Example sentences of "[adj] seem to have been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only castings found were ingots , so this seems to have been a metal refinery . |
| 2 | This seems to have been a particular problem in the more remote areas , whether in Devon or in the Scottish Highlands ( Varwell 1973 ; Cloke 1979 ) . |
| 3 | This seems to have been a major attempt on the part of Oswiu , by associating himself with Ecgberht 's archbishop-elect and by a recognition of the authority of Canterbury , to establish a new beginning for the Anglo-Saxon Church . |
| 4 | ‘ From information received this seems to have been a stupid prank , ’ said a Britannia spokeswoman . |
| 5 | We decided to schedule an hour and a half each week for work on the additional assessment , and this seems to have been a successful approach . |
| 6 | Also like Sidonius he found a career in the Church , although this seems to have been a matter of choice at a relatively early age , whereas Sidonius became bishop after a major secular career , without any obvious preparation . |
| 7 | In those days , simply being British seems to have been a passport to the higher circles of whatever country the traveller set foot in . |
| 8 | That seems to have been a good move on their part . |
| 9 | Even then , there were land development issues associated with local state support for the new system of owner-occupation but , in comparison with developments after 1975 , the 1930s seem to have been a period during which previous social forms were suspended rather than transformed . |
| 10 | The late 1920s and '30s seems to have been a bad time in the Woodchester area for fires . |