Example sentences of "[det] [vb -s] [verb] been [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only castings found were ingots , so this seems to have been a metal refinery . |
| 2 | Also like Sidonius he found a career in the Church , although this seems to have been a matter of choice at a relatively early age , whereas Sidonius became bishop after a major secular career , without any obvious preparation . |
| 3 | Something like this seems to have been the case with Tolkien . |
| 4 | This seems to have been the case among the Cantiaci and Durotriges , with secondary centres at Rochester and Ilchester respectively . |
| 5 | From Wyeth 's description this seems to have been the approach followed in the PET case . |
| 6 | This seems to have been the extent of the later celebrations , for in 1862 the Mercury reported that no plough was drawn through the streets as was common in the festival . |
| 7 | In retrospect , this seems to have been the meeting which prompted the remaining employers to make their final concessions , but that was not clear at the time , and several of the orators , some of whom have already been quoted , loosed off broadsides against the women 's union on this occasion . |
| 8 | This appears to have been the conclusion reached by the Israeli government when it launched its air attack on Iraq 's French-built research-scale Osiris reactor at Tuweithah near Ctesiphon in June 1981 . |
| 9 | If this proves to have been the case , the big question is : Why ? |
| 10 | Such seems to have been the case on 25 February when eight of the Hurricanes were sent up after four aircraft reported as Do215s at 6,000 feet over the St. Paul 's Bay area . |
| 11 | He does have a wife who does not have the best of health and that seems to have been the spark . ’ |
| 12 | The Session would not agree to the time ; and that seems to have been the end of it . |
| 13 | He got into trouble in Holland for exporting arms to a bunch of rebels in one of the new African states , and that seems to have been the end of his freight business . |