Sentence examples for had been contained for from inspiring English sources

"It wasn't anything he did," Martin said of Pierce, who had been contained for three quarters.

This was to some degree understandable: the frontier campaign was unpopular in Pakistan, the army was coming off badly against the irregulars, and making deals with rebels was, after all, how the frontier had been contained for 150 years.

Two portable toilets were provided for demonstrators after they had been contained for five hours, the court heard.

The rouble firmed and Russian assets climbed on Tuesday after Obama and fellow G7 leaders held back from new sanctions and investors took the view that the crisis had been contained for now.

Financial contagion may have been contained for now by the European Central Bank, but political contagion is a growing risk.

He was frantically complaining to the police that some of NA needed to use the toilet having been contained for two hours.

Before active smear and culture negative TB was diagnosed (usually initiated by doing a chest X-ray for other reasons) the infection may have been contained and inactive for years.

Saddam has been contained with them for the past 11 years.

"The thing could have been contained were it not for the politics of it," according to Sir Leon Brittan, the EU's trade commissioner.

The effective filing date for a claimed invention in an application for reissue or reissued patent shall be determined by deeming the claim to the invention to have been contained in the patent for which reissue was sought.

The report suggested that the problem might still have been contained had it not been for outdated computers and the failure of company technicians to share information.