and political nationalism , his character had mellowed , and he had matured into a thinker of depth , breadth , and originality , and an orator of force and passion . |
| 16 | For a rime after D-Day the stories of incoming prisoners had developed a new excitement . |
| 17 | Union Carbide as well as others , including ourselves , had developed a new product — linear low-density polythene . |
| 18 | ( Charles had developed a new theory about the director 's passion for working so hard . |
| 19 | He had developed a terrible memory for who he drove and where he drove them to . |
| 20 | This monumental achievement acknowledged the work of Marsh and also that of the Russian geographer A.I. Woeikof ( 1842–1914 ) , who had developed a utilitarian approach to the study of the earth 's surface acknowledging the impact of man 's activities . |
| 21 | Cook was thus greatly distressed and bewildered to learn that the New Zealand Maori , for whom he had developed a respectful admiration , ate their defeated enemies without compunction ! |
| 22 | The stonework around the bay windows was crumbling and the upper front bay had developed a distinct list . |
| 23 | Members of the CSJ , the NILP , the CPNI , the Belfast Wolfe Tone Society , the Republican Clubs and private individuals worked together because they had developed a personal commitment to the association , and not because they were directed by any outside agency . |
| 24 | Every municipal corporation had a separate and different charter ; various ad hoc bodies each had their own Acts of Parliament ; parish councils arose from the operation of the common law without benefit of statute ; and Quarter Sessions ‘ had developed a rich variety of practice ’ ( Keith-Lucas 1980 : 154 ) . |
| 25 | As this summer , even hotter and drier than the last , worked its way up to August , Robert found he had developed a rich repertoire of twitches and guilty tics . |
| 26 | He walked her out the doors and down the steps , and kissed her on the cheek as if she were an old maiden aunt he had developed a polite affection for . |
| 27 | In France , the one country that had developed a strong tradition of vernacular opera with its own different aesthetic , it needed only a visit of an Italian company playing a repertoire of opere buffe to spark off one of the most celebrated of musical civil wars , the querelle des bouffons , a war which was renewed a quarter of a century later when the pro-Italian faction set up Piccinni in rivalry with the now gallicized Gluck . |
| 28 | Guinness Brewing Worldwide had developed a strong portfolio of exceptional , premium brands . |
| 29 | Barth was deeply suspicious of this entire concern , which he had earlier tried to combat in Gogarten , who through the 1920s had developed a strong interest in the theology of ‘ the orders of creation ’ . |
| 30 | Such concepts of group loyalty and common purpose were , moreover , not entirely unfamiliar to the business world he had entered : many of the pre-vesting undertakings had developed a strong group identity among staff . |