Example sentences of "[verb] [be] reports [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suffolk Wildlife Trust director Derek Moore said there had been reports of rabbits and other creatures being shot at by four-wheel drive enthusiasts as the vehicles moved around the ness . |
| 2 | There had been reports on April 2 that a meeting to discuss the formation of a more representative government had broken down in disagreement between Crown Prince Saad and representatives of a coalition of merchant groups , Islamic parties and former members of parliament . |
| 3 | There had been reports on Feb. 16 that the Iranian government intended to renew its diplomatic peace initiatives following Iraq 's offer to withdraw from Kuwait . |
| 4 | There had been reports in October of intensified repression in Bhutan of ethnic Nepalese activists [ see p. 38534 ] . |
| 5 | There have been reports on poll tax collection , care in the community , housing benefit administration , the cost of providing bed-and-breakfast accommodation , and into the incredible disgrace of the state of school buildings throughout the country — not forgetting , of course , the report that praised the cost-effectiveness of direct labour organisations , contrary to the thrust of Government legislation . |
| 6 | Already there have been reports of ticket forging and some Wolves fans have been drinking in the city since lunchtime . |
| 7 | There have been reports of mice in one area of the Village . |
| 8 | The disease is widespread in America and quite recently there have been reports of cases in dogs in the UK . |
| 9 | There have been reports of torture . |
| 10 | Although there have been reports of David collaborating with Nile Rodgers , the Chic leader who produced Bowie 's classic Let's Dance album , I understand that the next Bowie record on the market will be a live Tin Machine album . |
| 11 | There have been reports of looters trying to raid homes in the Llandudno Junction area abandoned in the ‘ flood of the century . ’ |
| 12 | The Vice Squad have taken their cue and there have been reports of seizures of safer-sex literature on the grounds that it is obscene : e.g. ‘ Vice Squad rejects ‘ crude ’ AIDS leaflet' ( The Guardian . |