Example sentences of "that this had be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Defence Ministry spokesman said that this had been decided because of the " difficult conditions " in Armenia , Azerbaijan and Georgia . |
| 2 | Although the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry decided not to refer the bid for Pilkington to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission , BTR abandoned its attempt to takeover the company , claiming that this had been motivated , not by adverse public reaction and the political storm created , but by Pilkington 's better than expected profits forecast , which indicated that the likely price required to capture the company would be greater than BTR was willing to pay . |
| 3 | It was felt that this had been actuated by some bad ( and in the company 's opinion , unfair ) publicity . |
| 4 | In Rutland the jurors swore on 25 July that a great part of the county had been afforested by Henry II , though there is evidence that this had been done by Henry I. Subsequent returns for Leicestershire , Nottinghamshire and Somerset also demanded extensive disafforestments . |
| 5 | The company reported on 30 May that this had been done . |
| 6 | Judge Sirica 's doubts were confirmed when McCord admitted in March that the defendants had lied at the trial , that they had received payments of over $200 000 to keep quiet and that this had been done from a high level in the White House . |
| 7 | He appears to have believed that this had been conceded in substance ‘ by the admission of all sects and all sexes , unquestioned to the Conference ’ . |
| 8 | All except Lord Diplock founded their decision on the ground that the LTE was under a general duty to run its operations on ordinary business principles and that this had been breached by the reduction of fares without regard to those principles . |
| 9 | It was only after the women had left that she thought to check the receipt book to make sure it had not been her duty to collect payment for today 's four lunches , then sighed with relief when she saw that this had been attended to at lunchtime by Jean . |
| 10 | He could explain that this had been written a long time ago , when he was quite a different person . |