Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | After his re-election in 1972 Nixon asked for the resignations of all non career employees in the executive branch and took steps to ensure that all those appointed or reappointed were loyal to him and his policies . |
| 2 | The danger of internal dispute was recognised and the KPR strove to achieve coalescence of all elements whether right or left , that had been opposed to the Japanese . |
| 3 | Following the government retreat over the terms of the Directive in 1988 it was estimated that Anglian would have to spend £60-£70 million over the following 10 years to clean up the water supplies of Bedford and Norwich , along with a total 25 supplies that had been subject to derogations . |
| 4 | He enclosed the green that had been open to the villagers for years , and he bought up Hooper 's farm just to tack on his land , this land you 're living on . ’ |
| 5 | Gen Noriega 's provocations may simply have accelerated a plan that had been ready to be unleashed at any time . |
| 6 | He was returning to a world that had been kind to him , a past he could be sure of . |
| 7 | Friends that had been kind to me . |
| 8 | Rats that had been pre-exposed to a tone were trained on a task in which presses on a lever in the presence of the tone yielded reward but responses in the absence of the tone did not . |
| 9 | Was it because everything that had been precious to him had been torn from him that he had to find someone to blame for his losses , someone to take advantage of , someone from whom he could derive consolation ? |
| 10 | The scheme was launched 14 years ago and had been subject to two public enquiries , both of which recommended the building of a tunnel under Oxleas Wood , at an extra cost of £10 million . |
| 11 | Though the engine was 17 years old and had been used to pulling 40-tonne loads at 60mph , Mr Tomlinson did n't need to touch it . |
| 12 | While she was deeply fond of Liz 's twin girls — and had been thrilled to be chosen as their godmother — she was far too immersed in her role as a successful businesswoman even to consider the possibility of ever having any children of her own . |
| 13 | The royal court in Egypt was then one of the most cosmopolitan in the work ; Fawzia was sophisticated and had been accustomed to great luxury and pampering , no least from her doting brother . |
| 14 | She also added , without being asked , that Annunciata was not , in Pen 's opinion , found to be a substitute for his Lily and that the maid had fallen ill with fever soon after Wilson left and had been useless to anyone . |
| 15 | reported that the Funeral Service Journal had hoped to attend the Conference , but had been unable to be present owing to imminent magazine deadlines . |