Example sentences of "was [vb pp] to have [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elizabeth Maxwell was reported to have moved to France after her husband 's death , leaving behind the family mansion , Oxford 's Headington Hill Hall . |
| 2 | Fighting was reported to have moved to Osijek , the capital of Eastern Slavonia ( Serb region of Croatia ) , and its surrounding area . |
| 3 | Watanabe was reported to have written to US Representative for Trade Negotiations Carla Hills and EC Commission Vice-President Frans Andriessen , expressing disappointment over US and EC proposals for exemptions for trade in services , and over their failure to submit detailed proposals for industrial tariff reductions as they were supposed to by the end of March . |
| 4 | One of the most damaging allegations in Potoy 's report was that lbarra , who was reported to have fled to Miami , had spent approximately US$400,000 to induce five centrist members of the National Assembly to vote for legislation favouring the Sandinistas . |
| 5 | Faced with revolt in the north by anti-government guerrillas of the Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy ( FRUD ) , the Djibouti government was reported to have appealed to France for military support , on the basis of the 1977 defence treaty between the two countries , and for the intervention of French forces stationed in Djibouti . |
| 6 | In the face of continuing Hungarian objections , Meciar was reported to have agreed to consultations involving the European Communities , but only on ecological aspects ; the findings would be referred to the International Court of Justice at The Hague . |
| 7 | On Nov. 4 , the 13th anniversary of Iranian revolutionaries ' takeover of the US embassy in Tehran [ see p. 30150 ] , the authorities announced the arrest of a US resident , Milton Meier , a travel agent , who was said to have confessed to spying . |
| 8 | Walsingham arrived on the pilgrim 's map in the 11th century when the Virgin Mary was said to have appeared to Lady Richelda , a citizen of the Norfolk town . |
| 9 | The government 's chief negotiator , Mr Rafael Vera , was said to have returned to Algiers , where the talks ere held . |
| 10 | Everyone knows the story of the ass which was said to have starved to death between two exactly equal bundles of hay because it could not decide ( choose ) which one to approach . |
| 11 | After interviewing more than 50 witnesses and reviewing tapes and papers from the security services , Hamilton stated that " all credible evidence " suggested that George Bush had been in the USA on Oct. 18-22 , 1980 , when , as vice-presidential candidate , he was alleged to have flown to Paris to negotiate the deal with representatives from the revolutionary government of Iran . |
| 12 | Joan Main was thought to have moved to South Wales after she disappeared , but despite a nationwide appeal for information the police have never tracked her down . |