Example sentences of "had be [adv] [verb] [that] [ex0] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since 1945 it had been widely accepted that there was a need to reform local government to bring greater efficiency and more vigour into the system . |
| 2 | He said it had been clearly stated that there would not be any unilateral change in Articles 2 and 3 . |
| 3 | By the middle of the nineteenth century it had been firmly established that there was something curious about Mercury 's orbit . |
| 4 | In earlier decades it had been generally agreed that there would be benefits from standardisation , but with the benefits accruing variously to consumers , undertakings generally and appliance manufacturers , while the costs fell on the non-standard undertakings alone , there had been a failure to agree on finance for a common scheme . |
| 5 | It was not until the effects of R.A. Smith 's surveys of the evidence county by county , which appeared in the Victoria County History during the years 1900–26 , had been fully felt that there was any appreciable advance . |