Example sentences of "[verb] that [adj] [vb past] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It transpired that both had been betrayed by a Russian agent , Hans Geyer , who using the alias ‘ Henry Toll ’ had infiltrated Gehlen 's organisation and passed on all the details of his plans to Moscow . |
| 2 | The government initially claimed that it had no prior notice of the Commission 's intention to initiate proceedings , but it was later disclosed that this had been the subject of correspondence between the Commission and the Department of Transport . |
| 3 | The fragment of an oak leaf , brown and dead , quivering on its neck , let Tallis know that this had been the leader . |
| 4 | Another BTO survey found that 1992 had been a good breeding season for songbirds . |
| 5 | But I soon found that this had been a dubious choice . |
| 6 | From a random group of 36 judges of the Court of Appeal and the High Court , he found that 31 had been to public schools ( 86 per cent ) and 33 to Oxford or Cambridge ( 92 per cent ) . |
| 7 | ‘ The … ah … manner in which they were found would seem to indicate that both had been drinking heavily . |
| 8 | In terms of financial results , Landau reported that 1991 had been ‘ a tough year ’ , hampered by the low value of the dollar as well as recession . |
| 9 | However , at out next meeting she agreed that this had been the problem . |
| 10 | He distinguished five botanical zones , but went beyond Watson by suggesting that each had been established by a separate episode of migration from a different continental source . |
| 11 | He could explain that this had been written a long time ago , when he was quite a different person . |
| 12 | Laub ; they believed that six had been hit in all from an estimated fifteen . |
| 13 | It was felt that this had been actuated by some bad ( and in the company 's opinion , unfair ) publicity . |
| 14 | Lynch knocked out Peter Kane of Golborne in the thirteenth round , and it was generally agreed that this had been one of the finest contests between flyweight boxers . |
| 15 | The effects of the Recruit scandal , the enforced resignation of two Prime Ministers and the introduction of an unpopular consumption tax meant that 1989 had been one of the LDP 's worst years . |
| 16 | It was only after the women had left that she thought to check the receipt book to make sure it had not been her duty to collect payment for today 's four lunches , then sighed with relief when she saw that this had been attended to at lunchtime by Jean . |
| 17 | The US ambassador , who had marvelled at the readiness of the British to hazard so much in company with France ( a nation which they were in the habit of disparaging ) , now saw that this had been no more than a passing flirtation . |
| 18 | Well I think that when I said that I think that given a man and a woman of equal qualifications I was assuming that that had been taken into account . |
| 19 | He appears to have believed that this had been conceded in substance ‘ by the admission of all sects and all sexes , unquestioned to the Conference ’ . |
| 20 | Surveys had shown that many consumers mistakenly believed that these had been officially approved . |
| 21 | Boy thought that this had been in some ways the perfect night , the best that he had ever had since he 'd arrived at The Bar . |
| 22 | Of the 23 disabled professionals who had been accepted for training as disabled people , eight reported that their entry qualifications were better than average , and five thought that this had been a major factor in their acceptance for training . |
| 23 | Although the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry decided not to refer the bid for Pilkington to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission , BTR abandoned its attempt to takeover the company , claiming that this had been motivated , not by adverse public reaction and the political storm created , but by Pilkington 's better than expected profits forecast , which indicated that the likely price required to capture the company would be greater than BTR was willing to pay . |
| 24 | It emerged that these had been supplied from British army depots on indents supposedly from the police . |
| 25 | The Home Office originally announced that no prisoners had been injured , but it was finally admitted that 54 had been , and that there had been criminal assaults on prisoners by staff . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , Mr Ebbert said that 1992 had been ‘ an exceptionally good year ’ for Vauxhall with excellent Astra sales playing a prominent part in the good financial result . |
| 27 | Relief officials in Tehran said that 60,000 had been injured , and hundreds of thousands were believed to have been left homeless . |
| 28 | Several thousand people massed in the streets of Bamako , and opposition groups said that 148 had been killed and hundreds wounded in the three days . |
| 29 | A Defence Ministry spokesman said that this had been decided because of the " difficult conditions " in Armenia , Azerbaijan and Georgia . |
| 30 | According to a report by the Ligue ivorienne des droits de l'homme ( Lidho ) , 19 students were seriously hurt ; The authorities denied subsequent newspaper reports that four had been killed . |