Example sentences of "was [vb pp] have [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The meeting was reported to have seen differences between Syria , Iraq , Sudan and Libya on the one hand , which were pushing for a more intransigent Arab League position , and the Gulf states on the other , which spoke out for " international legitimacy " ( according to Radio Monte Carlo on April 30 ) . |
| 2 | An Israeli diplomat was reported to have visited Vietnam in early February . |
| 3 | On Aug. 20 , Australia was reported to have stopped supplies for the same reason . |
| 4 | President Alan Garcia Pérez , who apologised to Pease for the incident , was reported to have accepted Mantilla 's resignation . |
| 5 | However , the government was reported to have sent food supplies and food coupons to areas most affected by the crisis . |
| 6 | Meanwhile on Jan. 21 Pérez de Cuéllar was reported to have received peace proposals from the Soviet Union , India and Algeria . |
| 7 | Libya was reported to have announced emergency aid of $60,000,000 , and the United Arab Emirates $40,000,000 . |
| 8 | On Dec. 19 , the leader of the group , Mr Justice Telford Georges , was reported to have expressed concern over the 45 nominations , at a meeting with Moi . |
| 9 | Gelbard was reported to have warned US officials in September that he would be the target of an assassination attempt , which Bolivian officials believed was due to take place on Dec. 10 to coincide with the anniversary of the extradition of former Interior Minister Luis Arce Gómez to the US on drug trafficking charges [ see pp. 37487-8 ] . |
| 10 | The ULIMO force was reported to have taken part in fighting in recent months to repel Taylor 's invading forces from Sierra Leone . |
| 11 | A mutiny of 600 police officers in pursuit of higher salaries was reported to have taken place in police districts in the southern province of Santa Cruz and there were also reports of growing discontent among the military . |
| 12 | Gica Popa , the judge who condemned Ceausescu and his wife Elena Ceausescu to death on Dec. 25 , 1989 , was reported to have committed suicide on March 1 . |
| 13 | The MNR leader Afonso Dhlakama denied receiving military assistance from Kenya , but the closeness of the MNR 's Kenyan links were confirmed when diplomatic sources stated during August that at least one MNR military training camp operated inside Kenya , and an MNR battalion trained in Kenya was reported to have entered Mozambique on Aug. 11 near the village of Tsangano in Tete province . |
| 14 | United States President Bush , meeting European Community ( EC ) officials in the Hague on Nov. 9 , was reported to have moderated US demands for cuts in EC subsidies for farm exports , giving a new impetus to negotiations . |
| 15 | The US Export-Import Bank was reported to have offered Ukraine US$140 million in credits for purchasing US goods . |
| 16 | Iran was reported to have paid US$600 million for the submarine which , Tehran radio reported on Nov. 23 , had joined the Iranian fleet in the Gulf . |
| 17 | The Kuwait newspaper , Sawr al-Kuwait , reported that a secret meeting took place on Sept. 14 between Kelly and the head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry 's Middle East department , Mohammed Kazem Assadi Khonsari , who was reported to have held talks with Lebanese politicians as well as with the kidnappers . |
| 18 | A French warship was reported to have provided food and water to an estimated 2,500-3,000 desperate Somali refugees aboard a cargo vessel which had entered the Yemeni port of Mukalla on Nov. 16 after completing a five-day 2,000-km journey without food or water . |
| 19 | Pong met Saw Maung , who was reported to have reiterated Myanma 's readiness to increase co-operation with Thailand on trade , fishing and tourism . |
| 20 | The party was thought to wield considerable influence through local mosques , and was reported to have distributed water free of charge in poor urban areas and to have provided considerably more assistance than the local authorities to the victims of a double earthquake in the coastal resort of Tipaza in October ( see also below ) . |
| 21 | The leftist November 17 group was reported to have claimed responsibility for bomb attacks in Athens on March 12 . |
| 22 | The left-wing Dev Sol group was reported to have claimed responsibility for the fatal wounding in the southern city of Adana on May 23 of Brig. -Gen . |
| 23 | The leftist 17 November group was reported to have claimed responsibility , and to have referred to Turkish policy towards Cyprus . |
| 24 | A gathering of assassins in a populated area was considered to have endangered life and property . |
| 25 | The growth of the Welfare State was seen to have developed diseconomies of scale and was seen to be securing staff interests rather than the public 's . |
| 26 | Father Maire was said to have received death threats because of his work in organising the poor . |
| 27 | He was said to have visited Saudi Arabia , Jordan , Qatar , Syria and Egypt , in his most extensive foreign tour in 31 years on the throne . |
| 28 | Manufacture of the device , which was said to have caused infertility , pelvic inflammation and , in some cases , death , ceased in 1974 , but the product was not withdrawn until 1986 . |
| 29 | The other one 's name was Early ; he was said to have served time at Yuma Prison . |
| 30 | He was said to have sniffed glue during the two days before the attack at a shop in Bath . |