Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [been] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | If the person is considered to have been of outstanding importance to the nation then days of mourning might be decreed . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Traditionally the seven awards have always been deemed to have been of equal value , but the interesting possibilities suggested by all of these short listed designs is the building in of individuality to awards which will closely resemble each other without being formally identical . |
4 | It is said to have been at one time the world 's largest spinning mill under one roof . |
5 | Moreover , the sexual aspect of the offence can not be said to have been in any sense downgraded . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | However , on several other occasions the Kuwaiti authorities have denied holding individuals who were subsequently found to have been in incommunicado detention . |
8 | It is not known exactly how this operated , but it is presumed to have been on some kind of contract basis . |
9 | As I looked at the faces marching past with a smart eyes right , I could n't help thinking of those who would have liked to have been on this parade ; those still manning the trenches , and all those buried in a shallow grave in the orchards around the village . |