Example sentences of "[vb infin] been made by the " in BNC.

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1 It could have been made by the indigenous people immediately after the conquest , or alternatively features such as the teeth could have been cut much later on the head .
2 They could have been made by the same craftsman .
3 An invention that might have been made by the chemical industry 50 years previously , was ultimately forced on it from outside .
4 These were decisions which would have been made by the LEA before devolution .
5 In fact the calls could also have been made by the Seychelles bulbul , a brown thrush-like bird with an orange-red beak which we saw feeding high up in the palms in several places .
6 We have attributed these effects to the difference in fibre content of the two diets but some contribution may have been made by the difference in protein content as some protein may have reached the colon and also have been fermented .
7 2.42 As regards the savings that would have been made by the deceased , Lord Reid thought that the widow and daughter would have had an interest in any capital that the deceased might have accumulated before his death , but he concluded that the widow might have died before her husband whereas the daughter would almost certainly have survived him .
8 She argued that the history of " scum " should have alerted the IBA to its controversial nature , and that any decision to screen it should have been made by the appointed members of the Authority , and not by their executive staff .
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