have been underlying
- present perfect progressive of underlie.
Example Sentences
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Schuchat said at the news conference there may have been underlying conditions among some of the six women who suffered these blood clots.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2021
Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at the briefing there may have been underlying conditions among some of the six women who suffered these blood clots.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2021
Couldn't there have been underlying causes that had nothing to do with nutrition?
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2017
Neandertals had a similar brain size–to-body ratio as we do, so rather than cranial capacity, it might have been underlying neurological differences that could explain why we flourished while they died out, he said.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 30, 2012
"The multiple poor decisions that RBS made suggest ... that there are likely to have been underlying deficiencies in RBS management, governance and culture which made it prone to make poor decisions," the report said.
From Reuters ● Dec. 12, 2011
