Example sentences of "to have been [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Human skeletons and a cannon-ball weighing twelve pounds have been unearthed in the garden , and the names ‘ Battle Well ’ and ‘ Battle Cottages ’ , both found close by , are unlikely to have been called this without good reason . |
| 2 | It is believed to have been carved some eight centuries ago . |
| 3 | The only sane response to a complaint in some circumstances is a firm ‘ no ’ but it is important that the complaint is seen to have been given serious consideration and that those that have complained are not made to feel foolish . |
| 4 | ‘ He seems also to have been given sixty thousand in travel grants . |
| 5 | It is very easy to get involved in discussing whether Olive ought to have been given some knowledge of French wines before George moved , or perhaps persuaded to move to the city along with him . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's nothing to do with whether I 'm good , whether I 'm lucky enough to have been given more talent than you , the rest of you … ’ |
| 7 | In March 1944 the U.852 was on patrol off the west coast of Africa : she was the fifth U-boat to have been given this area of patrol , the previous four , commanded by aces such as Wuppisch and Schultz , having all been sunk by aircraft . |
| 8 | The Scentmakers ' Bazaar was not normally a place she would have allowed herself to have been seen dead in . |
| 9 | They have always been a club with potential , and that potential appears to have been realised this season . |
| 10 | The Italian Classic , due to have been played next month , has been moved from its original slot and is in danger of not been played at all . |
| 11 | In that case the personal representatives of persons who were crushed to death at the Hillsborough Stadium claimed damages under the Law Reform ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1934 for pain and suffering alleged to have been sustained prior to their death . |
| 12 | Mettingham seems to have been assigned special responsibility for hearing quo warranto and related pleas on his eyre circuit , but this was certainly not the only business that he heard . |
| 13 | However , such a scheme would never wash with the public — who wants their water supplies to have been treated this way ? |
| 14 | Chester College is pressing to be allowed the title of university college , but its hopes appeared to have been dashed last month by education junior minister Tim Boswell . |
| 15 | It was mounted on four solid tyred wheels and is believed to have been painted dark blue . |
| 16 | Dance seems to have been affected most by psychological studies initiated by Freud and others and first exploited by Rudolf von Laban and Mary Wigman . |
| 17 | But on the principle that most clever ideas in this field seem to have been developed first by bats , I do n't mind betting that the answer is yes . |
| 18 | Mr Major said he was immensely proud to have been elected Prime Minister in his own right . |
| 19 | Astrel Charles , an opposition parliamentary deputy , was reported on Dec. 18 by the Caribbean news agency Trans World Radio ( Bonair ) to have been shot dead by a rural official who had demanded that Charles end a meeting with his constituents . |
| 20 | Five American nuns were reported on Nov. 1 to have been shot dead after disappearing between Oct. 20 and 22 in areas of Monrovia then controlled by Taylor 's forces . |
| 21 | Two Somali gunmen were reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded the same day in an attack on a UN compound in Mogadishu , and there were further reported incidents of continuing instability in the capital and elsewhere . |
| 22 | It is clear that all around the world , Rottweilers seem to have been discovered all at the same time . |
| 23 | ‘ It will probably turn out to have been discovered twenty times already . |
| 24 | The finding of the " goat " has caused particular excitement , since i is one of the few large mammals to have been discovered this century . |
| 25 | In each of 1986 and 1987 , a little less than a couple of dozen suspects would seem to have been detained long into the fourth day in the London area ( Metropolitan Police Commissioner , 1987 , 1988 ) . |
| 26 | According to reports the scheme is being allowed by Buckingham Palace and actively supported by Prince Michael of Kent , said to have been appointed unpaid chairman of the firm 's advisory board . |
| 27 | In 1945 some of the boxes in which the treasures of the conventual church of St Servatius had been stored were discovered to have been broken open , and twelve of the precious objects were missing . |
| 28 | THE marriage of tennis star John McEnroe and Tatum O'Neal seemed to have been saved last night after a series of tantrums . |
| 29 | The United States carrier Pan American World Airways ( Pan Am ) ceased operations on Dec. 4 after facing heavy financial losses ; an estimated 10,000 of the airline 's employees were reported to have been made redundant . |
| 30 | At the time of writing , the 1881 census is the latest to have been made available for public consultation because of the restriction imposed by the 100 years rule . |