Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [verb] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , most of what has been written has been complete nonsense , so far from the truth that it 's not even funny . |
| 2 | Accounts by the first space-travelling visitors to the planet say that they found even the rocks and plants coming after them , but that has since been shown to have been normal travelogue exaggeration . |
| 3 | The only thing that has been co-ordinated has been monetary policy , because participating countries , most notably America , refused to include fiscal policies at the same time . |
| 4 | Though it is thought to have been first run in 1519 , it was not until 1619 that it was endowed by forty-nine local gentlemen . |
| 5 | Military police have foiled what 's believed to have been another attempt to attack and mutilate horses . |
| 6 | They 've lodged an appeal and will race come what may … but whether the result is allowed to stand is another question … the winner could be decided by a tribunal … |
| 7 | On television , the lugubrious Jim advises us that the Canadian lager he is paid to promote is horrible stuff , and should be avoided . |
| 8 | There was reported to have been intense lobbying of UN delegates by US and other officials in the days preceding the vote , which was originally scheduled for March 30 , but was postponed to avoid offending Islamic sensibilities on the feast-day of Laila al-Qadr . |
| 9 | The statue is late Roman , the head of ( it is assumed ) Archbishop Adelmanno having been added at a later stage in what was believed to have been tenth-century style . |
| 10 | He took her into the sitting room , which Daisy was comforted to see was absolute hell — far too much eau-de-Nil and yellow and ghastly paintings of polo matches interspersed with some excellent watercolours . |
| 11 | In McKerrel v Robertson [ 1956 ] SLT 290 a woman pushing a pram was held to have been one entity and precedence should have been accorded where the pram was on the crossing but the pusher was still on the pavement . |