Sentence examples for had been violence from inspiring English sources

If there had been violence, then charges of assault would surely have stuck – and been more appropriate?

"With its negative and positive, the election was a milestone," he said, though he acknowledged there had been violence and vote buying.

The Pentagon's national military command center distributed a report around 4 30 p.m., 50 minutes after the assault started, that there had been violence in Benghazi and that the ambassador could not be located.

In Yemen, government officials and a Shiite rebel group agreed that there had been violence, but their accounts of what led to the clash and the number of casualties diverged sharply.

There had been violence in 1957 when the women of Zeerust were ordered to carry passes; there was violence in 1958 with the enforcement of cattle culling in Sekhukhuneland; there was violence in 1959 when the people of Cato Manor protested against pass raids; there was violence in 1960 when the government attempted to impose Bantu authorities in Pondoland.

He added that it was unfair that Russian fans were being targeted for criticism when it was England fans who had begun the violence, and also noted that there had been violence involving other fans at the tournament, including ahead of the match between Poland and Northern Ireland.

There has been violence by gangs of skinheads & neo-Nazis.

"For 30 years, there has been violence here.

During the election, there has been violence, which is common in Philippine politics.

They said the attention to what some officers might have said online missed the point: there has been violence at the parade and officers have been injured.

Supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi have staged rival rallies across the country but there has been violence in the north.