Example sentences of "who had been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The resignations occurred amid continuing controversy over the handling of the security services by Richard Sacher , the federal Minister of the Interior [ see p. 37382 ] , who had been criticized for not proceeding rapidly enough with the removal of StB officers from the ministry . |
| 2 | The SPD polled an average of 26.64 per cent ( 21.88 per cent in March 1990 ) , but apparently only made real inroads on CDU support in Brandenburg , with the respected East Berlin lay Protestant leader and lawyer Manfred Stolpe heading its campaign against the CDU 's Peter-Michael Diestel ( who had been criticized for his handling of the dissolution of the Stasi secret police — see p. 37828 ) . |
| 3 | The FNM attacked the size and cost of the new Cabinet and called for the resignation of Maynard and of Philip Bethel , who had been criticized for his stewardship of the Transport Ministry and the troubles of the state airline Bahamasair . |
| 4 | It enabled Bush , who had been criticized for excessive prioritization of foreign policy , to demonstrate concern for and involvement in domestic affairs , and to demonstrate a commitment to civil rights at a time when Duke 's gubernatorial candidacy in Louisiana [ see above ] had embarrassed the Republican party . |
| 5 | De Franco was appointed president of the Central Bank of Nicaragua replacing Raúl A. Lacayo Solórzano who had been criticized for his credit policies . |
| 6 | It quickly emerged that a good deal of potential support was coming from those Conservative Members who had been elected for the first time . |
| 7 | He was awakened later by the sound of laughter and , heaving himself out of his chair , he joined two Tories , John Taylor , the unsuccessful candidate for Cheltenham , and Mirj Deva , who had been elected for Brentford and Isleworth . |
| 8 | She was a quietly-spoken old lady who had been retired for seven years . |
| 9 | As a result of the changes Richard Prebble , who had been dismissed for disloyalty in November 1988 by David Lange , Palmer 's predecessor [ see p. 36294 ] , returned to the government . |
| 10 | Sipping lager , we gazed at the front-page face of a dour middle-aged nurse who had been sacked for making porno movies on hospital premises . |
| 11 | There were some who had been destined for fighters , especially Meteors , who found themselves headed for a dreaded bomber tour . |
| 12 | It is a sad and generally unrealised truth that the client who had been investing for upwards of nine months , probably knew considerably more than a new dealer . |
| 13 | Sheila , who had been ringing for over 20 years , told me that her father and grandfather had both been ringers . |
| 14 | She hardly listened to Mr Lessing 's explanation ; the tutor was his cousin , who had been intended for the Church but proved to have divergent views from his bishop , and had resigned . |
| 15 | At the big house I met the Officer who had been looking for me earlier on . |
| 16 | Obviously a tall , long-legged person will need a big horse ; I recently sold a 17.3hh gelding to a man of six foot eight who had been looking for a long time ! |
| 17 | Apart from anything else , his family came from Glasgow ( unlike twenty-five of the thirty-one Scottish lord lieutenants , Admiral Bryson had also been educated in Scotland ) , as several of the big Sussex landowners who had been hoping for the job quickly pointed out . |
| 18 | From the clinical database of 75 trials held by Glaxo , who manufacture sumatriptan , 375 asthmatics have been identified who had been treated for 1214 migraine episodes . |
| 19 | All had two or more close relatives who had been treated for the disease . |
| 20 | These results suggest that the children of fathers who had been monitored for exposure to external penetrating ionising radiation in the nuclear industry may be at increased risk of developing leukaemia before their fifth birthday . |
| 21 | Compaore on Jan. 9 ordered the rehabilitation of over 4,000 people who had been punished for their political or trades union activities since 1983 , when Capt. Thomas Sankara took power . |
| 22 | Patients with complex partial epilepsy refractory to medical treatment , and who had been assessed for epilepsy surgery , were studied between April , 1989 and October , 1992 . |
| 23 | In R. v. Jordan ( 1967 ) Jordan , who had been sentenced for offences under the Race Relations Act 1965 , applied for a writ of habeas corpus claiming that he had been convicted under an invalid law . |
| 24 | Eve had n't known that Birdie Mac who ran the sweet shop had a man from Ballylee who had been calling for fifteen years , but she would n't leave her old mother and the man from Ballylee would n't come to Knockglen . |
| 25 | The foundation of a national Board of Education signalled the acceptance within the official culture of a need for policies that would co-ordinate an efficient and fully national system of education , and also allowed the voices of dons who had been calling for a transformation of the traditional curriculum to carry more weight than ever before . |
| 26 | Police violence against members of racial minorities became a national issue following the widespread broadcast on television of an amateur video showing white Los Angeles policemen brutally beating a black man who had been stopped for an alleged driving offence on March 3 . |
| 27 | The catalyst for the rioting was the decision by an all-white jury to acquit four officers of the Los Angeles Police Department ( LAPD ) on charges arising from the beating of Rodney King , a motorist who had been stopped for traffic violations . |
| 28 | Giorgos Balafas , who had been sought for seven years in connection with crimes committed by November 17 and another urban guerrilla group , Anti-State Struggle , had been arrested on Nov. 1 . |
| 29 | Maha was a lushly beautiful woman who had left the husband who had been arranged for her . |
| 30 | 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 . |