Example sentences of "[conj] [ex0] had been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember when after a few months in uniform duty , walking the beat , I was on West End Road , next to the Olympic Theatre , where there had been a building site and there was Collins World Fair there . |
| 2 | Later , it was said that where there had been a fundamental breach of contract , that is , if one party fails to carry out his part of the bargain at all or attempts to render a performance totally different from that contemplated , then that party could not rely on an exclusion clause ( see Karsales ( Harrow ) Ltd. v Wallis [ 1956 ] ) . |
| 3 | Also , the USA exported its long experience with trying to deal with its own soil erosion problems , as a part of foreign policy to its sphere of influence in Latin America in the 1950s , where there had been an almost complete lack of government concern over soil erosion . |
| 4 | 8.1.4 any other act or thing by which but for this provision the Guarantor would have been released [ other than a variation of the terms of this Lease agreed between the parties that is prejudicial to the Guarantor ] Until the case of P & A Swift Investments v Combined English Stores Group plc it was believed that the benefit of a guarantor 's covenants could only be enforced by a successor in title to the landlord 's reversion , where there had been an express assignment to it . |
| 5 | The excavator noted that domestic rubbish had been tipped inside the precinct because , either it had become a convenient dumping ground , or there had been an attempt at deliberate desecration , as happened at a later date in the orchestra of the Verulamium temple theatre . |
| 6 | Although there had been a 6 per cent swing from ‘ right ’ to ‘ left ’ between the two elections the former were still in a clear majority . |
| 7 | Although there had been a long established tradition of community and private forestry schemes , it was not until the launching of the Saemol Undong ( or New Community Movement ) in 1970 that it was possible to conceive of a nation-wide forestry policy and programme . |
| 8 | On the current market situation Mr Peel noted that Old Masters continued to be the strongest area , although there had been a reduction in both size of sales and prices realised in some areas . |
| 9 | Grain imports would be necessary , he said , although there had been a fall in the Soviet oil revenues used to pay for them . |
| 10 | Although there had been a light summer shower earlier in the evening , it was now a warm , clear night with just a soft breeze rustling the ropes and canvas of the small boats berthed in the marina far below . |
| 11 | Although there had been an appreciable rise in incomes , supplies in the state shops continued to be poor , encouraging a growing black market [ for clampdown in August against black marketeers see p. 37665 ] . |
| 12 | The DTI statement was made after the brewers had agreed to arbitration for their tenants — see page 11 — and some commentators claimed that there had been a trade-off . |
| 13 | The professionalized academic critic wanted to forget that there had been a time when criticism was part of literature ; and the belief that criticism or theory could be literature in themselves was perhaps part of the process of exorcizing other values and attitudes . |
| 14 | By 1979 , however , the survey found that there had been a major shift in support for privatization and public opinion remained in favour of further privatization in 1983 , and probably reflected a positive response to the Thatcher policies . |
| 15 | They believed that there had been a stage when there was no individual property ; that is , when no ownership continued beyond the time of use . |
| 16 | He said that there had been a postal strike and that he had been trying to write to me and as the mail was getting through , I should get the letters . |
| 17 | At one time it was widely believed that there had been a great rise in the birth-rate ; there was , in fact , a slow rise to the end of the 1861–70 decade , after which the rate began to fall . |
| 18 | The main source of knowledge that there had been a quarrel was the reminders that people had made a peace ; and as the peace was between groups , it suggested that the quarrel was as well . |
| 19 | Ladislav said later that there had been a murder in Roztoky just a few weeks earlier . |
| 20 | Professor John Ashworth , director of the London School of Economics , agreed with most of the letter 's points , but disagreed with the assertion that there had been a ‘ brain drain ’ as a result of Government mismanagement . |
| 21 | Havers strenuously denied that there had been a cover-up , and Mr Douglas Hurd , then a Minister of State at the Foreign Office , maintained that a full inquiry into the affair had revealed nothing to suggest that national security had been prejudiced . |
| 22 | There were times when we wished that there had been a cash element but it is not sensible for any bank to pay out cash at this time . |
| 23 | Referring to the June draft treaty in its aims to build upon the Single European Act by strengthening co-operation on foreign and security policy , he made the point that , as the Gulf conflict had shown , there was a considerable difference between the member states , but that there had been a considerable degree of united action in supporting the new democracies in central and eastern Europe in relation to the Baltic states and in promoting the Prime Minister 's safe havens initiative . |
| 24 | Despite the widespread feeling that there had been a victory for parental rights , many of the Dewsbury parents claimed to have been acting for the sake of their children . |
| 25 | All the reports agreed that there had been a gradual but marked increase in the intensity of activity on Krakatoa during the three days preceding the twenty-sixth . |
| 26 | The Court of Appeal held that there had been a dismissal . |
| 27 | He claimed that there had been a bona-fide revival of Gothic architecture during the reign of Queen Victoria , that there was with those who loved architecture and made it the subject of special study , |
| 28 | It was the first time that there had been a debate on the viability and the desirability of having an element of compulsory further education , which in theory was to enrol all adolescents , though in practice it applied mainly to those from the working class . |
| 29 | Hinde House was a fairly typical school in that there had been a recognition of the need to relate to the ‘ World of Work ’ , ‘ Employers ’ , ‘ Further and Higher Education ’ , ‘ Preparation for Adult Life ’ and many of the other banner headings which at different times were placed before us by non-school organisations . |
| 30 | The problem had been that there had been a mix-up over my return tickets from Oslo and I could n't get back . |