Example sentences of "is [verb] [verb] be build [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is said to have been built without nails , bolts , dowels or other fixings to a design by Newton , but to have been bolted together following its dismantling by drunken students who were unable , when sober , to reverse their vandalism ! |
| 2 | It is said to have been built as a smock mill but later , after a period as a dwelling house , changed to a tower mill and made higher . |
| 3 | Parish Mill is thought to have been built around the beginning of the 18th century and , later in its life , formed part of the property of The Charity Trustees of Longhope . |
| 4 | The present building was originally a corn mill , and is thought to have been built around the mid-18th century . |
| 5 | It is thought to have been built by the Earls of Ross in about 1590 and a new wing , including a brewhouse and bakery , added in 1623 . |
| 6 | The theatre is known to have been built in 1599 , and closed by 1642 , but if records are to be believed today 's rebuilding hardly matches the efficiency of 17th century construction workers . |
| 7 | The first church here is believed to have been built in the fifth-century on the site of a pagan temple to Apollo . |
| 8 | It seems strange that the chancel and tower should be given an earlier date than the nave for it is presumed to have been built during the Bishopric of Haymo , who carried out considerable building at Halling . |