Example sentences of "who had [adv] [be] [adj] to " in BNC.

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1 These were leaders who had not been subject to party screening or peer review and had succeeded almost exclusively on the strength of their appeal to mass electorates .
2 Other party leaders who had not been privy to the " election " advised Sonia against accepting the post .
3 Even he , however , confessed that it was difficult to control men who had not been accustomed to organization , whose " idea was that once a union was formed everything should be put right in a few hours " .
4 By means of the co-operatives patients who had previously been subject to institutional peonage — payment of token wages in exchange for hospital work — have been able to earn wages comparable with those in the wider economy .
5 Fleur Adams had spoilt Dana in every way she could , to the exclusion of Claudia , who had always been closer to her father .
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