Example sentences of "[noun pl] had [be] [verb] on [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was no closer to knowing the selection procedure , as my conversations about this with the other recruits had been based on mere speculation and gossip . |
| 2 | It was reported on Sept. 6 that three Iranians had been arrested on similar charges in Istanbul . |
| 3 | From this she deduced that the earlier arrangements had been of hamlets with infields , but , following growth in population , settlements had been replanned on new sites with the coalescence of population and lands . |
| 4 | In July , 42 food merchants had been executed after being accused of profiteering [ see pp. 39026 ; 39069 ] , and unconfirmed reports in late September said that 26 Iraqis had been executed on unspecified charges of black market currency trading . |
| 5 | But yesterday Richard Collin , director of central services with the borough council , said the calculations had been based on unreliable assumptions as to the rate of collection and administration costs . |
| 6 | If anyone had doubted that the gods had been smiling on British athletics that August week in Stuttgart , the final event must have convinced them . |
| 7 | Thirty four patients had been maintained on delayed release mesalazine for a minimum of six months and 28 had been maintained on long term sulphasalazine . |
| 8 | Even if cubs had been reared on human flesh , they did not persist in man-eating once they had grown up . |
| 9 | By 1723 , ninety-nine cottages had been erected on small pieces of land taken from the wastes . |
| 10 | Gates had been put on inactive duty pending an investigation of the videotaped beating of a black motorist by a group of city police on March 3 . |
| 11 | The plans had been based on over-optimistic assumptions of the potential growth of the economy and hence of revenue . |
| 12 | Of their 42 MdBs — all of them as we noted earlier elected from lists — no less than 24 were women , because women had been given on average higher list rankings than men . |
| 13 | The African National Congress yesterday told the Australasian countries that the sport was now fully integrated in South Africa and bans had been lifted on international tours . |
| 14 | Previous editions had been published on cheap paper , crudely printed and illustrated , and aimed at a working-class readership . |