Example sentences of "to have been invented " in BNC.

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1	ISC is understood to have small contracts in each of these territories but further ‘ phantom ’ contracts are believed to have been invented to make the company seem more successful than it was .
2	The oldest known system of Babylonian planetary theory is thought to have been invented not earlier than 500 BC .
3	The highly specialised craft of lacquer painting and decoration seems to have been invented several thousand years ago in China , where the lacquer tree grows .
4	For confirmation I visited him in prison , where in protest against his incarceration he had put himself in solitary confinement , and found him to be sandy-haired , bullet-headed and verbose , yet with a redeeming sense of humour ; his passionate denials of having played any part in the Ayr murder were too convincing to have been invented .
5	Such an accusation is hardly likely to have been invented by his enemies if he had not performed miracles .
6	This polychrome type of design seems to have been invented at Knossos , where it was fashionable for some time before it was adopted generally in the east of Crete .
7	Modern biblical scholars concur that among the most historically plausible incidents in the Gospels , among the incidents least likely to have been invented by later writers and editors , is Jesus 's baptism in the Jordan by John .
8	It seems to have been invented by Exekias , and there are a few late black figure and early red-figure examples , but Euphronios is the first to make it a regular vehicle for major work .
9	Visual signalling is thought to have been invented by Captain Bolton , of the 12th Regiment , British Army , and Captain Colomb in 1861 .
10	One of these was the Argyll , said to have been invented by the 4th Duke of Argyll , who died in 1770 .
11	The main theme is , however , in the bass — the so-called ‘ royal theme ’ , said to have been invented by Frederick the Great of Prussia .

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