Example sentences of "are [verb] to have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The club are honoured to have been associated with such a great player and his memory will live for ever around Upton Park . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Coping with stress ’ books often offer people a prescription : lots of techniques and good advice that are claimed to have been tried and tested and of proven value to all . |
| 3 | If your employer fails to renew a fixed-term contract , you are deemed to have been dismissed in law . |
| 4 | Widows are given an allowance because they are deemed to have been financially dependent . |
| 5 | Service by post of documents , other than of originating process , which will obviously be documents served subsequent to the originating process , are deemed to have been served and received if sent by post to the " address for service " , which is defined in Ord 1 , r 3 . |
| 6 | If the building is designed and constructed according to the recommendations of BS 5810 , the requirements of Part R are deemed to have been met . |
| 7 | They are considered to have been ‘ primitive-communal ’ societies based on the clan ( rod . ) |
| 8 | In a few cases , prisoners are reported to have been deliberately executed without trial . |
| 9 | Dozens of people are reported to have been tortured while held incommunicado in prolonged garde à vue detention by the Tunisian police since January 1991 . |
| 10 | A total of 49 people are reported to have been killed by the Maoist Sendero Luminoso in attacks on villages in the central Andes . |
| 11 | There are reported to have been minor clashes with security forces on Saturday evening , but no notable casualties . |
| 12 | Although completed and ready to fly in October 1945 ( when short hops are reported to have been undertaken ) it did not officially fly until April 24 , 1946 on which date the other Soviet jet , the MiG–9 , also took to the air shortly before the Yak . |
| 13 | Schlieffen was dead by 1914 ( his dying words are reported to have been , ‘ It must come to a fight . |
| 14 | A number are reported to have been smuggled out of Ireland during the period of the Viking depredations , and brought to safety in Welsh monasteries . |
| 15 | Abroad three foreign journalists including a Briton are reported to have been killed by sniper fire in the Somali capital Mogadishou . |
| 16 | Several people are reported to have been seriously injured . |
| 17 | The RAF Museum are reported to have been ear-marked XV424 . |
| 18 | Traders are reported to have been stockpiling the horns in the hope of higher prices should rhinos become extinct . |
| 19 | Since October 1982 more than 800 protesters are reported to have been arrested on false charges and many have been tortured , according to Survival International . |
| 20 | The proposals , supported by the lead banks , are reported to have been sent to all 82 financial institutions for detailed consideration . |
| 21 | Such is the tensile strength of individual laminations that some are seen to have been partially pulled out of the core during piston coring or by the wire during core splitting . |
| 22 | Only 500 copies are said to have been printed . |
| 23 | All are said to have been renewed without seeking a competition for tenders or a dispensation from the EC required under EC Supplies Directive 77/62 . |
| 24 | Company fleet buyers are said to have been holding back , pondering the result of a value added tax case that removed obstacles in the way of offering cash rather than the car perk . |
| 25 | There are in existence some brief audio recordings of alleged two-way radio conversations between Blake and Bourke which are said to have been made in October 1966 . |
| 26 | Architects are said to have been prowling on the island incognito gathering intelligence for their mission . |
| 27 | Although it is conceded that a ‘ decline ’ occurred in a few trades , reformers are said to have been confused by terminology and to have failed to distinguish between ‘ deskilling of individual jobs and industrial changes which led to the number of jobs in certain industries or occupations declining either relatively or absolutely , but not to the nature of the job themselves changing ’ . |
| 28 | Two more ghosts , two women — also in black — are said to have been seen about the village in days gone by . |
| 29 | The IRFU president Tony Browne and the chairman of the IRFU amateur subcommittee , Roly Meates , are said to have been very sympathetic towards the players . |
| 30 | Amnesty International is also concerned that in other instances , during the operation some unarmed civilians were reportedly killed deliberately by Soviet and Azerbaydzhani law enforcement officials without warning or attempts to apprehend them , and that some people are said to have been detained for short periods solely on grounds of their ethnic origin . |