Example sentences of "to have be [art] very [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In February an Empire Crusade candidate beat the official Conservative into third place at East Islington , and left Labour holding what ought to have been a very vulnerable seat for the Government . |
| 2 | ‘ It would have to have been a very strange accident , ’ he cut in grimly , ‘ to have singled out the contents of the security cupboard for its main target , would n't you agree ? ’ |
| 3 | In 1764 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society , but does not seem to have been a very active member of that body . |
| 4 | With hindsight , this may not now seem to have been a very remarkable step forward but , in the context of the times , it was highly significant , the beginning of a quiet revolution and one ill which teachers were keen to participate . |
| 5 | The author of that book seems to me to have been a very sick man indeed . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ This could well turn out to have been a very significant moment in the history of England ’ , wrote Tom McGrath in Peace News . |
| 7 | ‘ Garland seems to have been a very modest man . ’ |