Example sentences of "[noun pl] had not been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secretary John Coker said the fans had not been disappointed on their return , despite Aryle 's 2–1 defeat at Ayresome Park . |
| 2 | Rebus and his successors had not been aware of the true details of this massacre of prisoners . |
| 3 | Some initiatives may have been initially funded through Urban Programme expenditure : the enveloping of the external fabric of older dwellings and managed workshops ( discussed in Chapter 7 ) were initiated using the Urban Programme , but it would be difficult to argue that these would not have occurred if Urban Programme funds had not been available . |
| 4 | After a walk back to the inn and a half-hour wait , they set off again for Bath , very much relieved that matters had not been worse . |
| 5 | Mr Major rejected the appeal and insisted the donations from Nadir 's companies had not been illegal , even though they were not made public at the time . |
| 6 | If each of the other circumstances had not been complete , then if e occurred , cc was complete . |
| 7 | Polly appeared to be no more susceptible , but then his expectations had not been high . |
| 8 | Since this policy was never implemented , the question of what would have happened if the resources for new hostels had not been forthcoming remains hypothetical . |
| 9 | Apart from extra weight , the years had not been unkind although she would n't get away with lying about her dress size for too much longer . |
| 10 | The years had not been kind to Robert Dexter . |
| 11 | Heather Lloyd , defending , said they had committed the crimes more out of ignorance than malice and that their customers had not been unhappy . |
| 12 | The taxation in itself , however heavy , could hardly have sparked off so violent a conflagration if conditions had not been appropriate for it . |
| 13 | Would they have made it public if prison officers had not been aware of it ? |
| 14 | Eggs had not been one of the things left by her unknown benefactor and there had been complaints about the absence of toast soldiers . |
| 15 | Forster made use of this in a way his predecessors had not been able to . |
| 16 | However , the promotion was , according to the report , to be " an all-or-nothing package , " and reformists had not been able to persuade conservatives to agree to Zhu 's elevation . |
| 17 | The servants had not been keen to let him see the man , but his rank and vague remarks about the importance of co-operation with the Grand Army had succeeded in securing him an interview . |
| 18 | It had seemed right and touching that verbal arrangements had not been necessary ; but now I could n't help wishing we had spoken about it , and he had said , " Dearest , it shall be the climax of our wonderful holiday , and when I come home … " |
| 19 | Last night 's murders had not been bizarre slayings . |
| 20 | Industrial relations had not been good in the health service for many years and not all of that was the fault of the unions . |
| 21 | Now I began to wonder if my friends had not been right when they said I would never see him again . |
| 22 | An extractor system and masks had not been effective . |
| 23 | Autopsy evidence of the injuries to the front seat occupants , together with the lack of markings on them from diagonal shoulder strap restraint , suggested that the upper torso restraint of both front seat occupants had not been effective . |
| 24 | A State Department spokesman said that according to the US-led task force , coalition forces had not been responsible for any of the deaths . |
| 25 | Local professionals had not been responsible for developing a closure programme and there is evidence that rehabilitation was inadequately co-ordinated prior to renewed efforts in the latter part of the demonstration programme . |
| 26 | But I am in no doubt that if players had not been forthcoming the next chapter in the SA book — not the SARB 's — would have been to offer money . |
| 27 | She had urged her husband out into the large society in and about Liverpool but the forays had not been happy . |
| 28 | A major obstacle to the earlier realisation of Ludwig 's project was that the Soviets had not been used to calling galleries after private citizens , as in the West . |
| 29 | The compilers of the whole narrative , working at the time of the exile in Babylonia , were convinced that the catastrophe had overtaken their people because they and their kings had not been faithful to their God . |
| 30 | Former Prime Minister and leader since 1961 of the Freedom Movement of Iran ( FMI ) , Mehdi Bazargan , on March 30 and April 14 claimed in Tehran that the elections had not been free and that his group had not been allowed to participate . |