Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [verb] [verb] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But on the principle that most clever ideas in this field seem to have been developed first by bats , I do n't mind betting that the answer is yes . |
| 2 | If the family has decided on cremation , the undertaker will need a further form , so this decision needs to have been made prior to the visit to the Registrar . |
| 3 | The 67 children who had reached maturity at the time of this study tended to have been diagnosed earlier in the decade than those still growing . |
| 4 | This continent seems to have been created by Augustus Le Plongeon for his 1896 novel Queen Moo and the Egyptian Sphynx , which he claimed was based on original Mayan writings — which writings , of course , just happened to be unavailable to other scholars . |
| 5 | As already noticed , the debate on this issue seems to have been concentrated on the position of the person in custody , and successive editions of Archbold continued until as late as 1959 ( 34th ed. ) to express the inhibition against questioning in terms of such a person . |
| 6 | ‘ Speak for yourself , ’ said Oisin , to whom this remark happened to have been directed . |
| 7 | This process seems to have been handled badly , even if it is not one that lends itself to sensitive treatment . |
| 8 | American railway architects in this period seem to have been fascinated by the notion of the integration of the station offices with the train-shed , for many of the stations which emerged from the grander developments of the 1850s and 1860s consisted of side buildings with the trains running into the interior through grand portals . |
| 9 | Most of the key decisions on military and political expenditure overseas in this period seem to have been taken in the Defence Committee , and simply endorsed by the Cabinet . |
| 10 | In School A in particular , this relationship seems to have been grasped and its implications at least explored , whereas in School F the interest in study skills which the project seems to have generated came as something of a surprise , even to the head . |
| 11 | The primary objective of this movement seems to have been oriented towards the dynastic legitimacy of the high priesthood . |
| 12 | Similarly , this novel seems to have been written in reaction to Jacobson 's enforced designation as a ‘ comic novelist ’ : a sort of cross between Kingsley Amis , Tom Sharpe and Woody Allen . |
| 13 | This ruling appeared to have been accepted , however reluctantly , by Sassou-Nguesso , and during April the conference began to take on the character of a national assembly . |
| 14 | The itinerary for this competition appeared to have been worked out with the sole aim of maximizing the profit of the air operators who did the transporting . |
| 15 | This lesson appears to have been accepted in principle ( Department of Trade and Industry , 1988 , 1989 ) but has yet to be implemented . |
| 16 | Draftsmen often use the word " independent " , as in phrases like " an independent valuer " or " an independent accountant " : the latter is used in the precedents in Appendix A. Sometimes this wording seems to have been intended to draw a distinction between expert determination and arbitration , as in the clause in the lease which was disputed in North Eastern Cooperative Society Ltd v Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council [ 1987 ] 1 EGLR 142 , where the parties were supposed to agree on " an independent surveyor " , and if they could not agree , the RICS was to appoint an arbitrator . |
| 17 | It is to be noted that this proposition appears to have been doubted by the Court of Appeal subsequently in Francome v. Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd , where Sir Robert 's remarks were distinguished as relating to a case involving the detection of crime . |
| 18 | This tendency to vary has been exploited in the breeding of the modern hybrid border carnation , an example of which is shown here . |
| 19 | This principle seems to have been applied in Johnstone [ 1982 ] Crim LR 454 ( Crown Court ) . |
| 20 | This view seems to have been shared by Vinelott J. |
| 21 | In Somalia , says African Rights , a British human-rights group , this wisdom seems to have been forgotten . |