Example sentences of "was [verb] have [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nationalization of the banking system by President José López Portillo on Sept. 1 , 1982 [ see p. 32071 ] , was claimed to have precipitated the devaluation of the official currency , the peso , and to have contributed to high inflation and the flight of capital . |
| 2 | A committee of shaikhs representing Yemen 's highly armed traditional leaders was reported to have given a warning on Dec. 15 that the tribes would intervene unless order was restored . |
| 3 | Kupolati was reported to have given an assurance that the ECOMOG force would remain in Liberia . |
| 4 | Another respected ex-Cabinet minister , Fowler , was reported to have declined a request to join . |
| 5 | An Abkhaz nationalist grouping , Ayglara ( Unity ) , had been formed , and the Abkhaz party secretary ( dismissed in early April ) was reported to have favoured the idea of secession . |
| 6 | The National Liberation Movement ( MLN ) claimed responsibility for the explosion of a bomb outside the US embassy which was reported to have caused no damage . |
| 7 | President Desmond Hoyte was reported to have accepted the resignation " reluctantly " , and to have taken temporary charge of the Foreign Affairs portfolio . |
| 8 | US Deputy Treasury Secretary David Mulford was reported to have criticized the deficit run up in financing German unification , in comments rejected by Finance Minister Theo Waigel and other German officials . |
| 9 | Taylor was reported to have criticized the composition of the conference , demanding the participation of elected representatives of Liberia 's 13 counties , of which his faction claimed to control 12 . |
| 10 | Ukraine was reported to have criticized the draft agreement for not safeguarding against possible bias in the ITRC , which would use the facilities of the ex-Soviet ( now Russian ) Ostankino company . |
| 11 | Gas was reported to have filled the city streets for about five hours after the blast . |
| 12 | President Mubarak was reported to have received an envoy from the Sudanese Head of State , Lt.-Gen. |
| 13 | The Cyprus question was reported to have headed the agenda in his talks with Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis [ see p. 38402 ] . |
| 14 | Later in the month Iliescu was reported to have expressed a readiness for Romanian-Moldavan unification . |
| 15 | The Sun 's publisher Rupert Murdoch was reported to have ordered an apology in what was described by assistant editor Chris Davis as a ‘ handsome and gracious ’ gesture after discussions ‘ at the very highest level ’ . |
| 16 | The British delegation was reported to have suggested a deadline of 2010 , claiming that an earlier target date would force countries to waste money on fitting desulphurisation equipment to power stations nearing the end of their useful life . |
| 17 | Brunswijk was reported to have signed the agreement at a meeting with army C.-in-C . |
| 18 | Suchocka was reported to have refused an invitation to meet the strikers . |
| 19 | Suchocka was reported to have refused an invitation to meet the strikers . |
| 20 | In Michoacán the PRI was reported to have spent the equivalent of an almost unprecedented US$33,000,000 , and in Chihuahua the equivalent of US$20,000,000 . |
| 21 | ATHLETICS was hit by another drugs scandal last night as world champion hurdler , Lyudmila Narozhilenko , was reported to have failed a dope test . |
| 22 | An explosion in a tank containing uranium and plutonium was reported to have started a fire , leading to the release of a radioactive cloud . |
| 23 | IFE , which is 40pc owned by Mr Robertson , was reported to have agreed the £38.2m take-over deal six weeks ago . |
| 24 | The team clearly adopted a far too low key approach , with insufficient trawling for support among backbenchers which was reported to have offended a number who felt that their support was being taken for granted . |
| 25 | On March 6 the Nagorny Karabakh Supreme Soviet ( established in December 1991 — see p. 38657 ) was reported to have established a defence council . |
| 26 | The stock fell another 6 to 240p before Hoare Govett was reported to have issued a recommendation on the basis of a 9 p.c. yeild , helping the price partially recover to 242½p . |
| 27 | On Aug. 23 Milan Knazko , the Slovak Minister of International Relations , was reported to have attacked the republic 's television service , accusing it of political bias . |
| 28 | At North Berwick he was reported to have assembled a band of 200 witches to raise a magic storm which would drown the king and his new queen on their voyage to Scotland . |
| 29 | President Askar Akayev was reported to have toured the area before flying to Moscow on Aug. 24 to ask President Boris Yeltsin for Russian aid . |
| 30 | ANGOLA 'S government appeared on the verge of military collapse yesterday as the Unita rebel movement was reported to have captured the country 's second most important city . |