Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adj] [to-vb] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The Pensioners ' Party was reported on Sept. 25 to have gained a National Assembly seat when independent deputy Imre Barcza joined the party . |
2 | Hekmatyar was reported on Aug. 23 to have received a joint mujaheddin peace delegation representing several provinces , but to have rejected a proposal from Rabbani that a ceasefire should not be conditional on the withdrawal from Kabul of the powerful Uzbek militia led by Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostam . |
3 | The US administration was reported on Nov. 10 to have begun a diplomatic campaign to discourage major industrial countries from exporting militarily useful technologies to Iran . |
4 | Japan was reported on Nov. 24 to have refused a Russian offer to sell low-grade uranium from dismantled nuclear weapons for use in Japanese nuclear reactors . |
5 | Police were reported on Dec. 15 to have adopted a shoot-to-kill policy following pre-election violence in Rift Valley Province , where at least 16 people were said to have died . |
6 | Mujaheddin guerrillas claimed on March 15 to have captured a strategic district in the northern province of Samangan , bordering Uzbekistan . |