Example sentences of "it [was/were] reported that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On July 17 it was reported that the Democratic Platform co-ordinating council had decided to recommend that its supporters should begin leaving the party after all . |
| 2 | It was reported that the final signing had been held up over successive objections raised by Taylor , and that he eventually signed only under pressure from Capt. Blaise Compaore , the head of state of Burkina , a country which , according to some reports , had previously been an important source of arms supplies to Taylor 's faction . |
| 3 | In November it was reported that the European Communities had agreed to proposals for Namibia to join the Lomé Convention , under which the country would secure an annual beef quota , at an estimated price 40 per cent higher than the world market , which would make Namibia the second largest beef exporter among the African , Caribbean and Pacific countries ( after Botswana ) . |
| 4 | Wingti also promised to provide compensation for those killed and , on Sept. 20 , it was reported that the abducted man had been returned to Honiara . |
| 5 | On Oct. 1 it was reported that the Chadian authorities suspected Chadian refugees in Niger of having triggered the recent disturbances in the northern Tibesti region [ see p. 38427 ] . |
| 6 | When a purpose-designed cap was brought in to replace the humble condom , it was reported that the mine-laying frogmen were less than happy , having regarded the prior item as something of a ‘ perk ’ of the job . |
| 7 | On July 4 a goodwill visit to Port Vila by two Australian navy ships ( scheduled for July 9-12 ) was cancelled as a mark of Australian displeasure , and on July 29 it was reported that the Australian government had imposed a ban on all high-level contact with Vanuatu until Dec. 31 , 1992 . |
| 8 | On Aug. 23 , it was reported that the Bulgarian ambassador was wounded by shrapnel and that two local personnel in both the Pakistan and French embassies had been killed . |
| 9 | It was reported that the French Foreign Minister , Roland Dumas , had , in the course of a " flaming row " , objected strongly to the alliance as such claiming the right to seek new relations with former members of the Warsaw Pact . |
| 10 | On April 18-19 Mitterrand visited Bucharest [ see p. 38163 ] , and on July 17-19 Roman visited Paris again , when it was reported that the French government had guaranteed loans to the value of US$200,000,000 to French firms investing in Romania . |
| 11 | It was reported that the dinucleotide-based roll angle value of GC step is one of the smallest found in all dinucleotides ( 1,6 ) . |