Example sentences of "[adj] to have been [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 799 Ealdorman Moll , whose name may have family associations , was killed by the urgent orders of King Eardwulf ; and Ealhmund , said by some to have been a son of King Alhred , was seized by Eardwulf 's men and put to death in 800 . |
| 2 | Passing the crag rats who were climbing Cave Route Right Hand , I climbed my own bit of grade E6 over the tufa and out past the block of stone with a hole eroded through that is said by some to have been the lip of a water chute when the chasm was a cave . |
| 3 | Hindsight may show this to have been a pivotal meeting . |
| 4 | An unbelievable 40–1 was available with Surrey Racing and this column , for what it is worth , believes this to have been the most outstanding each-way value of the season and a serious each-way proposition . |
| 5 | The second amount bore a twofold significance , since a statute of the previous century stipulated a minimum of £20 per annum for justices of the peace , while two of the sumptuary acts evidently assumed this to have been the minimum for any gentleman by defining a class ‘ under the degree of gentlemen ’ , including university graduates , having £10 a year in lands or £100 in goods — a clear reference , it would seem , to merchants . |
| 6 | Dr Buchanan has shown this to have been the case with the Bath Turnpike Trust where it had become crucial by the end of the eighteenth century when the share of the landed interest had dropped below 10 per cent . |
| 7 | Too unsettled to have been a torturer . |
| 8 | It ca n't have been easy to have been a good Muslim in Cheltenham , thought Robert ! |
| 9 | ‘ Atropine is confirmed , and far too much to have been a slight slip of the deadly nightshade . |
| 10 | She was a national leader in the W.C.T.U. ( Women 's Christian Temperance Union ) but in spite of her reputation for being austere , dogmatic and old-fashioned , I considered myself fortunate to have been a personal friend of Nellie McClung . |
| 11 | I think L was very fortunate to have been a child in the days when children could roam in woods and fields , unafraid , and when doors could be left unlocked ; when there was less traffic , less noise and less hectic rush . |
| 12 | It is just as likely to have been a Turkish Cypriot farmer moving too far south . |
| 13 | And it would balance her table , thought Mair , although that was hardly likely to have been a consideration . |
| 14 | It appears that severity of illness or disability is likely to have been a critical variable , and in cases of severe disability , health would have been an overriding consideration . |
| 15 | Indeed in the circumstances in which he found the community there is likely to have been a good deal of disorder . |
| 16 | Akrotiri was built in about 1550 BC ( Late Minoan IA ) and is likely to have been a Minoan foundation . |
| 17 | The erection of a large shrine as an imposing architectural feature is not unusual in the Roman world , although the only other example in Britain appears to be the extraordinary octagonal structure at Lufton , identified as a ‘ cold plunge ’ but more likely to have been a shrine associated with a water cult . |
| 18 | Family restriction , by cutting down on labour costs , accelerated middle-class living standards , and this seems likely to have been a major contributory factor to decisions to limit family size . |
| 19 | When she returned to Jedburgh that evening she was in great pain from what is likely to have been a haemorrhage , of which she had suffered several since her son 's birth . |
| 20 | Abimelech , the Philistine king ( 26:1 ) : the name is probably a family or throne-name , this is therefore likely to have been a later king than the one Abraham encountered ( 20–21 ) . |
| 21 | Well yes I mean it 's it 's it 's more likely to have been a muscle than anything else , with pain that comes and goes . |
| 22 | Deprived after Nechtansmere of the land and tribute from the Picts and Irish which probably underlay such power , Northumbria is likely to have been a poorer as well as a less dominant kingdom . |
| 23 | Schools did lose staff but it seems more likely to have been a reflection of the generally low level of teachers ' pay at a time of full employment . |
| 24 | The hand-loom weaver on the eve of his long decline was much more likely to have been a Methodist than was the mule spinner of the new generation proletariat . |
| 25 | Nor is this likely to have been a novel feature of the tenth and eleventh centuries , whose rulers were building on traditions of public authority already old . |
| 26 | We can assume that Jacques not only played the oboe but was also likely to have been a woodwind maker , as was his brother , Jean , who is noted in the Livre commode ( 1692 ) as being among the most highly regarded master makers of woodwinds . |
| 27 | The laboratory 's opinion , though , is that the incident was more likely to have been an attempt to make the researchers there look a bit silly . |
| 28 | But the massive post-election bomb in London is likely to have been an each-way bet planned well in advance . |
| 29 | As we have said before ; horses high in aggression are more likely to have been the survivors during the processes of evolution . |
| 30 | This is likely to have been the lower valve , and fossils are sometimes found in ‘ life position ’ , which confirms this . |