Example sentences of "[to-vb] been [vb pp] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Europe the only flows of any consequence occur on small volcanic islands in the Mediterranean , the most famous of all being those on the island of Lipari , which are thought to have been erupted about 1,400 years ago . |
| 2 | The earliest French works now accepted as fabliaux date from the last decade of the twelfth century and the latest seem to have been composed about 150 years later , somewhere around 1340 . |
| 3 | It was clearly a site of some importance and it is not impossible that Rochester was the centre of one of the four Kentish kingdoms mentioned by Caesar , although by the time of Claudius ' invasion these kingdoms appear to have been united under one ruler . |
| 4 | These " cosmic ripples " were estimated to stretch as far as 59 billion trillion miles in space and were calculated to have been formed only 300,000 years after the " Big Bang " ( the original event which scientists believe had created space and time ) . |
| 5 | Bhutto also accused the government of " fabricating " an encounter on May 8-9 with Al Zulfiqar , a terrorist organization alleged by the government to be a militant wing of the PPP , but claimed by Bhutto to have been disbanded almost 10 years previously , in which seven members were reportedly killed , in order to justify its crackdown against the PPP . |
| 6 | ‘ Can it be just a coincidence that this tape is alleged to have been recorded just two weeks before the Diana tape ? ’ |
| 7 | The fort is believed to have been constructed about four centuries before Christ by an Iron Age Celtic society . |
| 8 | ‘ So far , 97 operations due to have been performed early this week have been cancelled and 80 out of 200 NHS beds in the hospital have been rendered unusable . |
| 9 | So far , 97 operations due to have been performed early this week have been cancelled , 80 out of the 200 national health service beds in the hospital have been rendered unusable and damage totalling at least £250,000 has been caused . |