Example sentences of "[adj] to have been [vb pp] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such mutual respect , of course , is one of the fundamental elements of high morale , dependability and efficiency , and I count myself fortunate to have been associated with such people for over a quarter of a century . |
| 2 | He was lucky to have been born in this particular tribe . |
| 3 | This is likely to have been followed by another battle near the Forest of Dean , for Edmund had an alliance with some of the Welsh , but by now both sides were doubtless exhausted , and winter was approaching . |
| 4 | Eadberht abdicated of his own accord in 758 , handing the kingdom over to his son , Oswulf , and becoming a cleric at York ( where he died in 768 ) , but Oswulf was killed within the year by his own household in 759 near the unidentified settlement of Methel Wongtun and replaced by Aethelwald Moll , who is likely to have been associated with those who were responsible for Oswulf 's murder ; nor did Eadberht 's descendants recover royal power for twenty years . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In general this is certainly true , as the experienced eye can tell at a glance whether the style of an ancient Greek coin is that of the archaic or of the later , classical period ; in a similar way one can argue from the change in the type of helmet worn by the goddess Athena on Athenian vases in the period 540–510 BC that Athenian coins depicting the same goddess with the same helmet are unlikely to have been made before that time . |
| 8 | John Spearman , Classic FM chief executive , said : ‘ We are very pleased to have been presented with this prestigious award just six months after going on air . |
| 9 | Due to have been launched at this month 's Siggraph show in San Francisco , Kubota attributes the delay to the ‘ over-optimistic attitude of management , ’ and a too-tight timescale . |
| 10 | They seemed annoyed to have been woken in this manner , and Stephen demanded to know what the problem was . |
| 11 | They are sufficiently common to have been studied in several ancient civilisations , and are named after Diophantus of Alexandria who wrote a 13-volume treatise on arithmetic in about 250 AD . |
| 12 | Mr Jones , 55 , said : ‘ I am very surprised to have been selected for this award , but extremely pleased . ’ |