Example sentences of "[verb] to have been [verb] [coord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In making public the findings so far of the Mission on Detainees in Angola and Zambia , Mr Ahtisaari said that the group would keep trying to find about 250 people reported to have been detained or missing . |
| 2 | Many of them appear to have been angered and disappointed at the church 's suppression of the proposed scheme . |
| 3 | This approach is based on follow-up work to a project on protection of children thought to have been abused or neglected and on empirical studies of the effects of divorce on family income , published 1986 by OUP under the title of ‘ Maintenance after Divorce ’ and para-legal decision-making on divorce . |
| 4 | Furthermore , just as in Kent in 764–5 , so in Sussex in 770–1 , Offa 's involvement appears to have been limited and short-lived . |
| 5 | Are there aspects of training that you find to have been missing or superficial now that you have had the chance of putting your technical skill to the test ? |
| 6 | For a long period he seems to have been disturbed or disgusted by female sexuality , particularly as it was embodied in his wife , and to have established relationships with women in which the dominant note was one of camaraderie not unmixed with his desire for comfort or protection . |
| 7 | Experience with previous legislation framed in similar terms showed that the courts in practice were often prepared to dispense with the evidence of a ‘ victim , ’ and accepted instead the word of a complainant ( usually a policeman ) that the victim appeared to have been harassed or annoyed . |
| 8 | If she will take you , you will be set down in a bare heath , on a great stone , which is made of granite and is the gate to your adventure , though it will seem to have been fixed and unmoving since the making of the world . |