Example sentences of "system had been " in BNC.
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| 31 | Obviously the whole unemployment/Social Security system had been set up to confuse , anger and demoralise him . |
| 32 | In some departments , noticeably the music departments , there was evident relief that the restrictions caused by the previous ‘ O ’ level system had been eradicated , and that at long last an examination had been introduced that corresponded more closely to the actual nature of their subject . |
| 33 | She would have stopped there if the adrenalin in her system had been less potent or the half-smile on his face had n't taunted her to further repartee . |
| 34 | Bob carried out immediate treatment and reassured the client that the infestation would not recur because the drainage system had been replaced . |
| 35 | Of the 23% who did not approve of the devolution , some commented on the speed with which the new system had been introduced and of the lack of opportunity for staff development ; others were concerned that localised development meant duplication of effort . |
| 36 | The respiratory system had been modified , so that air could be breathed in through the nose , as customary , but out through apertures behind the ears . |
| 37 | Amid the protests to date , perhaps the most telling line has come from Newtownards woman Phyllis Bibby whose petition demanding urgent changes in the system had been meeting with a poor response . |
| 38 | Mr A. D. Williams of Dundee , Chairman of the Group 's Sub-Committee responsible for the issue of statistics , reported to the meeting that a system had been devised for the collection of statistics from the various Centres . |
| 39 | An extraordinary congress of the ruling party , the communist Partido Africano da Indepêndencia de Cabo Verde ( PAICV ) , was called for the latter part of 1990 , after the introduction of a multiparty system had been agreed in principle by the national council — the party 's policy-making body between congresses . |
| 40 | Reports indicated that dissatisfaction with the single-party system had been mounting among the ( largely Roman Catholic ) population . |
| 41 | In response , President Jaruzelski of Poland declared that while he approved in principle the removal of Soviet forces from Poland , this should be deferred until agreement on a new European security system had been reached and specifically until the position of a united Germany had been clarified . |
| 42 | Airbus Industrie rejected any suggestion that the aircraft itself was to blame , but its sophisticated " fly by wire " computer system had been criticized by some experts as over-complicated , and Indian Airlines staff complained that pilots and maintenance crew had received insufficient training on the Airbus . |
| 43 | The old system had been removed , but the new ones were not yet working at full power . |
| 44 | A package of laws redefining local government structure , responsibilities and powers and the electoral system had been rushed through the National Assembly in recent weeks . |
| 45 | Mate Boban , leader of the Bosnian Croatian Democratic Union ( HDZ ) , declared on June 21 that the Croatian Defence Council ( HVO — Bosnian Croats ' military body ) controlled all Croat-inhabited areas of Bosnia-Hercegovina , and that a canton system had been established . |
| 46 | That system had been intended for some time . |
| 47 | Earlier in the same piece the editor had pointed out that the education system had been ‘ The most effective safeguard of the social stratification we all in our heart of hearts bow down and worship ’ . |
| 48 | It was criticized by the chairman of the Historical Association 's education committee on the grounds that the whole syllabus had been created before the assessment system had been devised . |
| 49 | Disparate and haphazard as it was , one thing is certain : popular discontent with the system had been general for several years . |
| 50 | In Iraq 's case , the export system had been given a boost with the completion late in 1989 of the IPSA-2 pipeline . |
| 51 | Although the CNAA system had been in operation since 1964 , ‘ it is only recently that it has made almost total inroads as far as the central , advanced colleges of technology in Scotland are concerned ’ . |
| 52 | On the facts , a safe system had been devised but when the operation of the system was delegated to the other company it was not operated properly . |
| 53 | The missing equation had been found , the system had been closed and the Keynesian model at last formed a cohesive whole . |
| 54 | It will be crucial to know about the context(s) in which the system had been used . |
| 55 | They now moved back , in sympathy with the Japanese surrender , they moved back and the nationalists took Shanghai and really controlled the whole of , of south China again so that the , the old landlord system had been re-established . |
| 56 | It also said that the system had been a source of friction between the Employment Department and the TECs . |
| 57 | He said a Labour government would call a halt to road and rail improvements until a logical system had been devised . |
| 58 | Indeed , he went so far as to say that Britain 's justice system had been badly bruised by the Government 's failure in this respect . |
| 59 | Before considering how events developed , it is important to clarify in whose interests the system had been operating . |
| 60 | Environmental services employees responsible for waste management at Teesside 's four disposal sites were delighted to hear their quality system had been awarded BS5750 part 2/ISO9002 registration . |