Example sentences of "have [been] [vb pp] [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 Although the points made in extract ( 11 ) could have been expressed objectively as statements that certain buildings in certain locations are more beautiful since restoration , both speakers relate such statements to personal experience .
2 It is sad that he could not have been turned so as to face his favourite church .
3 The existence of ( b ) and ( c ) he thought proved by the presence of some biblical texts where the literal sense seemed absurd or contradictory ; such texts must have been placed there as signposts to a spiritual allegorical exegesis .
4 Such a control group could also have been identified easily as all practices have been keeping records of their referrals for x ray examinations since the introduction of the new contract in April 1990 .
5 Yes , it would have been used physically as one million pounds , yes it would .
6 The farmsteads and hamlets thus created may have been used initially as temporary steadings , but eventually a number were permanently occupied .
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