Example sentences of "[to-vb] been [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But such links remained tentative and seem to have been of little relevance to policy development even if the symbolism was important . |
| 2 | At least one senior member , who for a time was delegated the task of convening its meetings , considered the panel to have been of little relevance in the first year or so : because the books were not on the shelves , so there was n't a great need for finding ways of stimulating the use of this material . |
| 3 | Whatever serious business was discussed by the two Emperors remains unrecorded , but it is unlikely to have been of much substance , for Napoleon III found that his host was constrained by the new constitutional structure which had emerged after the defeat of 1866 . |
| 4 | At this stage also it will almost certainly become apparent that a better job could have been done in the research if only more attention had been given to certain factors which had not been thought beforehand to have been of much importance . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | This case of pistols was the last and longest-surviving of the Collector 's many treasures from the Exhibition , and really , he thought , with the possible exception of the velocipede which had inspired the trace of fortifications , the only one to have been of any use ; most of the others , of course , were now immovably set in the dried mud ramparts and could only have been recovered with a pick . |
| 7 | I 've told them everything I could think of that might help , but so far it does n't seem to have been of any use . ’ |
| 8 | From the G M B point of view , of course , we have quite a sporting section and we 're proud to have this link er , with both of the organizations and we 're pleased to have been of some assistance to the er , British Boxers ' Asso Professional Boxers ' Association er , in er , this launch and establishment we felt , because we 've got the Scottish professional footballers , who are well established and er , are very much an integral part of the G M B and we 've got the Northern Ireland er , footballers , we 've got the rugby players and we 've got speedway riders all of which come under . |
| 9 | It is not known exactly how this operated , but it is presumed to have been on some kind of contract basis . |
| 10 | As I looked at the faces marching past with a smart eyes right , I could n't help thinking of those who would have liked to have been on this parade ; those still manning the trenches , and all those buried in a shallow grave in the orchards around the village . |
| 11 | I 'm very glad to have been at that rally in Sheffield , because it was a historic moment . |
| 12 | It appears to establish three categories : the first contains wordings generally agreed to be acceptable , the second wordings which appear to have been at some time problematic but are now acceptable , and the third wordings which remain inadmissible . |
| 13 | Henry Newbolt was at this time Hewlett 's neighbour in Wiltshire , and it seems to have been at this Christmas time that Hewlett took Pound to see Newbolt , who figures elsewhere in Canto 80 : |
| 14 | Waqar about to return to the battle , Gower outwardly calm , than whom no Englishman would have preferred another to have been at this place at this hour . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's a situation I have seen happen but I am grateful never to have been in that position myself ! ’ says Susan , who lives with actor-turned-writer Andy de la Tour in a house they have just bought in London . |
| 16 | Lopes LJ : Speaking for myself , I think it ought to have been in that form , and probably a little bit stronger . |
| 17 | People who died of cancer were less likely than those dying from other causes to have been in such homes , 7 per cent against 29 per cent . |
| 18 | Moreover , the sexual aspect of the offence can not be said to have been in any sense downgraded . |
| 19 | Joseph Wolf , who later worked as an artist for Gould , once said , ‘ to have been in any way associated with Charles Darwin is an event in a man 's life . ’ |
| 20 | They seem to have been in some sort of vassal relationship with the Dzhungars until they broke away in the 1650s and 1660s . |
| 21 | I did point out that you were supposed to have been in another place at the time … ’ |
| 22 | Supposed to have been in another place ’ — what are you suggesting ? ’ he demanded . |