Example sentences of "[to-vb] been [vb pp] [prep] any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , modern biblical scholars concur that the letter ascribed to Jude is of too late a date to have been written by any contemporary of Jesus . |
| 2 | If the purpose of damages is to compensate a victim rather than punish the perpetrator , then a successful plaintiff who passes his award to charity can not be said to have been compensated in any way . |
| 3 | Sir : The suggestion of Mr Varcoe-Cocks ( letter , 5 October ) that if I win damages for libel and give them to charity I ‘ can not be said to have been compensated in any way ’ is extraordinary . |
| 4 | They appeared to have been collected without any method : Wordsworth , Mae West , Saint-Simon , geniuses , criminals , saints , nonentities . |
| 5 | The old grey wood , though still dampish , looked as adequate for its purpose as its fellows still forming the boathouse floor and did n't seem to have been weakened in any way . |
| 6 | It 's thought the body is that of a man , but it 's not believed to have been mutilated in any way . |
| 7 | In my judgment , this was an order which ought never to have been made at any stage of the case . |
| 8 | The law , the most draconian to have been passed by any mainland state , could not take immediate effect because it conflicted with the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision — the foundation of legalized abortion in the USA . |
| 9 | The bill , the most draconian to have been passed by any state , prohibited abortion in cases other than to save a woman 's life or in cases of rape ( if reported within five days ) or incest , where abortion would be permitted only in the first 13 weeks . |