Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] that there had been " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Agence France-Presse ( AFP ) news agency reported from Kinshasa on Jan. 7 that there had been an abortive coup attempt the previous month , as a result of which a number of high-ranking officers were said to have been imprisoned . |
| 2 | A South African foreign affairs spokesman said on Jan. 5 that there had been contacts with Soviet representatives on a regular basis , " for example on the Namibian issue " , and " should we wish to pursue talks we would do so directly " , with no need for Hungarian or any other mediation . |
| 3 | The United States based organization Asia Watch reported in May 1991 that there had been a large number of secret trials of dissidents during the previous six months . |
| 4 | ( Foreign Minister Sani Bako said on Sept. 3 in a letter to the human rights organization Amnesty International that there had been no summary executions , that seven of those arrested had just been released , and that the organization could send a mission to Niger to observe the situation . ) |
| 5 | US State Department sources said on Feb. 12 that there had been more than 100 such attacks against allied targets since Jan. 17 . |
| 6 | Bhutto , who lost one of the seats she was contesting in the north-western city of Peshawar , alleged on Oct. 25 that there had been " massive fraud across the country " . |
| 7 | The Commissioners claimed purchase tax on these coins , but the House of Lords held that there had been no sale . |
| 8 | The Justice Tribunal Court of the state of Acre ruled that there had been insufficient evidence to convict Alves , who would now face a retrial . |
| 9 | The Reserve Bank of Fiji said in April 1990 that there had been a 23,000 net fall in the population since the 1987 coup , and that Fiji was now seeking experts from Thailand , China , Sri Lanka , the Philippines and Britain to make up the shortfall in professionals [ see also p. 36700 ] . |