Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [to-vb] been a " in BNC.

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1 Within the post-war period , the two most enduring changes appear to have been a marked transfer from rough pasture to either woodland or farmland , and Parry et al .
2 If one takes the views of the architects explicitly asked this question in the AMERG survey then the reforms seem to have been a mixed blessing ( 42 per cent thinking them to be beneficial and 29 per cent not to be ) .
3 A knowledge of the context in which acts of sabotage occur — the lack of alternatives available to workers , the frustrations that build up over time — often shows sabotage to have been an understandable response .
4 Naturally , he took a great interest in horse-shoeing , and horseshoes seem to have been a main interest in his continental journeys– He had a great fondness for the application of setons , particularly in cases of lameness — a curious lapse for such a humane man .
5 Will a great management-swindling of shareholders prove to have been a fellow-passenger ?
6 And , as we noted , the movement of which Jesus and his followers seem to have been a part regarded the Maccabean regime as a prototype for their own aspirations .
7 ‘ Your interviews seem to have been a great success , ’ said Melissa casually as she helped herself to cheese .
8 From their shapes , these marks seem to have been a form of writing .
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