Example sentences of "it be reported [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is reported that Mrs Thatcher has been keen to ensure that those promoted are sympathetic to her scale of values or are not unwilling to break away from the style of middle-of-the-road consensus policies that have predominated in recent years . |
| 2 | In the same issue , it is reported that Sir Anthony Hidden 's investigation into the Clapham Junction rail crash criticises British Rail for not preventing ‘ commercial considerations of a business-led railway from compromising safety , ’ and asserts that excessive overtime should be ended , and that there should be curbs on overcrowding in trains . |
| 3 | In the vestry book for 1752 it is reported that Charles Wallis , Sexton , ‘ appeared at the vestry and being strictly examined touching the bounds of the churchyard do acknowledge and declare to the best of his memory that : |
| 4 | It is reported that police were satisfied that the wife acted under duress in the various crimes in which she got involved in . |
| 5 | Social security appeal tribunals are categorized as the least formal of the tribunals investigated , but it is reported that appellants nevertheless found attendance before them a nerve-wracking ordeal . |
| 6 | It is reported that Edison set it recording and spoke ‘ Mary had a little lamb ’ into it . |
| 7 | It is reported that Akbar , who was an emperor in India from 1542 to 1602 , ordered that a group of children be brought up without any instruction in language , to test the belief that they would eventually speak Hebrew , the language of God . |
| 8 | On Jan. 25 it was reported that Iraq 's ambassador in the UK , Azmi Shafiq al-Salahi , had been recalled . |
| 9 | A nuclear co-operation agreement was signed under which it was reported that China would supply a 300-MW nuclear reactor . |
| 10 | Chile was formally admitted as a new member , and it was reported that China and Iran had also expressed a wish to join the organization . |
| 11 | It was reported that Shamir intended to persuade Agudat Yisrael to join his coalition government . |
| 12 | In addition , it was reported that MHC class II promoter occupancy in vivo is the same in the class II-positive Raji and in class II-negative RJ2.2.5 cells ( 21 ) . |
| 13 | On June 24 , however , it was reported that talks between the government , Solidarity and the National Trade Union Accord had resulted in agreement on a new minimum monthly wage of Zl632,000 ( US$55 ) with effect from July 1 . |
| 14 | It was reported that Uzbeks had demonstrated on Feb. 20 in Tashkent to demand the immediate eviction of Meskhetians , prompting the authorities to begin evacuating Meskhetian residents from the city for their own protection , and that on the following day Uzbek demonstrators had broken through police cordons protecting several Meskhetian-run collective farms outside Tashkent and had set fire to around 50 Meskhetian homes . |
| 15 | On April 8 it was reported that ANC peace talks with Inkatha , scheduled for the previous weekend , had been called off as a result of the ANC 's May 9 ultimatum to de Klerk . |
| 16 | On the same day it was reported that efforts to impose the state of emergency regulations were being hampered by mass civil disobedience , with demonstrations and road blocks slowing the movement of the newly arrived military units from airfields at Yevlakh and Gendzhe ( Azerbaijan 's second largest city , formerly Kirovabad ; it had been given back its pre-Soviet name on Dec. 30 ) . |
| 17 | It should be recalled , however , that earlier it was noted that the changes were few and of a relatively trivial nature , and in the case studies it was reported that changes following the use of the booklet tended to be shortlived . |
| 18 | Following the IWC 's decision at that congress to uphold the whaling ban [ see p. 37630 ] , it was reported that Iceland was also reviewing its membership . |
| 19 | In late May 1989 it was reported that Spain , Belgium and the Netherlands were to join France , West Germany and the UK in a project for a new generation of medium- and long-range anti-tank missiles for the late 1990s . |
| 20 | On May 13 it was reported that Taylor 's forces had received a cargo of military equipment from Libya through the port of Buchanan , and that the rebels were freely using supply routes through Côte d'Ivoire . |
| 21 | On July 31 , 1989 , it was reported that South Korean police had arrested two men on charges of selling to East Germany 12 machines designed to produce nuclear weapons and spy satellites . |
| 22 | In September it was reported that South African lawyers would be brought to Swaziland to prosecute 15 people charged with forming a party to overthrow the government . |
| 23 | It was reported that Yazov , Kryuchkov , Baklanov and Tizyakov had flown to meet Gorbachev in the Crimea , where Gorbachev had had them arrested ( his 32-strong bodyguard having remained with him ) . |
| 24 | It was reported that loads of rubbish , mostly by the firm ‘ plant ’ had been dumped at this location . |
| 25 | On Sept 6 it was reported that soldiers had refused access to their prisoners by International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) personnel , and that those arrested included a former minister , Khamed Abdoulaye , an aide of Prime Minister Cheiffou Amadou , and several other prominent personalities . |
| 26 | It was reported that Porfirio Muñoz Ledo , " number two " in the PRD , had been engaged in recent talks with the Minister for the Government , Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios , on preparations for the December municipal elections in Michoacán . |
| 27 | On Nov. 5 it was reported that Israel 's Supreme Court had rejected a petition by Mordechai Vananu to be allowed to clarify events surrounding his detention . |
| 28 | As a result of the amnesty , it was reported that Poland 's sole remaining political prisoner , Jozef Szaniawksi , was freed on Dec. 19 . |
| 29 | During the course of the visit it was reported that US Secretary of State James Baker had made it known that the USA rejected recent suggestions that it should alter its deployment of nuclear weapons currently sited in South Korea as an inducement to North Korea to allow international inspection . |
| 30 | On March 31 it was reported that US Secretary of State James Baker had sent a letter to Savimbi demanding a full explanation of the charges made by N'Zau Puna and Fernandes . |