Example sentences of "is [adj] have be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A small islet at the other end of the loch is supposed to have been a prison . |
| 2 | This bayonet is supposed to have been a murder weapon . |
| 3 | I expect you know that November 1st is supposed to have been the start of the Celtic year . |
| 4 | It appears that severity of illness or disability is likely to have been a critical variable , and in cases of severe disability , health would have been an overriding consideration . |
| 5 | Indeed in the circumstances in which he found the community there is likely to have been a good deal of disorder . |
| 6 | Akrotiri was built in about 1550 BC ( Late Minoan IA ) and is likely to have been a Minoan foundation . |
| 7 | When she returned to Jedburgh that evening she was in great pain from what is likely to have been a haemorrhage , of which she had suffered several since her son 's birth . |
| 8 | Deprived after Nechtansmere of the land and tribute from the Picts and Irish which probably underlay such power , Northumbria is likely to have been a poorer as well as a less dominant kingdom . |
| 9 | But the massive post-election bomb in London is likely to have been an each-way bet planned well in advance . |
| 10 | This is likely to have been the lower valve , and fossils are sometimes found in ‘ life position ’ , which confirms this . |
| 11 | This is likely to have been the case with the final dinosaur group evolving from the small types such as Psittacosaurus , or the parrot-type reptiles such as the heavily built quadruped ceratopsians . |
| 12 | In the two volunteers reported to have HLA-B35 this octamer is likely to have been the minimal epitope . |
| 13 | The very good performance of division reported in some cases ( Lum , Yuen and Dodd , Severance and Duhne ) , and relatively poor performance in others ( Kaimann ) , is likely to have been the result of few or many clashes of this kind . |
| 14 | The occasion of Wulfhere 's intervention in Surrey is likely to have been the death of King Ecgberht , which appears to have been followed by an interregnum or at least a contested succession . |
| 15 | Although the combination of recession and high interest rates is likely to have been the main cause of this rise in defaults , the much more moderate increase in company failures and mortgage arrears which accompanied the more severe downturn and higher interest rates of 1980–81 period suggests that other factors may also have been important . |
| 16 | Attributed to great painters , from Duccio to Francesco di Giorgio , pride of private collections and museums , the re-creations of Old Masters for which Joni is famous have been the subject of careful critical analysis by the best qualified scholars of Italian Trecento and Quattrocento art . |
| 17 | They conclude that there must be less than 5 x unc monopoles per sq.cm per steradian per second in the vicinity of the Earth , and that ‘ the Cabrera candidate is unlikely to have been a true monopole -induced event . ’ |
| 18 | On the debit side , there is unlikely to have been a significant shift of travel in such a small town from cars towards public transport or indeed towards the bicycle . |
| 19 | In the middle of a prime corn-growing district , Chichester is unlikely to have been a centre of putting out ; high wages there probably showed the influence of a craft-based manufacture , though on too small a scale to have any marked effect on the level and distribution of wealth . |
| 20 | The aerosol device is unlikely to have been the cause . |
| 21 | The aim of the measure may also have been financial , because the Crown was empowered to distrain for half of the profits resulting from the enclosure ; it was not , however , an easy way to raise money , so it is unlikely to have been the only reason for the Act . |
| 22 | This unrest is sometimes seen in terms of the class war , but strictly speaking this is unlikely to have been the case , since the rebels appear to have included dispossessed aristocrats . |
| 23 | Catholicism is unlikely to have been the key to Clovis 's success . |
| 24 | It is unlikely to have been the work of Asclepiodatus , who can scarcely have worked for Chlothar before 613 , given his association with Childebert II , and is equally unlikely to have been active after that date . |
| 25 | Certainly , it is unlikely to have been the only figured panel in the mosaic . |
| 26 | ‘ The alleyway is so remote that it is unlikely to have been an opportunist crime , ’ Chief Inspetor Graham said . |
| 27 | The presence of a very occasional lesser white-fronted goose from Scandinavia on the reclaimed land of the Severn is well-known to have been a crucial factor in Sir Peter Scott 's choice of site for the new wildfowl refuge and research station he had dreamed of creating during the War . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , the letter shows clearly the intensity of feeling in England in this period , and the creation of a new archbishopric at Lichfield is certain to have been an extremely controversial matter . |