Example sentences of "[subord] [ex0] had [been] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where there had been one figure faintly outlined in the frame of the staging there were now two — one large , obviously Jotan , and one much smaller , a child Alexei thought until he saw the muscular build and shortened legs and realised that Jotan had caught a dwarf . |
| 2 | 11.2 In relation to commercial exploitation the Non-academic Parties and the Academic Parties agree that the terms and conditions for exploitation of and licenses granted under intellectual property rights in results deriving from the Academic Parties shall have regard to the extent to which such results are incorporated in or applied to the manufacture of commercially exploited products ( particularly where there had been substantial product development outside the project ) and to the SERC guidelines which are set out in a letter from SERC dated 13 August 1984 , together with its attachments . |
| 3 | So , whatever else followed in the wretched little saga that I am about to describe , it is crystal clear that , right from the outset , the real object behind the Government 's manoeuvrings was the cutting back — indeed , the large-scale elimination — of people 's entitlement to back payments of benefits where there had been official error . |
| 4 | Although there had been considerable growth in Russian manufacturing industry between 1880 and 1914 , by any criteria it was still quite inadequate to cope with the strains imposed on it by modern industrialised warfare . |
| 5 | In the case of the Ks , the SMG claimed the police had been slow to take statements and prepare cases , and that , inexplicably , weeks elapsed before anyone was charged with the December attack on Anoup K although there had been clear identification . |
| 6 | There were more seagulls than there had been that morning , on the cliffs and on the sea itself . |
| 7 | Incidentally the lesson would have been better if there had been more tape recorders in the school and if the tape had been ready at the right moment . |
| 8 | A petition organized by the Jewish people 's Council against Fascism and Anti-Semitism collected 77,000 signatures in two days ; it was felt that if there had been more time over a quarter of a million would have signed against Mosley 's proposed demonstration . |
| 9 | Things might have been different if there had been more consultation with industry people across the board . |
| 10 | If there had been less enthusiasm among the congregation for ufology , maybe they would have devised a public punishment for me . |
| 11 | The police officer agreed Anderson would have been charged at that stage if there had been sufficient evidence . |
| 12 | Then , just when I was wondering if there had been some mistake , a man came up full of apologies , ‘ I 'm so sorry , ’ he said . |
| 13 | I mean , even if there had been some war I did believe worth fighting , if I 'd been called up or something , I 'm a coward , I 'm just not physically capable . |
| 14 | Endemic to that problem , even if there had been some certainty about previous spends , is the unpredictability about future trends : ten unforeseen multi-handicapped users can throw budgets completely out of kilter . |
| 15 | He had kept on and on about those keys , although she had been deaf to his insistence ; he had come several miles to catch her at home and seize a chance to rifle her bag for them ; if there had been any purpose to the meeting at the Old Mitre it might have been to get the keys . |
| 16 | If there had been any apprehension involving the time taken to complete the recording , there is certainly none reflected in the finished product . |
| 17 | If there had been any chance ever of the rescues ' succeeding , that perception would have destroyed it . |
| 18 | But if there had been any doubt in my mind it would have been immediately resolved by my first breath of the crisp , tangy air . |
| 19 | If there had been any money in the first place . |
| 20 | An important aim of the study was to see if there had been any growth in the use of temporary working in Britain in recent years . |
| 21 | Intriguing but unimportant differences were that the Earth spun much faster in those early days — so the days and nights were much shorter ; and the moon was much closer , so it would have appeared vast in the sky ( if there had been any creature to observe it ) and the tides would have been far more dramatic . |
| 22 | I pointed out that if there had been any counter demonstration effect would have been serious and very uncomfortable to both of us . |
| 23 | He expected Willie to ask if there had been any post but there was no response . |
| 24 | If there had been any danger from Quigley , it was headed off , once again , by Pikey , who dashed into a space by himself and , springing up and down like a goblin , started to shout , ‘ Hear the word of the Lord ! ’ at regular intervals . |
| 25 | At least , if there had been any dust it would have been sweeping it . |
| 26 | Although it could be argued that it is not really chronology continuing ( as suggested by the chapter title ) because there had been insufficient time specification before 1950 , the sequence of this chapter proceeds from the basic foundations , to the alternative models , to sea level changes , Quaternary geography and hence to the prospect of environmental change . |
| 27 | Apparently there must have been very heavy rain higher up the dale because there had been some flooding and the river was running very fast . |
| 28 | Sympathy for the Soviet Union was a major advantage to the Labour Party during the campaign , because there had been widespread admiration of the achievements of the Red Army , not only in maintaining a successful resistance for almost four years but also in crowning that resistance with the capture of Berlin in spring 1945 . |
| 29 | While there had been much speculation about the state of Diana 's marriage , the stories Morton gathered from friends such as Caroline Bartholomew , James Gilbey and Diana 's brother Charles were dynamite . |
| 30 | By 1968 some 73 per cent of beer production was in the hands of seven major national firms , while there had been further progress towards the consolidation of a number of medium-sized regional breweries , largely at the expense of the smaller local firms . |