Example sentences of "is [verb] [that] [noun] were " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 It is reported that police were satisfied that the wife acted under duress in the various crimes in which she got involved in .
2 It is said that invoices were raised against Wessex on behalf of Abbey and that when payment was received by Abbey the moneys were diverted by Mr. Tully and others and were partly dissipated in bribes and partly disguised and concealed in various bank accounts and other havens .
3 If the argument is accepted that dinosaurs were on their way to possessing a non-reptilian or bird-like heart , then as soon as the separation of the heart valves was complete it enabled the thecodonts , probably in the Triassic .
4 It may be that this goddess was worshipped at the peak sanctuaries , where it is known that pyres were lit ; the later Artemis cult also involved mountain-top bonfires .
5 It is recorded that galleries were used at election times by prospective M.P.s stating their case at Ambleside and Ravenstonedale and , no doubt , at other places as well .
  Next page