Example sentences of "[to-vb] been [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite government promises of firm action , no official had to date been convicted of corruption . |
| 2 | ( 10 ) In any case where under the provisions of this Article the Directors may require a Transfer Notice to be given in respect of any Shares , if a Transfer Notice is not duly given within a period of two weeks of demand being made , a Transfer Notice shall be deemed to have been given in respect of such Shares at the expiration of the said period . |
| 3 | ( 10 ) In any case where under the provisions of this Article the Directors may require a Transfer Notice to be given in respect of any Shares , if a Transfer Notice is not duly given within a period of two weeks of demand being made , a Transfer Notice shall be deemed to have been given in respect of such Shares at the expiration of the said period . |
| 4 | These examples clearly demonstrate that the scenes existed but they were hardly likely to have been seen by stone masons or potters to copy . |
| 5 | Often assumed to have been lost during World War II , East Berlin 's historical research archives , like its art collections , have actually survived in remarkable completeness . |
| 6 | postmistress of Steepways ; Hugh , her eldest son , at first believed to have been lost at sea but who later reappears ; Margaret , his wife ; their daughter ; Alfred , Hugh 's younger brother , who helps Captain Jorgan to solve the mystery about his late father 's life-savings ; Jorgan , his infant son by his wife Kitty . |
| 7 | ( ‘ If the Subject appears to have been lost by accident continue in the direction the Subject was proceeding . ’ ) |
| 8 | Because it was deemed to have been lost in antiquity , the finder was allowed to keep it , although happily the British Museum was able to buy it at auction . |
| 9 | Very little to date seems to have been written about schema identification . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Curiously , most of the rules seem to have been conceived for print media : there are few pieces of TV and radio ‘ folklore ’ of this kind . |
| 12 | Whilst there has been some confusion as to exactly what ‘ remoteness ’ consists of ( it seems to have been equated to distance from London whereas it would seem to be psychological remoteness in the sense of inaccessibility of decision-makers which really matters ) , the lesson nevertheless seems clear . |
| 13 | Certain kinds of employers ' combinations seem to have been hindered by antitrust legislation and this may help to explain the generally low level of organisation among employers . |
| 14 | This lesson appears to have been accepted in principle ( Department of Trade and Industry , 1988 , 1989 ) but has yet to be implemented . |
| 15 | Since 1955 it has been used as a museum and now houses many of the best religious paintings , sculptures and vestments from the island 's churches , including several fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Flemish works , said to have been obtained in exchange for sugar shipped from Funchal . |
| 16 | The profits of war were not to be found only in France : a grateful king rewarded his commanders with grants at home , and the wounds of 1341 seem to have been healed by success in war . |
| 17 | high % of blame seems to have been related to boy 's age . |
| 18 | However , it is felt that the adoption of a theoretical uniform gradient of 50° C/km for the whole of Phanerozoic time represents an extreme situation yielding maturity values unlikely to have been exceeded in practice . |
| 19 | Editor , — Does the surgical senior registrar who seems to have performed an unnecessary internal examination under anaesthesia without consent before an appendicectomy realise how lucky he is not to have been charged with battery ? |
| 20 | Both aspects of the legal realist movement seem to have been influenced by pragmatism . |
| 21 | Indeed several attempts were made on her life , until finally one day she was found dead on the rocks , thought to have been killed by gelignite . |
| 22 | Abroad three foreign journalists including a Briton are reported to have been killed by sniper fire in the Somali capital Mogadishou . |
| 23 | As of mid-November more than 70 people were reported to have been killed in violence associated with Islamic militants during 1992 . |
| 24 | It is consequently being officially recorded that Lieutenant L. G. Cairns , Army Air Corps , is presumed to have been killed in action on the 17th of June 1944 . |
| 25 | More than 100 people were thought to have been killed in faction fighting in Natal and in townships around Johannesburg during March , mostly between supporters of the ANC and of Inkatha but also involving the security forces . |
| 26 | He has also examined the well-publicised cluster of leukaemia cases around the Dounreay nuclear plant and concludes it is likely to have been caused by exposure to incoming oil workers rather than radiation from the plant . |
| 27 | Symptoms were unchanged in 7% of patients and therefore were unlikely to have been caused by gall stones . |
| 28 | The report looked specifically at the cluster of cases around Dounreay and concluded that they were most likely to have been caused by oil workers rather than emissions from the nuclear plant . |
| 29 | The problems of all five aircraft were thought to have been caused by fuel with a low octane level . |
| 30 | Sharks , killer whales , and false killer whales are believed to present some threat to dolphins - scar marks thought to have been caused by shark attack have been observed . |