Example sentences of "[vb past] be [adv] [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I was going to suggest then , Chairman , in the light of , in a sense a change of , a change of thought by me over the Christmas period , in a way it 's probably best it happened , is to ask if we could , because I 'm , I 'm keen that , this kind of different kind of strategy , there is a , there is a member ownership of the strategy , rather than just put something to you , that you would then have to , you know you , you have the paper in front of you , it 's a thirty page document , and you decided is actually to suggest that you have actually a , a , a member group of , of , of a few members , perhaps three or four members , erm , to actually work with me on this , in the development of that strategy , so there was actually a member involvement , because it 's straying more into the political field . |
| 2 | Ever since 1945 it had been widely accepted that there was a need to reform local government to bring greater efficiency and more vigour into the system . |
| 3 | It had been widely assumed that he would succeed Sir Robert Scholey when the chairman steps down . |
| 4 | In the early decades of the century it had been widely assumed that the distinct geographical provinces of the modern world had only come into existence quite recently in geological terms . |
| 5 | In recent months it had been widely reported that Saw Maung , who had chaired the SLORC since the army assumed power in 1998 , had suffered a mental breakdown . |
| 6 | Although it had been widely reported that he had made a full confession during pre-trial questioning , in court Watanabe maintained that " there is no truth " in the reports that he had paid politicians . |
| 7 | It had been widely expected that President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali , whose distaste for capital punishment for politically motivated crimes had been well publicized , would commute the death sentences . |
| 8 | In February 1991 he had moved from Palermo to Rome in order to become director-general of penal affairs in the Justice Ministry , and it had been widely expected that he might head a new judicial body which was to be created as part of a fresh anti-Mafia drive . |
| 9 | Earlier he had been officially advised that it was his legal right to have his solicitor present ; but surprisingly Downes had taken no advantage of the offer . |
| 10 | He said it had been clearly stated that there would not be any unilateral change in Articles 2 and 3 . |
| 11 | By the middle of the nineteenth century it had been firmly established that there was something curious about Mercury 's orbit . |
| 12 | His son Themba , who is studying at Liverpool University , said yesterday on the telephone that his family had been reliably informed that he and Mr Sisulu would be out this month . |
| 13 | Patrick Jenkin , as Conservative Social Services Secretary , more recently described how he had been reliably informed that ‘ the increasing turbulence of modern life , with rising crime , industrial disruption , violence and terrorism , was rooted in the separation of children from their parents during the war ’ . |
| 14 | In the eve-of-election euphoria , party aides had been confidently predicting that the Liberal Democrats could achieve a total of 29 or 30 seats . |
| 15 | In the eve-of-election euphoria , party aides had been confidently predicting that the Liberal Democrats could achieve a total of 29 or 30 seats . |
| 16 | Ahead of the Supreme Soviet elections in Latvia the nationalist Latvian Popular Front had been confidently predicting that it would secure a two-thirds majority in the 201-seat chamber , basing this prediction on its unexpectedly strong showing in the local elections in December 1989 when its candidates had won around 75 per cent of all seats , including half the seats in the city soviet of the predominantly Russian-populated capital , Riga . |
| 17 | In Amman on Nov. 30 he again alleged that while many Security Council members had shown a " tangible degree of understanding " , he had been privately assured that " the real issue [ of lifting the blockade ] hinged on the positions of the United States , Britain and France " . |
| 18 | In Helby v. Matthews he was merely hiring them and in Lee v. Butler it had been expressly agreed that the furniture was not to become his property until the payments had been completed . |
| 19 | Previously , it had been generally accepted that the requirement of an undertaking in damages as a condition of the grant of an interlocutory injunction did not apply in the case of the Crown . |
| 20 | In earlier decades it had been generally agreed that there would be benefits from standardisation , but with the benefits accruing variously to consumers , undertakings generally and appliance manufacturers , while the costs fell on the non-standard undertakings alone , there had been a failure to agree on finance for a common scheme . |
| 21 | The point had been successfully made that such a case belonged to the Church 's jurisdiction , not to the Crown 's . |
| 22 | It was not until the effects of R.A. Smith 's surveys of the evidence county by county , which appeared in the Victoria County History during the years 1900–26 , had been fully felt that there was any appreciable advance . |
| 23 | As he had passed her in the little hall this morning a tendril of her silky black hair had brushed his ruined cheek , and the smell of it had been so distracting that he had feared for his composure . |
| 24 | Yesterday she had been absolutely determined that she did . |
| 25 | The plaintiff could not prove that the defendant knew it was a secret process either because of its nature or because he had been specifically told that it was and Vaisey J pointed out that if it were really secret it was surprising that the defendant 's employment had brought him into contact with it ; he had been to prison in the past . |
| 26 | Although it had been initially stated that the elections would be held in September , they were then postponed to Nov. 4 , with a second round if necessary on Nov. 25 . |
| 27 | In so far as Whitehall had considered these matters it had been vaguely assumed that a status quo ante would be established and the Dutch in the Netherlands East Indies , the French in Indochina , and the Colonial Office in Burma and Malaya would resume their rightful sway . |
| 28 | One person pointed out that , if it was not an accident , there were serious political overtones and the convention had been long established that political matters were never raised at presbytery meetings . |