Many of these late nineteenth century houses would not have been built had it not been for a major tragedy.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

Sometimes a person fights a battle that has been decided or keeps arguing a question that has been settled.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

The epidemic might have been even worse had it not been for the father of the actress Glenn Close.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

Since the anti-trust law had been passed in eighteen ninety, few companies had been found guilty of violating it.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

There have been laws that have been passed, and many police officers and other authorities are being trained about this.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

The citizens of Ada knew he had been arrested several times but had always been released for lack of evidence.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

"Apple has been a driver in some things and they have been a faithful adopter of good ideas in others."

VOA: special.2011.01.28

information had been given at the police office, and the officers had been sent to search the building.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

He argued that Lincoln had been commander-in-chief of all military forces and had been murdered during wartime.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

Kevlar might not have been invented had Stephanie Kwolek been able to seek a career in medicine.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

The study compared trees that had been thinned by machine with those that had not been thinned.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

So far,most of the trade-ins have been trucks and the majority of new purchases have been cars.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

In her own good land here She's been abused, She's been burned, dishonored, denied and refused.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

Water has now been confirmed in amounts much greater than had been thought.

VOA: special.2009.12.30