Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [verb] [vb pp] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Incidentally , Larry Klein is supposed to have produced the new Shawn Colvin album , which should have appeared by now . |
| 2 | Once established , however , this function is likely to have assumed an over-riding importance at those towns which were most suitably placed to exploit its potential . |
| 3 | Pollution is likely to have played a key role in the mass die-offs of seals , dolphins and fish and other natural disasters in recent years , she claimed . |
| 4 | Their enthusiasm for such work is likely to have played an important part in the results . |
| 5 | We must of course make full allowance for the disappearance of the most important historical sources of the third century B.C. Hieronymus of Cardia is likely to have given a precise account of the Celtic events of 280–275 B.C. Later Phylarchus continued the story . |
| 6 | This is likely to have had a great influence on the goals and , in particular , the mission statement of the organisation which were discussed in Section 2.2 . |
| 7 | Nevertheless some of the law in the Pactus is likely to have had a royal origin . |
| 8 | The current study shows that Hand is likely to have retrieved the vast majority of derived papers , and it is suggested that studies in other subject fields would be statistically safe in limiting themselves to similar time periods . |
| 9 | The current study shows that Hand is likely to have retrieved the vast majority of derived papers , and it is suggested that studies in other subject fields would be statistically safe in limiting themselves to similar time periods . |
| 10 | A book written so close to the time is unlikely to have achieved the necessary perspective on such a controversial subject and not all of the evidence will have been accessible . |
| 11 | The patients in this study were older than the controls but that is unlikely to have had a significant effect on our results . |
| 12 | Sighvat 's poem is known to be incomplete , but surviving verses do not mention the battle , and Ottar the Black 's Knútsdrápa says that Cnut opposed or threw back ( hnekDir ) the Swedes there , and describes him as their withstander ( prengvir ) , neither of which is resonant of overwhelming victory , Indeed , if Holy River was known only from the Chronicle entry one would think it a defeat , but Ottar is unlikely to have included a famous reverse in a list of Cnut 's achievements , and the royal title used in the 1027 Letter ( see below ) suggests that he did eventually claim suzerainty over some Swedes . |
| 13 | Little of scholarly value has been written on crime in colonial South Asia , but the work which is available has shown a strong positive relationship between property crime , including robbery , and depressed economic conditions . |
| 14 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Conservative party is proud to have reduced the basic rate of tax from 33p in the pound to 25p and the upper rate from 98p to 40p ? |
| 15 | For me , it is enough to have seen the extraordinary gold web of your hair , and to have touched that whitest and most delicate cheek with my lips . ’ |
| 16 | A BUS firm 's decision to scrap a service because it is unprofitable has sparked a local outcry . |