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'had been thorough' is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an action that has previously been completed. For example: "The team's research had been thorough, so their conclusions were sound."
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It meant that the Tuesday operation had been thorough.
They made nonsense of the idea that the police inquiry had been thorough.
The State Department spokesman, James P. Rubin, responded today that the investigations had been "thorough and complete".
In an interview yesterday, Paul A. Allaire, Xerox's chairman, insisted that Xerox's self-examination had been thorough and that its board had been diligent.
Nick Clack, senior energy campaigner at the Campaign to Protect Rural England, said there had been thorough assessment and consultation: "This announcement is a really positive step.
Police officials familiar with Mr. Kelly's thinking said that he wanted outsiders involved to make sure that the new police inquiry had been thorough and not hobbled by institutional self-protection.
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Morgan has been thorough.
He has been thorough, but not efficient.
And it is beyond doubt too that Mr Lévy has been thorough.
Much of the city was destroyed in World War II, but its postwar reconstruction has been thorough.
"We believe that the Justice Department's examination has been thorough and impartial," said Andrew Williams, a Goldman Sachs spokesman.
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