Example sentences of "to have been [vb pp] [prep] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A multitude of household effects , iron bars , timbers , glass , bricks , a chimney stack , seemed to have been shaken by some giant hand and strewn any which way . |
| 2 | They frequently appear to have been written for some private academic argument rather than to inform prospective students . |
| 3 | None of those associated with Cripps during the tenure of his wardenship can fail to have been touched by this outstanding man . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I am aware of the extensive experimental research which has focused on ion forms involving Ca++ Na+ etc2 , but what seems to have been missed in this prior research is the appreciation that water forms its own ion form in that it dissociates into hydroxyl and hydronium ions as listed on the table . |
| 6 | Although his authority was undoubtedly derived from the Roman office which he held , the area over which he exercised control seems not to have been determined by any Roman administrative division , but rather by the presence of the Visigoths to the west and by other smaller groups , including Aegidius and his followers , to the north . |
| 7 | ‘ At the alleged places of detention , ’ Mr Ahtisaari said , ‘ the facilities were found to have been stripped of all valuable material and not to have been inhabited for several weeks at least . ’ |
| 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 | Surprisingly , the other avenue available — use of the County Topic Loan Service — does not seem to have been explored in any systematic way , even though parties of children were taken to the divisional library on at least one occasion . |
| 10 | The proposals , supported by the lead banks , are reported to have been sent to all 82 financial institutions for detailed consideration . |
| 11 | At least L150,000,000 ( US$123,000 ) was estimated to have been laundered through some 50 non-lire bank accounts in Lugano , in the Swiss canton of Ticino . |
| 12 | He was lucky to have been born in this particular tribe . |
| 13 | ( The column , incidentally , seems summarily to have been removed from that crusty contest 's judiciary by a meat trade equivalent of the Lord Chancellor . ) |
| 14 | From its peak combat strength of around 20,000 at the end of the Marcos era in 1985 , the guerrillas were thought to have been reduced to some 13,000 fighters by mid-1992 . |