Example sentences of "[vb base] have been [noun pl] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There appear to have been trends in the fossil gymnosperms leading to increased protection of the ovules . |
| 2 | Both these divisions , however , appear to have been exceptions to the normal pattern , since they raised issues concerning the Union with Scotland , complex legal technicalities , as well as personal questions of sympathy for or antipathy towards the individuals concerned , all of which placed strains on the normal political sympathies of the different peers . |
| 3 | In addition to this more or less regular sort of investiture , there seem to have been investitures on a number of special occasions , both state occasions such as the accession of a sultan , a victory or the birth of a prince , where the right of investiture extended to a number of scholars , and also more personal occasions such as a scholar 's acceding to a high learned office , where the right of investiture was limited to the individual involved . |
| 4 | Clinton and Neville of Hornby seem to have been followers of the Earl of Lancaster ; Neville had been taken prisoner at Boroughbridge but was pardoned in return for a fine of £500 , of which he paid only £50 . |
| 5 | Although Whaddon were the only team to enter , and despite the FA declaring the competition null and void , we can , in all fairness I think , claim to have been holders of the Charwoods ' Sweet Pickle A and B Cup . |