Example sentences of "it [verb] to have [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing that makes me doubt that is that the general proposition underlying it appears to have received some incoherent support from the Leader of the Opposition . |
| 2 | Thus the British government acquired a powder-mill of its own in 1759 , though it seems to have made little use of it , and another in 1787 . |
| 3 | And it seems to have given these madmen the idea of producing a biological version , capable of creating a world indistinguishable — indistinguishable , I ask you , ye Gods ! — from reality . |
| 4 | In a cumbersome way it seems to have done this fairly effectively , for it was difficult for an official to embezzle royal money without being exposed in the long run , although the run was often so long that he was dead before it finished . |
| 5 | In 1826 and 1827 it seems to have retained some trade union functions , including support for litigation on behalf of its members . |
| 6 | It seems to have taken several months for the message to sink in that here was plenty to worry about , with deep implications for the inhabitants of planet Earth . |
| 7 | Although the design lacked the copyism of Garling 's submission , it seems to have derived some elements from the Paris Hôtel de Ville , particularly the high-roofed central block and corner pavilions with their ornate single dormers . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , it seems to have had some effect on Sandys . |
| 9 | The Trojan story is first recorded in Fredegar , and it seems to have had some vogue in seventh- and eighth-century Francia , where other Trojan legends were preserved . |
| 10 | Thereafter it seems to have had several changes of ownership . |
| 11 | To understand it , it helps to have had some experience of a bartering society . |