Example sentences of "[noun] had be [adv] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then , however , the LDP had recovered ground under the steady leadership of Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu , while the opposition had been increasingly perceived as divided and as having little policy other than opposing the government . |
| 2 | When applications that year were made , Lauda and others were smart enough to realize that the licences had been so designed as to tie them to their teams , a move cleverly designed by certain constructors to lower the price war among drivers and to prevent desertions in the ranks . |
| 3 | Even before the revolution , however , and particularly under Tudor rule , the Privy Council had been largely ignored as too large and public a body , and the practice had grown up of the monarch preferring , instead , to seek advice from a smaller number of individuals whom he regarded as trustworthy and committed to his cause . |
| 4 | It was , after all , no real mistake that his body had been falsely identified as being there . |
| 5 | The move was regarded as significant in Japan because verbal harassment of women was known to be particularly widespread , but previously only actual assaults had been legally construed as comprising acts of harassment . |
| 6 | Anna had been suddenly struck as she pushed open Pricewell 's double glass doors , by the ‘ Vacancy ’ notice pasted to the inside of it . |
| 7 | Windmill Fields and the Lymington Bottom triangle had been definitely listed as open space , and once landscaping work has been done both these areas will be handed over to the parish council for maintenance . |
| 8 | Rushdie 's book The Satanic Verses had been widely condemned as blasphemous by the Moslem community . |
| 9 | It suggested that up to 20% of the school population might have such needs at some time in their school career ( previously around 2% of children had been legally classed as ‘ handicapped ’ ) . |
| 10 | There was also considerable speculation that the killings had been racially motivated as they followed reports of recent attacks against racial minorities in the area . |
| 11 | However , as the sole candidate and with the very high rate of abstention ( only 28.28 per cent of voters turned out ) , his presidency had been widely regarded as lacking in legitimacy . |