Example sentences of "[be] [adj] have [been] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the context of the current study the relevant distractor items are likely to have been the other exemplars of a particular junction . |
| 2 | Whoever they were , Ulf and Eglaf are unlikely to have been the prime movers in the attack on Cnut . |
| 3 | These are unlikely to have been the only offices in the gift of the chief steward and the total may have been substantial . |
| 4 | These are unlikely to have been the only offices in the gift of the chief steward and the total may have been substantial . |
| 5 | Gift-giving and Christ-like displays of humility are unlikely to have been the only aspects of religion which Cnut found attractive . |
| 6 | ‘ I am proud to have been the first British actor to play the American rock hero in his own homeland . |
| 7 | This is likely to have been the lower valve , and fossils are sometimes found in ‘ life position ’ , which confirms this . |
| 8 | In the two volunteers reported to have HLA-B35 this octamer is likely to have been the minimal epitope . |
| 9 | Although the combination of recession and high interest rates is likely to have been the main cause of this rise in defaults , the much more moderate increase in company failures and mortgage arrears which accompanied the more severe downturn and higher interest rates of 1980–81 period suggests that other factors may also have been important . |
| 10 | The aim of the measure may also have been financial , because the Crown was empowered to distrain for half of the profits resulting from the enclosure ; it was not , however , an easy way to raise money , so it is unlikely to have been the only reason for the Act . |
| 11 | It is believed that long before it became a market town , serving a largely agricultural community , it was the ancient Roman port of Vannona , which was supposed to have been the principal harbour on this coast . |