Example sentences of "party had been " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the day the General Election was announced , the major parties had been invited to attend the meetings by the pressure group Save British Science . |
| 2 | Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice , the third Special Rapporteur , thought that previous analysis of treaties and third parties had been unsatisfactory in both theory and doctrine , and that the subject had received no systematic treatment . |
| 3 | Initially , she had been ostracised in some quarters , and on several occasions when she had arranged a soiree , rival parties had been arranged for the same night . |
| 4 | After May 1945 several political parties had been formed in Germany . |
| 5 | Although a number of influential parties had been trying to have New Year 's flay changed from the old style 13th of the month to 1st , the majority of the natives were loath to change and both days were partially observed . |
| 6 | One of the first rules of house and hall parties had been to scout the building for dark corners that might make useful retiring-places if the evening went well — preference was given to anywhere that had a lock on the inside . |
| 7 | However , it was only in 1929 that a separate Secretariat for Latin America was formed within the Comintern 's Moscow administration ; hitherto relations with Latin American Communist parties had been handled through a ‘ Latin Secretariat ’ which also covered Southern Europe . |
| 8 | Once the parties had been heard , the master or registrar would have the power either to make an ‘ unless ’ order , that is that the case would be struck out unless particular steps were taken within a particular time , or the case would be set down for trial . |
| 9 | These were the first multiparty elections to be held in the Soviet Union , the Lithuanian Supreme Soviet having in December 1989 abolished the constitutionally guaranteed communist monopoly of power [ see p. 37129 ] and having earlier in February passed a new law regulating the establishment and functioning of new political parties ; in fact new or revived political parties had been emerging in Lithuania since the beginning of 1989 [ see pp. 36487 ; 36854 ] . |
| 10 | Since the adoption in July 1989 of a law legalizing political parties [ see p. 36834 ] , 20 parties had been recognized , with the fundamentalist Islamic Salvation Front ( Front islamique du salut — FIS ) claiming over 3,000,000 supporters . |
| 11 | At the time of the coalition negotiations in September 1988 , mutual distrust between Gudmundsson and the left-wing parties had been widely quoted as one of the main reasons for his party refusing to join the government . |
| 12 | By mid-June 1990 a total of 14 parties had been authorized and a 15th had requested recognition following the decision of the PDCI on May 3 , 1990 , to allow opposition parties to operate [ see p. 37445 ] . |
| 13 | President Ali Saibou , under pressure from a campaign led by the trades union confederation to introduce democratic reforms , told members of the National Assembly ( parliament ) on Nov. 15 that a multiparty system would be introduced and a national consultative conference held once political parties had been formed . |
| 14 | Presidential and legislative elections were expected to take place in 1991 once legal political parties had been legally formed . |
| 15 | The United Somali Congress ( USC ) , which drew its support from the Hawiye clan of central Somalia , launched an offensive in late December , while the largest rebel group , the northern-based Somali National Movement ( SNM ) , dismissed as " futile " a government announcement on Dec. 26 that political parties had been legalized with immediate effect . |
| 16 | By the end of 1990 more than 60 opposition parties had been formed , notably Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social ( UDPS — Union for Democracy and Progress , Etienne Tshisekedi l . ) ; |
| 17 | The elections to a new 205-member House of Representatives resulted in a victory for the Nepali Congress , which formed a new government in late May , and marked the final stage of a 15-month democratization process which had resulted in the destruction of the old panchayat system , under which political parties had been banned and most political power had rested in the hands of the monarch , King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva [ see p. 37856 for chronology of events leading to the adoption of a new constitution in November 1990 ] . |
| 18 | At least 10 parties had been formed following publication of the National Constitution Review Commission 's ( NCRC 's ) recommendation in March that multiparty politics should be legalised , ending 21 years of one-party rule by the All People 's Congress ( APC ) . |
| 19 | A National Parliamentary Movement ( MNP ) of 19 parties had been formed to campaign for the early adoption of a parliamentary system , which could mean severely curtailing Collor 's powers . |
| 20 | By Dec. 20 at least 16 political parties had been launched including a group calling itself FORD " A " . |
| 21 | During much of Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti 's seventh administration , formed in April 1991 [ see p. 38157 ] , the four coalition parties had been conscious of the approaching election and the government had progressively lost cohesion . |
| 22 | By May 25 a total of eight political parties had been recognized , while the following day , 16 of the country 's 21 political parties ( recognized and unrecognized ) were reported to have combined to form the National Co-ordination of the Opposition ( CNO ) . |
| 23 | Prime Minister Oscar de la Puente Raygada of the " national and emergency " government , installed following the presidential coup of April 5 [ see pp. 38846-47 ] , confirmed on June 27 that opposition parties had been invited " separately " , and not as a bloc , to participate in a dialogue on the country 's political future starting on June 30 . |
| 24 | Before the High Court ruling , opposition parties had been reported as considering a boycott , amid allegations that Moi 's Kenya African National Union ( KANU ) was attempting to rig the elections . |
| 25 | On Dec. 10 Kibaki accused Moi of using violent methods to secure a KANU victory , alleging that candidates of the main opposition parties had been prevented by force from presenting their nominations . |
| 26 | For four years political differences between the president and the parties had been muted because of the war , but now the dikes burst . |
| 27 | Between 1929 and the formation of the second National Government after the general election , the Liberal party had been a genuine participant in the political system and the other parties had to consider carefully what its reactions might be . |
| 28 | In 1959 the Conservative Party had been in power for eight years , but ‘ decency ’ appears to have been safe in their hands . |
| 29 | The group maintains that by the time Mr Outhwaite agreed to take on the US risks , the dangers of asbestosis were already known : a Lloyd 's working party had been set up in 1980 to look at the issue . |
| 30 | The ruling Liberal Democratic Party had been looking for an excuse to reward its friends in the building industry for their financial support . |