Example sentences of "[pers pn] have previously been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had previously been successful in negotiating a settlement between the Boulting brothers and Elvin 's union , where I had enjoyed establishing a warm and friendly relationship With both sides . |
| 2 | She understood that she did not like tunnels , though this was something she had previously been unaware of . |
| 3 | Strangely , she felt more resentful of this lady 's peremptory commands than she ever had of those of the merchants ' wives she had previously been obliged to swallow . |
| 4 | In therapy , Rose Greenacre managed to get in touch with the anger she had previously been unable to feel consciously . |
| 5 | They needed British and West European support more than they had previously been prepared to admit . |
| 6 | a letter from a grant awarding authority confirming eligibility for a mandatory award ( students not receiving an award , e.g. those repeating a year , should provide evidence that they have previously been eligible for an award ) ; |
| 7 | More recently , these hidebound attitudes have changed , in that educated , intelligent Christians accept that there is little need for God to perform a miracle ( unless , moving in mysterious ways , He particularly wants to ) when He can create the same effect using natural processes ; while scientists have begun more and more to recognize that there may be more truth in the mystical writings of the Christian and other religions than they have previously been prepared to admit . |
| 8 | Paolo Uccello would have been the most delightful and imaginative genius since Giotto that had adorned the art of painting , if he had devoted as much pains to figures and animals as he did to questions of perspective , for , although these are ingenious and good in their way , yet an immoderate devotion to them causes an infinite waste of time , fatigues nature , clogs the mind with difficulties , and frequently renders it sterile where it had previously been fertile and facile . |
| 9 | It had previously been available only on the German import album , ‘ Diamonds And Porcupines ’ . |
| 10 | While it had previously been legal to possess a small quantity of drugs for personal use , the new law prohibited possession altogether . |
| 11 | It had previously been notorious in some areas for the manipulation of electoral boundaries and for the practice of religious discrimination . |
| 12 | He had previously been well , except for chronic otitis media . |
| 13 | At his trial it was revealed he had previously been involved in an incident whilst working as a door supervisor when another person died . |
| 14 | He could have given in to his sympathetic side at any point but he was adamant that Charman had to go , even though he knew the hurt it would cause to someone with whom he had previously been close . |