Example sentences of "be [verb] to have been [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Two Somali gunmen were reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded the same day in an attack on a UN compound in Mogadishu , and there were further reported incidents of continuing instability in the capital and elsewhere . |
2 | Earlier , about 50,000 protesters were reported to have been chanting anti-government slogans in Timisoara and demanding that the bodies of victims be returned to their families . |
3 | The United States carrier Pan American World Airways ( Pan Am ) ceased operations on Dec. 4 after facing heavy financial losses ; an estimated 10,000 of the airline 's employees were reported to have been made redundant . |
4 | All of Kuwait 's 950 producing oil wells were reported to have been set ablaze or damaged . |
5 | When the discharges first started , their levels were said to have been kept high for two years ‘ as part of an organized and deliberate scientific experiment ’ . |
6 | Subsequently , when the code was broken , both were found to have been taking ursodeoxycholic acid . |
7 | Relief officials in Tehran said that 60,000 had been injured , and hundreds of thousands were believed to have been left homeless . |
8 | In 1945 some of the boxes in which the treasures of the conventual church of St Servatius had been stored were discovered to have been broken open , and twelve of the precious objects were missing . |
9 | Meanwhile Mick is reported to have been seeing glamorous 21-year-old Aussie model Peta Wilson in Los Angeles . |
10 | The only sane response to a complaint in some circumstances is a firm ‘ no ’ but it is important that the complaint is seen to have been given serious consideration and that those that have complained are not made to feel foolish . |
11 | But the bust-up between model Rebecca and gym boss Damon is thought to have been kept secret from former Test ace Freddie — just like their marriage . |
12 | Once the envelope is known to have been slit open , an explanation from the recipient may be required . |
13 | It was mounted on four solid tyred wheels and is believed to have been painted dark blue . |
14 | A second-century cremation cemetery has been uncovered south of the defended area in Swan Street ; it was claimed to have been receiving additional burials as late as the third and fourth centuries , when it must have lain within the built-up area . |
15 | On March 8 the " commercial " border with Argentina was reported to have been closed due to a " massive increase " in smuggling . |
16 | Beatriz Villamizar , one of the journalists , was reported to have been set free by the cartel in the capital Bogotá on Feb. 5 . |
17 | Mr Hargreaves was believed to have been carrying ice-climbing equipment . |