Example sentences of "it be reported that [noun pl] " in BNC.

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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 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 ) .
6 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 .
7 It was reported that loads of rubbish , mostly by the firm ‘ plant ’ had been dumped at this location .
8 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 .
9 In November 1990 it was reported that discussions were taking place among opposition parties about the formation of a united front to challenge the NDP .
10 It was reported that signs about dog fouling , and notes for motorists who park on the green pointing out that the car park should be used , are now available .
11 President Hashemi Ali Akbar Rafsanjani arrived in Islamabad on Sept. 6 on a state visit to Pakistan where it was reported that protocols were signed providing for increased political , economic and defence co-operation .
12 Grupo Torras , a Spanish investment subsidiary of the London-based Kuwait Investment Office ( KIO ) , filed for receivership in Madrid on Dec. 4 ; it was reported that losses in Spain might total approximately US$4,000 million between 1986 and 1992 .
13 It was reported that mourners visiting Allende 's grave were attacked with batons and tear gas , while supporters of Pinochet celebrated the anniversary in theatres and in wealthy Santiago suburbs .
14 In 1989 it was reported that landowners were under pressure not to renew leases to the largely Indian cane farmers .
15 In early November it was reported that fighters affiliated with the Iranian-backed ( Shia ) Hezb-i-Wahdat faction were engaged in bloody clashes with government forces loyal to Defence Minister Ahmed Shah Masud .
16 Later in July it was reported that factories in some regions , facing the unaccustomed pressure to make a profit , were refusing to lend out their workers to provide the usual help in bringing in the potato and vegetable harvests .
17 Security sources said that artillery units in the security zone also shelled Lebanese villages 15 km from the Israeli border , in the Iqilm and Toufah areas , where pro-Iranian Moslem fundamentalists were believed to be preparing to infiltrate the security zone ; it was reported that Palestinians had set up multibarrel rocket-launchers aimed at Israel there .
18 On Feb. 26 it was reported that Andras Galszecsy had resigned as Minister without Portfolio in charge of national security affairs .
19 In July 1989 it was reported that Rotumans wanting to leave the island , 400 km north of Suva , would have to seek permission from the island 's authorities .
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