Example sentences of "[vb -s] have be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She could not even stand by herself yet she has has been the victim of a most brutal assault in her own bed . |
| 2 | But he has failed to command a regular place during Graeme Souness 's reign as manager and the signing of Nigel Clough looks to have been the final straw for Ronny . |
| 3 | Accordingly , in my judgment we have in this case a clear statement by the responsible minister stating the effect of the ambiguous words used in what became section 63 of the Act of 1976 which the Parliamentary history shows to have been the basis on which that section was enacted . |
| 4 | This is believed to be the first time that timber banned under CITES has been the target of Customs operations in Europe . |
| 5 | Its main work appears to have been the organizing of humanitarian aid to Spain , such as the ‘ milk for Spain ’ appeals . |
| 6 | Asda , which appears to have been the subject of an extraordinary — but unsuccessful — ramp on Tuesday , edged on ½ to 31½ after a huge 10m share cross trade between brokers . |
| 7 | A new gated gap in the hedge by the present 11th appears to have been the spin-off . |
| 8 | Scaevola replies that it appears to have been the testator 's intention that Seius should be released by the trust from all his obligations . |
| 9 | This means that Britain 's watchdog on pharmaceuticals — the Committee on Safety of Medicines ( CSM ) — needs to be somewhat more alert and responsive to the hazards than appears to have been the case . |
| 10 | Britain appears to have been the pioneer in ‘ electrophonic ’ transmission to homes , but there had been earlier experimental transmissions in the US and France . |
| 11 | ( Beckenham appears to have been the only municipal authority in the London area to have held motor-bus powers . ) |
| 12 | However , for the majority of those that eventually retired early , redundancy appears to have been the deciding factor . |
| 13 | The critical handicap under which she laboured , however , appears to have been the low yield of the land . |
| 14 | The assertion by Pollock C.B. quoted above that a corporation could not sue for libel in respect of a charge of corruption , because a corporation can not be guilty of corruption , appears to have been the foundation for the decision by a Divisional Court in Manchester Corporation v. Williams [ 1891 ] 1 Q.B. 94 , but more fully reported in 63 L.T. 805 . |
| 15 | The deceased 's closest friend at the time of his death appears to have been the first defendant , a man now in his forties , who , when giving evidence , described himself as an unemployed seaman . |
| 16 | I wish only to comment that , in extradition cases , it appears to have been the practice , at least since Rex v. Zossenheim ( 1903 ) 20 T.L.R. 121 , that the magistrate , when deciding whether to commit , will take account not only of evidence tendered on behalf of the requesting state , but also of evidence given on behalf of the accused . |
| 17 | Soviet recognition was extended to the Castro government a few days after it had taken power , but this was not reciprocated , and it appears to have been the Cubans , concerned not to give Washington any pretext for claiming that Communism had arrived in the Caribbean , who were responsible for the fact that for well over a year after the revolution the two countries did not have diplomatic ties . |
| 18 | His father , Robert Jesty , butcher , had at least four sons of whom Benjamin appears to have been the youngest . |
| 19 | He appears to have been the eldest child , with at least one brother , William . |
| 20 | Morgan appears to have been the first case in which the issue was raised in this country . |
| 21 | This fact , together with the facts mentioned above , that Fahreddin Acemi appears to have been the first to hold the office of Mufti without an accompanying kadilik and to have been the first to receive a salary specifically in respect of the Muftilik , makes it a reasonable assumption that he was the first Mufti in the sense commonly understood in later times . |
| 22 | HOUSTON — BPX appears to have been the most successful bidder in Western Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 143 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Accessit Graecarum dictionum interpretatio ( Rouen , 1598 ) , appears to have been the first theorist to state clearly what now seems so obvious a fact . |
| 25 | Nobody came to Britain , it would seem , whose only important town in the Middle Ages appears to have been the seaside resort of Brighton . |
| 26 | An expert may have no entitlement to fees and expenses if the reference itself is invalid , as appears to have been the consequence in Darlington Borough Council v Waring & Gillow ( Holdings ) Ltd [ 1988 ] 2 EGLR 159 , discussed at 10.4.2 . |
| 27 | But nonetheless the literal translation I understand is that people who are Dutch citizens in this country should contact the er ambassador at thirty eight Hyde Park Gate and seek the relevant forms in order to register for the election and vote in the U K and I hope our friends er in in the Binnenhoff have taken that a little more seriously than appears to have been the case in in the Home Office . |
| 28 | ‘ This was a one-off incident , a very unfortunate occurence , which appears to have been the result of an error by someone who resides in the hostel , ’ he added . |
| 29 | They should perhaps have been higher on the agenda than appears to have been the case . |
| 30 | Tell the King that Mohamed Srifi 's only crime seems to have been the expression of his peaceful political views . |