Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] have [been] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His novels were praised by the first Earl of Balfour , and were said to have been the favourite reading of Queen Alexandra . |
| 2 | At Perth , where many buildings were inundated , the flood was reported to have been the highest since 1814 . |
| 3 | Surprisingly , Jean 's existence has not been known until now : Martin was thought to have been the only son of Jean and Marguerite Delalande to have held a court position . |
| 4 | The SLORC regime had been eager to attract foreign investment ; this was thought to have been the major factor in its decision to proceed with the election . |
| 5 | ‘ Hendrique was reputed to have been the best student ever to graduate from Balashikha . |
| 6 | The decision was believed to have been the first time that a US court had extended prisoner of war status to a convicted criminal . |
| 7 | One of the leaders of the coup attempt was believed to have been the renegade colonel , Gregorio " Gringo " Honasan , a close associate of Enrile , whom the Senator was accused of having harboured in his home on the day before the coup attempt . |