Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The RSC had been consulted by the National Curriculum Council over proposed revisions to the science component of the national curriculum and QEB was pleased to note that the main thrust of the RSC 's response had been accepted by the NCC . |
| 2 | Joe 's contract had been renewed during each year of his captivity but that did n't happen this year . |
| 3 | In a Board statement issued less than an hour ago , it was announced that Mr Peterkin 's contract had been terminated , to take effect immediately . |
| 4 | Dr 's defence had been legally unusual , that of necessity . |
| 5 | Only one bastion of prime importance to the city 's defence had been lost so far : Douaumont . |
| 6 | These changes had become somewhat academic , however , when the evaluators arrived , by which time the committee 's activities had been suspended . |
| 7 | A defence lawyer said Wilson 's activities had been ‘ nipped in the bud ’ and his lifestyle had altered dramatically since the offences three years ago . |
| 8 | The findings again call into question the Government 's attempt to privatise nuclear power despite constant warnings over the costs The shadow Energy Secretary , Mr Frank Dobson , claimed yesterday that the CEGB 's accounts had been ‘ massaged and adjusted to suit the Government 's privatisation policies ’ . |
| 9 | Ershad 's trial had been scheduled to open on Feb. 16 , but was postponed for a month on a technicality . |
| 10 | But if Hardy 's Virgilianism had been pointed out to Pound , this would not have counted in Hardy 's favour . |
| 11 | The CDP had welcomed the broad direction in which the CNAA 's discussions had been going in 1975 , but liked little or nothing in the Partnership in Validation document . |
| 12 | At the close of hostilities that evening A.H.Q. Malta issued a communique stating that since the beginning of the fighting over the island , Malta 's defences had been credited with 132 destroyed , 44 probably destroyed and 58 damaged for the loss of 29 fighters , ten of the pilots having been saved . |
| 13 | Luke telephoned her early to tell her , tersely , what time he would fetch her that night , and although she put a frigid resentment into her voice Maria did n't demur , since it was in their public , professional capacities that the radio station 's personnel had been issued with complimentary tickets to the first Taiwanese appearance of a fairly famous American singer . |
| 14 | The impasse had resulted in California having no budget for 65 days , during which time the state 's authorities had been forced to issue more than $3,000 million-worth of " warrants " ( IOUs ) in order to meet payroll and other contractual obligations . |
| 15 | The busmen 's case had been that their strict schedules made the satisfactory operation of physical functions difficult . |
| 16 | My office was subsequently informed by telephone on 10 May and by a letter dated 13 May from the deputy manager of the unemployment benefit office that Mr. Docherty 's case had been allowed by the adjudication officer , and that he was therefore entitled to arrears of benefit . |
| 17 | If the judges in Elmer 's case had been strict conventionalists they would have decided that case in two stages . |
| 18 | At the beginning of IOS one of Cornfeld 's associates had been Victor Herbert , who had quit early . |
| 19 | It was an unemotional summary ; Rostov thought that it hid well the bitterness which he felt towards Irina 's kin for their concerted opposition to her marriage , for the years of separation which had been achieved by her father 's influence with the Navy Board and , not least , for the extent to which Alexei 's upbringing had been influenced by the rigid infrastructure of the Court . |
| 20 | Second , I would not have believed the car was there if my son 's hi-fi had been silent , even though the car itself remained outside . |
| 21 | Certainly they would have had much to talk about , recalling voyages up the New England coast ; how they had dared storms together and mixed with tough Maine characters at the Jonesport summer ball , or how one of Peters 's cruises had been christened after the four B's which constituted their provisions : beans , bacon , bread , and bananas . |
| 22 | Fedorov 's description had been circulated from Davout 's headquarters three hours before . |
| 23 | Those that matched Darby 's description had been borrowed from the newsroom and the wording of the death threat typed on them . |
| 24 | Senior officers countered their allegations , saying Pringle 's sister had been offered as a mediator but he had refused to speak to her . |
| 25 | Of course Elmer Rice 's play had been censored and toned down before coming to the screen but Photoplay still needed to ask whether ‘ the public really wants a true cross-section of life presented as it actually happens ’ . |
| 26 | But he said that his only concern was to establish whether Mr Ridley 's decision had been in accordance with the law . |
| 27 | ( 2 ) Dismissing the appeals , that the visitor 's decision had been correct ( post , pp. 1114F–G , 1116D , 1126A , B , 1133B ) . |
| 28 | The UK company Vickers , makers of the British Challenger tank which had hoped to secure the contract , said afterwards that Kuwait 's decision had been prompted by pressure from the US government . |
| 29 | A short wooden sword was clutched in one grimy hand and the boy 's shirt had been well and truly ripped . |
| 30 | Even when Pearce 's innards had been completely absorbed and digested , the thing 's need was still strong . |