Example sentences of "[to-vb] been [adj] of " in BNC.

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1 In mid-Buckinghamshire the average of 6d. or 7d. looks to have been inclusive of house and outbuildings for , according to an Aylesbury rental dated 1532 , land without buildings commanded not more than 4d. , examples being 3 acres for 1s. , three roods for 3d. , and 55 acres for £1. 2s. 10d .
2 The remarkable Jean Gaye , who performed in many of the comedy-ballets , seems to have been capable of singing anything , although Prunieres calls him a baritone .
3 Editor , — The working party set up to make recommendations on a national standard of entry into general practice seems to have been unaware of European Community directive 86/457/EEC .
4 Freud can not be said to have been unaware of the variability of human nature in different societies which have other economic arrangements and different cultural aims from those of Europe and America .
5 Certainly in England some judges appear to have been unaware of the shift in emphasis which had taken place in the law .
6 In doing so they appear to have been guilty of idealizing the origins and early development of an institution which was in later times vastly important but which was , at least in this particular respect , rather less than ideal .
7 He was therefore held to have been guilty of contributory negligence and the widow 's damages reduced .
8 A petition signed by 15,000 people demanded justice and the closing down of the garrison , whose commander was reported to have been relieved of his duties .
9 Old William Cranko and his nephew Frederick both seem to have been fond of feminine company .
10 The same seems to have been true of other clubs .
11 The only area which seems to have been devoid of buildings almost throughout the Roman period lay near the main centre of occupation in Birch Abbey and Evesham Street .
12 Though the authorities do not seem to have been aware of the scale and significance of capital flows within the sterling area , they were aware that the exchange controls in that area were not all that London hoped .
13 The report — which has taken more than a year to prepare in one of the most complex inquiries undertaken by Sir Anthony 's office — will address the question of when the department first became negligent if it is shown to have been aware of the possible difficulties .
14 All this head of steam must have been boiling up at the time of JTR 's visit and yet he seems not to have been aware of it .
15 A surgeon who immediately welcomed news of chloroform could reasonably claim always to have been aware of the pain although he had disciplined himself not to heed it .
16 At the time , Anselm seems not to have been aware of the importance of the words which he heard , for he left Rome the next day without further discussion and returned to Lyons .
17 Unlike the French , the English song-composers were still wide open to Italian influence — and to the new monodic style before the Germans seem to have been aware of it .
18 The DES seem to have been aware of this problem by 1984 when Educational Support Grants ( ESG ) were established ( DES , 1984 ) offering funds to LEAs to appoint consultant teachers who would work with pupils alongside classroom teachers developing practices in curriculum areas which the DES perceived as important .
19 If Lear was unhappy working on the Birds of Europe , Gould is unlikely to have been aware of it , or paid him much notice .
20 The exchange 's acquiescence in a practice which it could reasonably be expected to have been aware of could amount to a waiver or estoppel ; enough at any rate to deter the exchange from taking disciplinary action against members who have followed the particular practice .
21 Erm keeps giving little bits erm It was when he was a child apparently , he claims to have been aware of it , you know ?
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