Example sentences of "it be [verb] [conj] [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But do n't you think Sunil might have been in danger had it been realised that he had the run of the Admiral 's computer ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Prof. Francis ’ was tolerated because he was so amiable ; he had let it be known that he had taught piano in an unnamed music conservatory somewhere , hence the professorship . |
| 3 | He would also have known that Palmerston , having let it be known that he had asked Scott to submit a new design , was very unlikely to change his mind , and it was perhaps to give the appearance of some purpose to the delegation that he and Tite made their request for another competition . |
| 4 | Long before Neil Kinnock let it be known that he had let his membership of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament lapse , the Labour Party and CND had been growing apart . |
| 5 | Clearly , there is an element of political value judgment in such decisions : in 1921 a judge held that reasonable citizens would not think less of a trade unionist if it were claimed that he had worked during a strike : some juries might reach a different decision today . |
| 6 | Occasionally it is explained that they had already died — and given the still short life-expectancy of the period this must have been so in many cases . |
| 7 | A child under 10 incurs no criminal liability for its acts ; a child over 9 , but under 14 , incurs no such liability , unless it is shown that it had sufficient capacity to know that its act was wrong . |
| 8 | It was confirmed that there had been broad agreement on establishing a ceiling of 6,000 on the overall combined number of nuclear warheads . |
| 9 | and about two weeks after that it was diagnosed that she had cancer of the ovary . |
| 10 | When after I became a Christian I obeyed and was baptized , it was n't to make me a better person it was n't to make me er , someone who was , er more pious or more religious , or of having greater favour with God , it was done because he had commanded it in his word , and I was identifying myself with him . |
| 11 | It was assumed that she had eloped with her boy friend . |
| 12 | In his letter , Brig Cordy-Simpson said that since Gen Mladic had not replied to UN proposals on how the airlift would be managed , it was assumed that he had agreed to them . |
| 13 | When it was heard that he had been shot in the legs at the time of his arrest , the reporters assured their readers that the general view of the British people was , ‘ A pity they did n't aim a bit higher . ’ |
| 14 | N.G. Attenborough and his crew were killed , although it was believed that they had flown into a balloon barrage . |
| 15 | The day before the Sale it was calculated that we had 640 of our ‘ regulation ’ boxes ( given to us by the china shops ) filled with about 26,000 books – all sorted and priced by then . |
| 16 | From the clinical notes and manometry report it was determined whether there had been a change of diagnosis , a confirmation of diagnosis , or a change in management . |
| 17 | It was accepted that there had been no deliberate attempt to claim for unauthorised travel , but it was obvious that the regulations had not been publicised effectively , and the section head took steps to ensure that they were more widely circulated to prevent any further occurrences . |
| 18 | He succeeded Noel White and it was noticed that he had , at least , dis-pensed with an ear-ring which had caused comments in at least one boardroom . |
| 19 | After seven hours of talks it was announced that they had signed a peace agreement . |
| 20 | And shortly afterwards it was announced that he had cancelled his ‘ patronage ’ of the ceremony . |
| 21 | At first it was conjectured that Dorman-Smith had gone to London to obtain a new policy , but on 5 August it was announced that he had resigned ‘ for health reasons ’ and was to be succeeded by Major-General Sir Hubert Rance , whom Mountbatten had appointed in May 1945 to head his military administration after he fell out with the Civil Affairs officers who wanted to get rid of Aung San . |
| 22 | Miss Marshall complained of unlawful sex discrimination and her case went to the European Court of Justice where it was decided that she had been the subject of such unlawful discrimination . |
| 23 | We are therefore presented with a book which was not ‘ written in order … but like as the matter came to the creature in mind … for it was so long ere it was written that she had forgotten the time and the order when things befell ’ . |
| 24 | It was written that you had discovered the oolerinnen . |
| 25 | Marilies Flemming resigned as Minister for the Environment , Youth and Family Affairs on Feb. 27 when it was revealed that she had not fully declared all her sources of income before taking office 1990 . |
| 26 | The proposed closure has been confirmed twenty four hours after British Coal announced the pit was to go into the review procedure and it was revealed that it had lost more than six million pounds in the last six months . |
| 27 | Mr Bakker is the fourth PTL official to be convicted in connection with the scandal , which began after it was revealed that he had an affair with a former church secretary , Jessica Hahn , using PTL funds to pay her hush money afterwards . |
| 28 | Mr Aichi had had to withdraw his candidature for the governorship of Miyagi prefecture when it was revealed that he had been on the take . |
| 29 | In mid-1974 he developed phlebitis — inflammation of the veins — and within months it was revealed that he had a thrombosis which could have killed him in seconds . |
| 30 | In 1989 it was revealed that he had engaged in a homosexual relationship with Steven Gobie , whom he also hired as a personal aide and driver in 1985 . |