Example sentences of "to have [vb pp] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are some reports of a major eruption which took place between May 1680 and November 1681 , and this eruption is said to have stripped bare the rich vegetation and ejected vast quantities of pumice that covered all the surrounding seas , but this is all that is known . |
| 2 | Some smaller breweries are understood to have stopped supplying the Famous Firkin wholesale division , as they can not afford the risk should it cease trading . |
| 3 | Most ministers , including Kerin , were believed to have favoured exploiting the rich gold , platinum and palladium deposits within the Hill . |
| 4 | They were reported to have threatened to convene a national conference themselves unless Biya announced his intention of doing so by May 24 . |
| 5 | Levy and Calvet , both long-time advocates of a five-year acclimatisation period for Europe after 1992 , are thought to have agreed to press the European Commission to deny the Japanese unhindered access to Europe until 2002 , and only then if it 's reciprocated . |
| 6 | Late last night they were also reported to have agreed to establish a supranational bank to finance the reconstruction of Eastern Europe — a strategy Mrs Thatcher has doubts about . |
| 7 | Even the much-vaunted " Charity School Movement " of the early decades seems only to have helped stop a poor level becoming worse . |
| 8 | In 1912 , he was believed to have attempted to board the ill-fated Titanic only to be refused , thus saving his life . |
| 9 | UNITA was said to have continued to shell the eastern town of Luena , and to have launched attacks in other places , until a matter of hours before the ceasefire came into effect . |
| 10 | The " elite " of skilled male mule spinners which was retained seems to have continued to display an artisan-like attitude . |
| 11 | Police were interviewing a man yesterday alleged to have tried to steal a golden pheasant from a cage at a house at Chapelgarth , Great Broughton . |
| 12 | By May 25 a total of eight political parties had been recognized , while the following day , 16 of the country 's 21 political parties ( recognized and unrecognized ) were reported to have combined to form the National Co-ordination of the Opposition ( CNO ) . |
| 13 | Like coffee , legend surrounds the beginning of tea drinking and it is also reputed to have kept awake an ancient priest throughout a long vigil , stimulating him with its caffeine . |
| 14 | Franco appears to have failed to grasp the broader picture of Hitler 's strategy , either because of lack of vision , or of hispanocentric insularity , or both . |
| 15 | Charged with the task of treatment and prevention and after care , they seem to have failed to develop an effective community support system for discharged patients . |
| 16 | She seemed to have managed to collar a whole plate of them still on their sticks . |