Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our starting point for analysing structure happens to have been with an exercise , the form of drama popularised by Brian Way , and yet little attempt has so far been made by him or by anyone else to show how these apparently slight adjustments within the structure of the exercise can seriously affect the outcome . |
| 2 | While life expectancy has extended , it appears to have been at the price of a longer period and a greater proportion of life being spent in chronic sickness . |
| 3 | Thus Darwin appears to have been at least partly correct . |
| 4 | Although most tanker owners and their crews were opposed to the idea of arming their ships , there appears to have been at least one exception : a Greek-flag cargo ship , the Norasia Karsten , was alleged to have fired a missile at a US helicopter in January 1987 , a charge the owners denied . |
| 5 | Stark 's confidence appears to have been at a low ebb but the Scotland manager , Duncan Paterson , has been reminding him of his form earlier in the season : at the Dubai Sevens , which the Scots won ; in the A international against Italy in Melrose when the Boroughmuir winger had a hand in both tries ; and in his senior international debut against Ireland at Murrayfield , when he scored one try and was heavily involved in the other from Tony Stanger . |
| 6 | There has been no substantial loss of moorland/rough grassland ; wetland drainage appears to have been on a limited scale and grazing of woodlands is not common practice . |
| 7 | after leading Sunderland to the FA Cup final last May.But he appears to have been on borrowed time ever since . |
| 8 | But he appears to have been on borrowed time ever since . |
| 9 | This minority appears to have been on an upward trend ( from 2 per cent of couples both of whom were employees in 1968 to 5 per cent in 1980 — Elias , 1983 ) , but the conclusion of Lynne Hamill 's study of the 1974 FES still stands . |
| 10 | Sir James Matheson , who had made a fortune in the China trade , bought the Isle of Lewis in 1844 , and at least part of the large sums he spent there ( in addition to famine relief and assistance for emigration ) appears to have been of direct benefit to the islanders . |
| 11 | The precise rating of the engine is not known , but Thomas had specified about 25 h.p. , and it appears to have been of that order . |
| 12 | On the other hand , in R. v. Secretary of State for the Environment , ex parte Rose Theatre Trust Co. the judge appears to have been of the view that an applicant could have standing only on the basis of a personal interest and not on the basis of representing the interests of others . |
| 13 | Whig Jacobitism , however , appears to have been of minimal significance in Scotland . |
| 14 | This may well be a little rose-tinted , but that weighty , bulldog clip-around-the-nose sensation appears to have been with me and indeed to have shaped me — not only me , but my nose ; not only my nose , but my personality — for as far back as I can see . |
| 15 | This may well be a little rose-tinted , but that weighty , bulldog-clip-round-the-nose sensation appears to have been with me , and indeed to have shaped — not only me , but my nose — not only my nose , but my personality — for as long as I can recall . |
| 16 | This had normally been sufficient pretext for direct military intervention , and some action of this kind appears to have been under consideration in December 1980 and again in March 1981 . |
| 17 | The general trend appears to have been towards making it more difficult for people to stay on in full-time employment after 65 ( Heron and Chown 1961 ) . |
| 18 | His vassals were asked to swear on the Gospels what these rights and obligations ( deveriis ) were , and the thrust of the inquiry appears to have been towards municipal and communal liberties . |
| 19 | The sharing of the collector 's salary was really what appears to have been in the thoughts of Craigbarnet and his friends , for Dougalston too returned to this point in his letter to Montrose 's commissioner , telling him that Craigbarnet 's friends had given him to understand that they would support Kirkton 's re-election , ‘ with the same sellary that he now has if he would give Craigbarnett fifteen or twentie pound sterling yearly out of it ’ . |
| 20 | Davidson 's party political position may make him a more objective source than those more closely involved , and he appears to have been in a good position to know what was going on . |
| 21 | He appears to have been in partnership before 1812 with Daniel Beale , who had founded the agency business then known as Beale , Reid & Co . |
| 22 | On the evidence of inscriptions recorded in the volume , it appears to have been in the possession of Amelia , Lady Lovat , in the 17th century , and John , 1st Duke of Atholl , in the 18th century : it seems to have come into the ownership of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe in the 19th century , and from there to have passed to the Wigan Free Library . |
| 23 | The scheme for a toll road from near Whitburn , West Lothian , to Douglas , Lanarkshire , appears to have been in the doldrums since the Scottish Office accepted the concept in 1990 . |
| 24 | Leeds seems to have been under instructions from their manager Wilko to get the ball up the field as quickly as possible , contrary to the previous two games where the more cultured route paid no dividends . |
| 25 | It seems to have been about then that he mentioned for the first time that he thought he was being poisoned with acqua toffana ( a notorious Italian poison ) . |
| 26 | During the inter-war years the trend seems to have been towards increasing privatisation of the respectable working class family . |
| 27 | A point worthy of comment is that the settlement grew up mostly in the north-east quadrant of the main road junction ; the western boundary seems to have been along Ryknild Street , since a large cemetery was situated immediately across it . |
| 28 | His first apprehension of such large issues as " problems " seems to have been during his schooldays at Pforta . |
| 29 | Constructionally , I did n't make the tables easy for myself , but the detailing seems to have been worth the extra time spent . |
| 30 | At the outset he seems to have been on congenial terms with Palmerston , but their relationship went sour during Hall 's two-and-a-half years at the Office of Works : and almost from the date of Hall 's appointment , events started to go badly for Pennethorne . |