Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [been] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is not a sceptic about the reality of global warming — he can claim to have been the first man to notice it — but he does not believe it is necessarily harmful . |
| 2 | I would like to have been the first person in the world ’ , she added lightly . |
| 3 | I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BEEN THE FIRST PERSON IN THE WORLD |
| 4 | There are certainly cases where this would seem to have been the only possible method of transmission , but the extent of the risk is hard to quantify . |
| 5 | Later in the paper I 'll be explaining that , whilst there was also a recognition that there was a gradual build-up in the care requirements , there does n't seem to have been the same explicit recognition that there 's been a gradual build-up in the assessment and care management which has an increased ongoing cost in future years . |
| 6 | To this end all records of the past were zealously preserved and older , more primitive legal traditions extensively reworked and edited in the light of developing concepts and attitudes — most of which would seem to have been the direct result of the community 's change in circumstances and new needs for order and social cohesion . |
| 7 | Reagan 's presidency may prove to have been the high watermark of the US-Israeli alliance , combining an unprecedented commitment to military co-operation with an almost wholly uncritical view of Israel . |