Example sentences of "[verb] have [been] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , a theme common to the various policies to be examined has been the changing character of central — local state relationships within the NHS . |
| 2 | However , the determination of the drug barons to avoid extradition to the United States on drug charges was generally considered to have been the major factor behind the offer to surrender . |
| 3 | At Perth , where many buildings were inundated , the flood was reported to have been the highest since 1814 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | And the spies all seemed to have been the clumsy types , exposed and expelled almost at once . |
| 6 | It is said to have been the first large bridge in the country made with a level roadway ( i.e. not rising towards the crown ) . |
| 7 | Tim Renton could be said to have been the first to grasp this nettle . |
| 8 | Cornford is said to have been the first Englishman to enlist in the International Brigade to fight against Franco . |
| 9 | His briskness of pace off the pitch became legendary , and he is said to have been the first bowler deliberately to have deployed the seam in his technique . |
| 10 | She is considered incredibly bright , capable , and is said to have been the prime mover in persuading Mr Lamont to reduce tax on new cars — a popular move in last month 's Budget statement . |
| 11 | An early occupant is said to have been the villainous Lord Soulis , who in the ballad of the Cout of Keilder forces the head of his noble visitor under a pool in the Hermitage Water to drown him . |
| 12 | He met Fanny Blandy , who is said to have been the only person to understand what he was talking about , and she used flags to signal to him in the harbour from the family Quinta da Santa Luzia . |
| 13 | The company is also said to have been the beneficial owner of £346,800 held by solicitors in London . |
| 14 | He is said to have been the joint author , with Donaldson , of the Commissioner 's design for the Crystal Palace in 1850 . |
| 15 | His novels were praised by the first Earl of Balfour , and were said to have been the favourite reading of Queen Alexandra . |
| 16 | It is said to have been the biggest women 's gathering since suffrage days , a little more than half a century before … |
| 17 | This is said to have been the last contact between the Judaeo-Christian Nazareans and the coalescing orthodoxy based on Pauline thought . |
| 18 | Furthermore , the South East can be seen to have been the only region with a figure above the national average — all other regions were below the average ( see also Figure 9.3 ) . |
| 19 | This is certainly true , but it underlines what many consider has been the undue emphasis placed on the PSBR in the government 's policy making . |
| 20 | Many newspapers compile lists of what they consider to have been the best novels of the previous year — a useful guide to what readers might try to get hold of . |
| 21 | He is not a sceptic about the reality of global warming — he can claim to have been the first man to notice it — but he does not believe it is necessarily harmful . |
| 22 | I would like to have been the first person in the world ’ , she added lightly . |
| 23 | I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BEEN THE FIRST PERSON IN THE WORLD |
| 24 | Surprisingly , Jean 's existence has not been known until now : Martin was thought to have been the only son of Jean and Marguerite Delalande to have held a court position . |
| 25 | The SLORC regime had been eager to attract foreign investment ; this was thought to have been the major factor in its decision to proceed with the election . |
| 26 | What is thought to have been the first silk mill in England was built here , in Silk Mill Lane , in 1717 . |
| 27 | Drawing the assembled crowds ’ attention to the Norseman 's pedigree , Bob pointed out that it is thought to have been the first aircraft to land on the Normandy beaches during D-Day , the American fighter ace Screwball Beurling was killed in Italy whilst ferrying a Norseman to the Israelis and of course there is the legend that has built up surrounding the mysterious disappearance of bandleader Major Glenn Miller in December 1944 , after taking-off in a Norseman from Twinwoods airfield , near Bedford , England , bound for Paris , never to be seen again . |
| 28 | A SCOTTISH soldier killed by a single shot while on foot patrol in south Armagh yesterday is thought to have been the fourth victim of an Irish Republican Army assassin . |
| 29 | , Laurence ( c. 1713–1786 ) , chairman of the East India Company , is thought to have been the illegitimate son of Philip O'Sullivan of county Cork in Ireland . |
| 30 | The property at the rear , where the gallery lies is thought to have been the old stables and there are interesting photographs of the early stage of reconstruction . |