Example sentences of "to have been [adj] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However unsatisfactory the ancient idea of belligerent reprisals may be , the threat of reprisals does appear to have been effective in this matter ( Kalshoven , 1971 , p. 348 ) . |
| 2 | Furthermore , the juxtaposition of particular historical , political events with economic forces often seems to have been decisive in stimulating defensive reactions by employers . |
| 3 | But certainly the family and descendants of Judas of Galilee seem to have been involved in many of the more ambitious , more co-ordinated , more professional Zealot enterprises . |
| 4 | In return , Central Bank governor Jose Cuisia agreed that US$344 million of other banks ' loans would be eligible for bond conversion , while securing the right of the Philippines to take action against any bank later found to have been involved in fraudulent transactions . |
| 5 | They were rejected in Rochdale , and even in Nottingham , where cases of sexual abuse were upheld , and nine parents were found to have been involved in elaborate and organised abuse , there was no evidence that they did this as part of any satanic rituals or worship . |
| 6 | Security forces are believed to have been involved in numerous killings this year in Silvan , Diyarbakir province , thought previously to have been carried out by Hizbullah . |
| 7 | She is not known to have been involved in any way . |
| 8 | Nguyen Ai Quoc does not seem to have been prominent in these discussions although he was included in a group photograph with Roy , Tan Malaka , and other Asian delegates including three from Japan . |
| 9 | Moreover , the decorative features of the temple ( carvings of palmtrees , capitals like lilies , capitals festooned with network , pomegranates , and open flowers ) are all prominent in the repertory of St Polyeuktos , although they do not seem to have been current in contemporary Byzantine sculpture . |
| 10 | It is fair to add that Leeds does not seem to have been unique in this respect : reporting on an inspection carried out in ‘ ethnically diverse areas within three LEAs ’ ( including five Leeds Phase 1 PNP schools ) in March 1988 , HMI remarked that ‘ none of the three LEAs had specific policies for parent school liaison ’ ( DES 1988a ) . |
| 11 | He appears to have been interested in foreign travel , also , to judge from the books he collected . |
| 12 | He seemed to have been stuck in this shabby , overheated room for days . |
| 13 | l9 Moreover , the kairos approach can not speak to the fact of an all-male priesthood ( which God is supposed to have given to His church and to have been adequate in past ages ) precisely having been one of the factors making for the secondary position of women in society . |
| 14 | Equally importantly , those which were remembered appear to have been unusual in more than the fact that they were busier than other situations , risk appears to have had a quite separate effect . |