Example sentences of "[be] [verb] to have be [vb pp] from " in BNC.

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1 Originally , the Seychelles kestrels nested in holes in the mountain crags but are said to have been ousted from that habitat by barn owls which were introduced to try and control the rat population .
2 In Sweden , British species such as dog rose , cowslip and ladies ' bedstraw are thought to have been lost from polluted woods , where the nitrogen-loving nettle and acid-tolerant wood sorrel now occur .
3 The figures are thought to have been adapted from a cycle of statues made by the sculptor Lysippus for a sanctuary at Alezia ( Acarnania , Greece ) in the 4th century BC and later brought to Rome .
4 Essentially it may be considered to have been derived from the Nutku-Halil solution using the Neugebauer-Kramer involution described in Section 12.4 .
5 With the exception of a few of the non-manual workers , concentrated in the first group , early retirement can not be said to have been chosen from a position of strength — namely , possessing financial security , good health , and the option of continued employment .
6 They are found predominately in Kent and are believed to have been manufactured from c .
7 Arnie Geller , president of the New York-based salvage firm scouring the ship , said the dive by a submersible also recovered five suitcases whose contents are believed to have been retrieved from safes before the ship sank on April 15 , 1912 .
8 The attacks are believed to have been launched from high ground above the ‘ Red Arch ’ .
9 In an effort to boost food production , office workers were reported to have been redeployed from Havana to farm jobs , and 20,000 Havana residents were said to be working shifts outside the city .
10 However , US relief workers who flew into Tehran on June 25 with medical supplies and food were reported to have been prevented from going to the affected provinces , while Kayhan , one of Iran 's largest-circulation newspapers , accused the USA of being mean with its aid and of hoping to reap diplomatic benefits by offering " one or two million dollars " .
11 The Algerian media gave prominent coverage to the army 's response to the incident , in which weapons were said to have been seized from the military by the armed group .
12 On top of that , Taylor is said to have been determined from the outset to exert his authority and not to be overshadowed by superstars .
13 No one will explain why he should have had a turtle-shell to lie in instead of some more orthodox cradle , but during the anti-monarchical excesses of the French Revolution this venerable carapace is said to have been saved from destruction by a naturalist of Pau , who was able to switch it for one without any such incriminatory associations from his own collection .
14 There is a cross in the churchyard which is said to have been brought from Kilham at the time of the plague which decimated that village .
15 PMMA 's biocompatibility is said to have been deduced from the fact that World War II fighter pilots were found to tolerate splinters of the polymer which had become embedded in their eyes following damage to their cockpits in aerial combat .
16 Nearly £35,000 in cash and £450,000 in cheques is believed to have been stolen from the administrator 's home following the first show on Saturday .
17 Nevertheless , by late May the Armenian CP was reported to have been evicted from virtually all of its premises throughout the republic , and was operating out of three rooms in the Yerevan print works .
18 Stepanakert in the Nagorny Karabakh enclave was reported to have been shelled from Shusha on April 7 , and again on April 22 .
19 It was said to have been made from a nail of the True Cross with ornamentation of gold enamel and jewels .
20 There are several other species of roses with herbal connotations , such as R. Canina , rubiginosa , rugosa , centifolia , damascena , and indica , but this , the apothecary 's rose , sometimes known as the red damask rose , because it was thought to have been introduced from Damascus by a Crusader , had the greatest medicinal use .
21 The sculptor Joseph Nollekens [ q.v. ] was reputed to have been removed from Barnard 's will for having shown inadequate admiration for Barnard 's Italian drawings .
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