Example sentences of "[art] [noun] had [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the basic position of the continents had remained unchanged since the Mesozoic , variations in the sea level might have opened up land passages between areas now separated by shallow seas . |
| 2 | Piggy felt that everybody else had held onto their civilised upbringing like himself and he was always very surprised when nobody tried to steal the conch , right to speak , from him , but everyone else knew that democracy and civilisation on the island had ended , and the conch had lost all of its power and worth . |
| 3 | The crowds had seen some legendary events . |
| 4 | In the last three years , the Ombudsman had judged 13 complaints in which decisions to allow development were ‘ perverse , arbitrary or inconsistent . ’ |
| 5 | Although an official inquiry had found in October 1988 that there were no grounds to conclude that the DTI 's handling of the affair had caused the investors ' losses , in his report the Ombudsman had identified five areas in which there had been significant maladministration by the DTI of the Barlow Clowes affair . |
| 6 | Richard Rampton QC , who is defending Lord Aldington 's libel action against historian Count Nikolai Tolstoy and property developer Nigel Watts , suggested that the peer had given false evidence because it was ‘ essential ’ to his case that he was not in Austria on 23 , 24 and 25 May . |
| 7 | ‘ I was aware needless to say that the prince had become infatuated with you . |
| 8 | The Prince had become older and wiser since his previous attacks . |
| 9 | When he had gone up on deck again he found that the Prince had lowered two small rowing boats and was systematically scouring the river . |
| 10 | The Prince had had all the men up on deck scanning the river with the aid of oil lamps . |
| 11 | The writer had used 4 oz in 80 oz of 32 index fluid and , although I would have carried out a similar treatment as that ten years ago using saline , I consider this type of case nowadays has to be treated in a different manner , with up-to-date fluids and up-to-date knowledge — there are many first class fluids on the market today . |
| 12 | The writer had found this and 12 others in a cupboard , and would be glad , she wrote , if they could be ‘ used to bring in some lolly ’ . |
| 13 | For the purpose of this research the writer had identified three basic curriculum stances in the arts ( Musgrove , 1968 ; Bernstein , 1971 ; Pring , 1976 ; Kelly , 1982 ) . |
| 14 | Three of the four previous league clashes between the clubs had ended goalless , and this game appeared to be heading the same way . |
| 15 | Three of the four previous league clashes between the clubs had ended goalless , and this game appeared to be heading the same way . |
| 16 | The clubs had experienced this violence since the early sixties . |
| 17 | In addition , and as a result of the work undertaken by its resident tutors in Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire , the Board had developed systematic provision of all types of classes and courses on a scale beyond that imaginable if the District had been the sole provider . |
| 18 | The board had introduced new charges which it would be unfair for Mr Foecke to contest . |
| 19 | was recognising that there are classes of sureties for whom special protection should be given , that the case fell within the class , but that , on the facts , the creditor had done enough to prevent any equitable intervention in aid of the surety . |
| 20 | The Scouts had hellfired crowded transport sledges that slid at speed down glossy oiled vitrodur channels , diving from transit stations , canting along branch-lines , corkscrewing , swooping up to come to rest at other destinations … |
| 21 | The Scouts had skragged many gaiety pods . |
| 22 | The winner had finished fourth in the morning 's race . |
| 23 | On the following day , however , both Soviet and Japanese diplomatic sources denied that the discussions had included any degree of Soviet acceptance of Japan 's claim on the territory . |
| 24 | Except that the mattress had smelt musty , and that as they lay in bed through those long cold mornings they could just see the spire of the Congregational church through the window . |
| 25 | The final results showed that the GSLP had gained 73.3 per cent of the vote , a substantial increase on its 58 per cent in March 1988 [ see p. 36040 ] . |
| 26 | The Watch had ensured this by giving them ample time to escape via the back door , a neat compromise between caution and justice that benefited all parties . |
| 27 | By 08.00 , fighting with great bravery , the Canadians had taken both villages for the loss of 2,238 men . |
| 28 | Following Barr 's ruling , Judge Marvin H. Shoob , who had presided over a criminal case arising from the BNL affair , criticized the Attorney General on the grounds that plea bargaining within the case had denied any opportunity to probe the affair fully and had left unanswered numerous crucial questions concerning the government 's role . |
| 29 | The case had received massive publicity and became symbolic of the institutionalized racism and brutality alleged by many to exist within the LAPD [ see pp. 38091 ; 38139 ] , and led to an independent commission of inquiry [ see pp. 38329-30 ] . |
| 30 | The case had taken two weeks at the Old Bailey , the first devoted to legal argument before the jury was sworn . |