Example sentences of "had [be] [vb pp] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The inquest heard that Leonie had been seen regularly by her GP and had been referred for psychiatric treatment . |
| 32 | By June 17 the police chief responsible for the Tehran section of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution ( Pasdaran ) force announced that special squads had been formed for rapid mobilization as necessary to control urban unrest . |
| 33 | Davies , who had been jailed for similar offences eight years ago , will be sentenced next month . |
| 34 | She had been jailed for seven days . |
| 35 | And the demand for jam jars had been so great that even salvage dumps and cemeteries had been searched for extra supplies . |
| 36 | Rotation was continued until the gall bladder was clear on fluoroscopy and no impacts had been felt for five minutes . |
| 37 | Jasper and Bert had been gone for ten days . |
| 38 | When they had been seated for some time Titch said : ‘ I suppose you 've heard the news ? ’ |
| 39 | A state of emergency , which already existed over two-thirds of the country ( representing more than 50 per cent of the population ) , had been reimposed for 30 days in the capital Lima on March 23 in an effort to protect candidates , following the murder of a FREDEMO congressional candidate , Julio Gálvez . |
| 40 | Well over 100 applications had been received for 35 places on a new course starting this year . |
| 41 | One EC official said yesterday that the problem of fraud involving the Vatican had been understood for several years , and that attempts were being made to stamp it out . |
| 42 | This second tranche of the SAF had been withheld for six months until Sri Lanka had agreed to the implementation of a policy framework paper outlining the conditions for the government 's stabilization programme . |
| 43 | Originally , some 424 acres ( 170 hectares ) of land in Cramlington had been designated for industrial development . |
| 44 | Following the elections to the Basque parliament on Oct. 28 , 1990 , the formation of a new regional government had been delayed for three months due to the breakdown of talks between the two parties which had made up the previous governing coalition — the Basque Nationalist Party ( PNV ) , which had emerged as the largest single party , with 22 seats , and the Basque Socialist Party ( PSE-PSOE ) which had been beaten into second place . |
| 45 | Though since to find an alternative word was n't going to alter matters at all by the look of it , Fabia began to wonder if perhaps Vendelin Gajdusek was coming back from Prague today to keep his appointment but had been delayed for some reason or another . |
| 46 | The plenum had been delayed for several months , allegedly because of divisions over economic policy between the central and provincial authorities . |
| 47 | He complained that his design had been criticized for deficient lighting but he had shown the Committee that his windows were larger than those in sixteen or seventeen well-known classical buildings in London . |
| 48 | It enabled Bush , who had been criticized for excessive prioritization of foreign policy , to demonstrate concern for and involvement in domestic affairs , and to demonstrate a commitment to civil rights at a time when Duke 's gubernatorial candidacy in Louisiana [ see above ] had embarrassed the Republican party . |
| 49 | The shortest route through Kent , entering London from the south , was clearly the best but had been rejected for political reasons , he added . |
| 50 | This placed an unfortunate obstacle in the path of the police who might otherwise , simply on the grounds of suspicion , make a ‘ clean sweep ’ of all known criminals — a policy that had been advocated for some years by Matthew Davenport Hill , the Recorder of Birmingham — as a sure means to guarantee the safety of the streets . |
| 51 | On Sept. 17 it was announced that the defence and economic co-operation accord between the USA and Turkey had been extended for another year . |
| 52 | For up-market small-party charter hire , InterCity also procured the former London Midland Region general manager 's saloon No 6320 — something of a hybrid , comprising a special body on a Mk 1 underframe and B4 bogies , which had been converted for dual braking and electric train heating . |
| 53 | Sometimes this research was located in areas where the effects of human activity had been sustained for many centuries . |
| 54 | The Battersea Congress of the Party , to which this complaint was later addressed , gave official backing to a scheme which had been projected for some time , a Revolutionary Trade Union Opposition to unite the various unofficial movements which had been growing up in many important unions . |
| 55 | As is traditional , the trophies which were won throughout the year had been saved for this occasion and presented to their recipients after dinner . |
| 56 | Commodore G. Paul , plans of the drainage under the green had been made for future reference . |
| 57 | Last year the ministry claimed it had made progress , only to find it had to revise its figures to reveal no progress had been made for five years . |
| 58 | Specialized apparatus , which formerly had been made for specific purposes in the laboratory where it was required , could be obtained from manufacturers of scientific instruments , saving much time and labour . |
| 59 | Places reserved ‘ But supporters of the scheme said provision had been made for disabled shoppers . |
| 60 | Mr Espin reported that bookings had been made for 22 adults and 26 children . |