Example sentences of "[to-vb] [been] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the inter-war years the trend seems to have been towards increasing privatisation of the respectable working class family . |
| 2 | But such links remained tentative and seem to have been of little relevance to policy development even if the symbolism was important . |
| 3 | At least one senior member , who for a time was delegated the task of convening its meetings , considered the panel to have been of little relevance in the first year or so : because the books were not on the shelves , so there was n't a great need for finding ways of stimulating the use of this material . |
| 4 | Whig Jacobitism , however , appears to have been of minimal significance in Scotland . |
| 5 | If the person is considered to have been of outstanding importance to the nation then days of mourning might be decreed . |
| 6 | Sir James Matheson , who had made a fortune in the China trade , bought the Isle of Lewis in 1844 , and at least part of the large sums he spent there ( in addition to famine relief and assistance for emigration ) appears to have been of direct benefit to the islanders . |
| 7 | Increasing EEC involvement in defence and foreign policy seems to have been of particular concern to the Danes . |
| 8 | From the G M B point of view , of course , we have quite a sporting section and we 're proud to have this link er , with both of the organizations and we 're pleased to have been of some assistance to the er , British Boxers ' Asso Professional Boxers ' Association er , in er , this launch and establishment we felt , because we 've got the Scottish professional footballers , who are well established and er , are very much an integral part of the G M B and we 've got the Northern Ireland er , footballers , we 've got the rugby players and we 've got speedway riders all of which come under . |
| 9 | It is not known exactly how this operated , but it is presumed to have been on some kind of contract basis . |
| 10 | Before the jury was sworn the judge was asked to hear evidence from two of the prosecution witnesses on the existence and whereabouts of evidence believed to have been at one time in existence and of relevance to the case and possible use to the Defence . |
| 11 | I 'm very glad to have been at that rally in Sheffield , because it was a historic moment . |
| 12 | Waqar about to return to the battle , Gower outwardly calm , than whom no Englishman would have preferred another to have been at this place at this hour . |
| 13 | His coinage system seems to have been in good order for most of the reign , although its development and exploitation for the king 's benefit may have been another cause of popular unrest . |
| 14 | A tribe of Aborigines known as the Dolphin People , who live on Mornington Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria , in northern Australia , is said to have been in direct communication for thousands of years with the wild bottlenose dolphins who reside just off the coast . |
| 15 | They seem to have been in some sort of vassal relationship with the Dzhungars until they broke away in the 1650s and 1660s . |
| 16 | I did point out that you were supposed to have been in another place at the time … ’ |
| 17 | This Bill was gazetted only two months after the closure of one of Tanzania 's few private political newspapers — the last paper which could be considered to have been in open opposition to the Government . |