Example sentences of "to have be [verb] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sales estimated at many thousands of pounds are believed to have been lost and insurance companies were being consulted to see if they would pay out for loss of business . |
| 2 | The double Derby-winner is believed to have been killed after ransom demands were issued . |
| 3 | ‘ Saturday 's situation appears to have been caused because people delayed before going out into the rain . ’ |
| 4 | He said that this was one of the few buildings to have been built as Government Offices , but was still built ‘ in accordance with the principle of a private residence ’ . |
| 5 | But investigations into the leaking of sensitive material from Washington had narrowed down to Maclean as chief suspect , and it seems that Burgess was detailed , probably by Philby , who was still in Washington , to warn him and organize his escape , although it does not seem to have been intended that Burgess should go too . |
| 6 | To start with , nobody seems to have seen the original cylinder , which was supposed to have been recorded when Wilde visited an exhibition in Paris in the year 1900 . |
| 7 | Lawyers for the deposed Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega were granted more time to prepare their defence when , as announced on June 7 , the trial was postponed from July 22 to Sept. 3 , the fourth date to have been set since Noriega was charged in January 1990 . |
| 8 | She tried to feel pleased that she had n't descended from such uncompromising stock , but it was still a shock to have been told that William Ash was not her father , and that Eddie had only been her half-brother . |
| 9 | All radio stations were closed down by the mutineers ; several ministers , including the Prime Minister , were reported to have been arrested and others were seeking asylum in foreign embassies . |
| 10 | A total of 128 adults and 22 minors were reported to have been arrested as anti-abortionists clashed with pro-choice stewards attempting to escort women patients into the clinics . |
| 11 | The main conclusion to be drawn from this brief random survey of a number of undefended settlements is that their size and importance appear to have been disregarded when decisions were taken as to the places to be fortified . |