Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [verb] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were active as railway architects , and the stations on the main line between Newcastle and Berwick-on-Tweed , commissioned by George Hudson [ q.v. ] in 1846 — ‘ Fine , handsome buildings … more like the villas raised by retired tradesmen than residences for railway officers ’ — are said to have been by him . |
| 2 | The twelve zodiacal signs , of equal lengths of thirty parts each , are known to have been in use from soon after 500 BC . |
| 3 | Still others are named , are known to have been in circulation , but have never been seen . |
| 4 | All you are asked to do is to type in the baby 's surname and the computer will display or print a random list of baby 's names ( girls or boys ) with the chosen surname . |
| 5 | In an experiment , we can be sure that there are no third variables which give rise to both X and Y because the only way in which the randomized control groups are allowed to vary is in terms of X . |
| 6 | The viewing figures are estimated to have been between 100,000 and 150,000 . |
| 7 | A million copies are estimated to have been in circulation by 1524 . |