Sentence examples for had been permanent from inspiring English sources

Both had been permanent Australian residents for more than four years by the time they sought to become Australian citizens.

'You demand answers with an insolence rarely seen.' " His prose can be awkward and gangly: "Things that had been permanent and unquestionable were suddenly thrown into doubt.

But in cabinet secretary Gus O'Donnell, Brown thought he had an ally, as they had worked closely together at the Treasury when O'Donnell had been permanent secretary and Brown chancellor.

Erik Axel Karlfeldt, a Swedish poet, was not only dead when awarded the 1931 prize but until his death had been permanent secretary of the awarding body, the Swedish Academy.

If only Bobby's work had been permanent, he would have been entirely happy, but he could not help sinking a little the next day, and a little more the next, until, by the end of the week, he had fallen entirely into his former knotted state.

Those where there had been permanent impairments, value guys who bought AIG or Fannie Mae, or Lehman Brothers or Bear Stearns.

Eight have been permanent deals.

For me, it was a photo of the summer happiness that could have been permanent.

But there have been permanent moustaches in Equity before: Peter Bowles, until recently.

In the core pension system, too, there has been permanent revolution.

"You would have thought the Roosevelt Court's rejection of that would have been permanent, but it's coming back.