Example sentences of "[vb pp] to have been [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second-century cremation cemetery has been uncovered south of the defended area in Swan Street ; it was claimed to have been receiving additional burials as late as the third and fourth centuries , when it must have lain within the built-up area . |
| 2 | Earlier , about 50,000 protesters were reported to have been chanting anti-government slogans in Timisoara and demanding that the bodies of victims be returned to their families . |
| 3 | It was understood that the car was one reported to have been stolen some days earlier from a car park in Colchester . |
| 4 | Kazakhstan was said to have been losing 150,000,000 roubles daily since May because of the difference between its fuel prices and those of Russia [ see also p. 38923 ] . |
| 5 | The only sane response to a complaint in some circumstances is a firm ‘ no ’ but it is important that the complaint is seen to have been given serious consideration and that those that have complained are not made to feel foolish . |
| 6 | The 38 lenders are also thought to have been told that trading is worse than at any time since the current owner took over in the late 1980s . |
| 7 | The others acknowledged us cheerily , clearly relieved to have been allowed 30 seconds for a sit-down . |
| 8 | Subsequently , when the code was broken , both were found to have been taking ursodeoxycholic acid . |
| 9 | Mr Li is believed to have been criticised last year by China 's senior leader , Deng Xiaoping , for his caution on the economy . |
| 10 | Detectives say it could be another six weeks before they can formally identify the body of a woman believed to have been murdered twenty years ago . |
| 11 | Mr Hargreaves was believed to have been carrying ice-climbing equipment . |