Example sentences of "[verb] to have been [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In June Austrian police had seized weapons-grade uranium reported to have been smuggled from the former Soviet Union [ see p. 38987 ] . |
| 2 | A civilization that never invented the wheel was automatically precluded from inventing the mechanical clock , but in fact neither the sundial nor the water-clock appear to have been developed by the Maya for measuring the passage of time . |
| 3 | The sudden influx of sugar also caused some temporary problems : ‘ Russian storage facilities for Cuba 's raw sugar appear to have been strained to the point that some sugar spoiled . |
| 4 | The principal aim of this study will be to assess the extent to which police conduct and decision making in a number of areas appear to have been influenced by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act ( 1984 ) . |
| 5 | As far as is known , very few people in Islay kept a diary at that time and in those which have survived the entries are short and appear to have been inspired by the prospect of emigration or a return to their native heath by one who had spent many years abroad . |
| 6 | As far as is known , very few people in Islay kept a diary at that time and in those which have survived the entries are short and appear to have been inspired by the prospect of emigration or a return to their native heath by one who had spent many years abroad . |
| 7 | But in the meantime , in a week when Irish singles appear to have been released by the crateload , the ‘ Uncertain ’ EP is the real trophy . |
| 8 | In Rockingham and Whittlewood they appear to have been discontinued after the time of Charles I , and in 1789 the Rt . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the number of committed Jacobites in Parliament , although greater than at any other time in Anne 's reign , was still a small minority , and most Tories appear to have been committed to the Hanoverian Succession , though with varying degrees of enthusiasm . |
| 10 | SCIENTISTS have launched an investigation into the fate of partridges which appear to have been harmed by the increasing amount of land being set aside by farmers and allowed to lie fallow . |
| 11 | On the contrary , the first table on p 875 supports the health authority 's statement event though the multiple myeloma data appear to have been included in the column ‘ RES neoplasms ’ as well . |
| 12 | Even quarrelsome members of the leadership , like William Joyce , appear to have been attracted to the movement by such motives . |
| 13 | The army absorbed most of the Scottish gentry who hoped to make their living from the sword , but there were also many Scots in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines , and those who entered the senior service appear to have been attracted by the substantial advantages which the navy had over the army for a gentleman of limited means . |
| 14 | They appear to have been settled in the seventh century in areas now known as Kosovo , Montenegro and Bosnia . |
| 15 | Bankruptcy proceedings appear to have been taken against the plaintiffs by B.M.T. Receiving orders were made against them in the county court but , on appeal , these orders were , it is said , rescinded on terms which are not stated but which are said to have been fulfilled . |
| 16 | They appear to have been initiated by the head of the Party Chancellery , Martin Bormann , probably under pressure from anti-Christian activists at Gau level , for whom the apparent strengthening of the Church 's hold over the population during the war was a notable provocation . |
| 17 | 18.2 Any such notice shall be in the English language and shall be considered to have been given at the time when actually delivered , sent by telefax or telex or in any other event within 14 ( fourteen ) days after it was mailed in the manner hereinbefore provided . |
| 18 | Essentially it may be considered to have been derived from the Nutku-Halil solution using the Neugebauer-Kramer involution described in Section 12.4 . |
| 19 | Some 105 civilians and police officers were reported to have been injured in the disturbances . |
| 20 | One shuttle tanker , Polikon , was reported to have been hit for the fourth time and written off as a ‘ constructive total loss ’ ( CTL ) . |
| 21 | Slimly-built Gilbey resigned from Holbein in February last year when the firm was reported to have been hit by the recession with large debts . |
| 22 | Entrance and visa requirements for all UN and foreign personnel were reported to have been tightened since the expiry of the last memorandum on June 30 . |
| 23 | Moreover large quantities of food awaiting shipment to drought-stricken areas were reported to have been destroyed in the fighting . |
| 24 | A total of 49 people are reported to have been killed by the Maoist Sendero Luminoso in attacks on villages in the central Andes . |
| 25 | By the end of April over 30 people were reported to have been killed in the violence and many hundreds injured or arrested . |
| 26 | In this connection , she was reported to have been co-opted to the Judicial Studies Board . |
| 27 | A further 100 oil wells were reported to have been fired in the 24 hours prior to Bush 's ultimatum . |
| 28 | Mehmed II is reported to have been hurt by the fact that Hocazade appeared to prefer high rank to his company . |
| 29 | In Mozambique alone , up to 1,000,000 people were reported to have been displaced within the country because of the civil war , while another 1,500,000 were known to have sought asylum elsewhere . |
| 30 | Sica met with police chiefs and magistrates to discuss the clan warfare among members of the local " ndragheta — the Calabrian version of the Mafia — which was reported to have been triggered by the police break-up of drug , kidnapping and money-laundering rackets . |