Example sentences of "[adj] to have [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Widespread flooding in Kashmir was reported on Sept. 12 to have killed 220 people [ see p. 39098 for Pakistan flood disaster ] .
2 Of all the trophies which can be won in schoolboy lacrosse , only the Centurion Trophy , for under-13s , eluded his teams : but on 15th March 1980 , in a match against William Hulme 's School , the School under-13 team — the sixth such to have reached this final — was victorious by 8 goals to 5 .
3 ‘ We are very fortunate to have made this bridge ’ .
4 I was fortunate to have had these advantages ; it is quite impossible to operate at any level in industry without being aware of the world forces which are pressing upon us .
5 I am fortunate to have had enough support to recover from the hell of being abused .
6 I 'm delighted to have secured this deal at long last .
7 Slated urban roofs are likely to have reached this state after about eighty years .
8 One Cabinet minister , however , is likely to have saved some money on his hotel bill to go towards his bid for next year .
9 But other local families are likely to have served both lords , among them the Musgraves of Edenhall .
10 But other local families are likely to have served both lords , among them the Musgraves of Edenhall .
11 Each patient 's fasting plasma glucose and insulin measurements can be interpreted by the model to predict the β cell function and insulin sensitivity that are likely to have given those measurements .
12 The HMI study indicates , en passant , certain features of the Danish folkeskole which seem likely to have strengthened public trust in the professional authority of teachers .
13 Mothers of Maori infants were also significantly younger at their first pregnancy ( χ 2 =216 , df=2 , p<0.001 ) , had had more previous pregnancies ( χ 2 =19 , df=3 , p<0.001 ) , attended antenatal clinic later ( χ 2 =48 , df=1 , p<0.001 ) , and were less likely to have attended antenatal classes ( χ 2 =74 , df=1 , p<0.001 ) ( table II ) .
14 If she is arrested for anything , however trivial , during that time , she is likely to have to serve two years in prison plus whatever sentence her new offence would attract .
15 The children of women with schizophrenia followed up by Mednick and his colleagues ( 1981a ) who eventually developed schizophrenia were more likely to have had perinatal complications than those who had had a non-traumatic birth .
16 By contrast , those still stone free nine months or more after dissolution treatment has stopped are genuinely likely to have had complete gall stone dissolution .
17 Of this 20% , the non-enrollers were more likely to have had such problems .
18 Given that natural selection has not eradicated the disorder , despite its association with suicide , with the possibility of reduced fertility , and impaired efficiency in behaviour , it is likely to have had some value .
19 Main contenders are likely to have had previous experience in the country concerned and in the type of contract on offer , for example , starting up a new hotel from scratch or establishing catering facilities to feed thousands of workers of various nationalities on a new construction contract .
20 Those having the most sex and men who lost their virginity early are also particularly likely to have enjoyed oral sex .
21 Turning now to those carers who said in their first interview that they wanted their relative to remain at home , one would expect that those in the action sample would be more likely to have retained that preference than those in the control sample ( assuming that the project has provided extra home care when needed and therefore indirectly or directly assisted or relieved the principal carers ) .
22 For married women this tendency was even more pronounced — Temporary workers working part-time were also more likely to have taken temporary jobs because they did not want Permanent jobs , whilst among those working full-time inability to find a permanent job was by far the most frequent reason given .
23 I thought I was very abnormal to have created this second Lily from the real one .
24 ‘ Master Corbett , you 've told me how I am supposed to have killed this woman , but not the reason why . ’
25 The one who 's supposed to have shot that Englishman ?
26 It is in the area of sexuality that women are often supposed to have made great advances towards equality with men .
27 I 'll kill him , they do n't worry , they do n't worry about what , what bills you 've got going out , I E a car on H P or your or erm furniture on H P , when you 're on on the dole you 're you ai n't supposed to have had any bills incurred
28 About two weeks later , while still at Biot , Mrs Rose began receiving strange messages by telephone purporting to come from Crabb which were according to Mrs Rose supposed to have contained personal phrases and nicknames which only the two of them knew .
29 But just what effect Pringle 's presence was supposed to have eluded most people , and the absence of Lamb , back to his prolific , fighting best on the county circuit , must have been just what the touring team were praying for .
30 It seemed so unfair to have faced one trial to prove my innocence , and now to face a kind of drumhead court martial as though I were guilty .
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