Example sentences of "to [art] report [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The intensified fighting at the end of April was apparently due to a report disseminated by Tanjug news agency on April 29 that the Bosnian leadership had called for a blockade of JNA forces in Bosnia-Hercegovina , and that Moslem forces had virtually declared war on the JNA . |
| 2 | The fighting in Croatia has caused severe damage to numerous environmentally-sensitive areas , according to a report compiled for the International Council for Bird Preservation ( ICBP ) . |
| 3 | Pollution in the Great Lakes has grown to the extent that it is a " a hazard to human health " , according to a report prepared by a joint US-Canadian team . |
| 4 | Orimulsion , the new low-cost fuel imported from Venezuela [ see EDs 51 and 52 ] , is unsuitable for burning in power stations because of its unacceptably-toxic emissions and potential for increasing acid pollution , according to a report prepared for British Coal . |
| 5 | The thinning of the ozone layer presents a major threat to human health , according to a report prepared by the UN Environment Programme ( UNEP ) and leaked to Greenpeace . |
| 6 | One in five trees in 24 European countries is severely damaged by pollution , according to a report prepared jointly by the European Commission and UN Economic Commission for Europe . |
| 7 | Timber companies carrying out massive logging operations in the remote tropical forests of northern Congo are operating outside the law and defrauding the government of millions of dollars , according to a report prepared for the World Bank and the Congolese government . |
| 8 | In court today the prosecution referred to a report prepared by Social services . |
| 9 | Colleges within Oxford University should be scrapped , according to a report prepared by a leading adviser to Baroness Thatcher . |
| 10 | According to a report dated 3 July 1989 from Mr. Alistair Wilson who was the accident and emergency consultant in charge at the hospital , there was a note made by the police that cardiac arrest occurred ‘ at 12.21 a.m . ’ |
| 11 | According to a report dated May 21 , Bosnia-Hercegovina had suffered by that date material damage estimated at US$60,000 million-100,000 million ; electricity output was down to 17 per cent of normal levels ; and about four-fifths of the republic 's industrial plant had been destroyed . |
| 12 | ACID RAIN is decimating the fish stocks of many Welsh rivers , according to a report presented to the Welsh Water Authority by Roscoe Howells , its director of scientific services , this week , A survey has revealed that ‘ many of the upland streams , rivers and lakes draining afforested catchments in Dyffed and Gwynedd [ south-west and north-west Wales respectively ] can not now support natural fish populations and have depleted populations of aquatic plants and animals ’ . |
| 13 | According to a report presented on June 14 by the AMA 's Board of Trustees at the organisation 's annual meeting in Chicago , the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution severely restricts the US government 's power to set prices or to limit an individual 's spending . |
| 14 | Existing US Administration policy represents an inadequate response to the threat of global warming , according to a report presented to the US Congress by the National Academy of Sciences in Washington . |
| 15 | * 27 per cent of Germany 's trees are unhealthy , 2 per cent more than last year , according to a report presented by Agriculture Minister Ignaz Kiechle . |
| 16 | According to a report submitted to the Commission in August , a total of 430 judges and lawyers , of whom 67 were killed , were persecuted in 45 countries between July 1989 and June 1990 . |
| 17 | Hundreds of hospitals across the UK are incinerating potentially hazardous medical waste at temperatures which are too low to ensure the breakdown of pollutants , according to a report issued by the National Association of Waste Disposal Contractors . |
| 18 | EC agriculture policies force farmers to exploit their land to the maximum and financial pressures are likely to prevent even those who wish to protect the environment from doing so , according to a report issued by Greenpeace . |
| 19 | Beaches in the European Community ( EC ) are getting cleaner , according to a report issued by the European Commission . |
| 20 | According to a report commissioned by Greenpeace , a serious accident could occur . |
| 21 | According to a report commissioned by the government , cases of euthanasia in the strict sense accounted for 2,300 deaths annually ( out of a total of around 130,000 ) , assisted suicides for 400 , and switching off life-support systems for 1,000 . |
| 22 | Highly toxic chemicals from the Atomic Energy Authority 's research centre at Harwell in Oxfordshire have been leaking into the groundwater , according to a report commissioned by the authority . |
| 23 | The destruction of peat bogs is contributing to global warming , according to a report commissioned by Friends of the Earth and prepared by the Wetland Ecosystems Research Group of Exeter University . |
| 24 | Some 47 per cent of Britain is at risk from further damage by acid rain by the year 2005 , according to a report commissioned by Friends of the Earth and prepared by the Earth Resources Research consultancy . |
| 25 | One fifth of Britain 's energy could be provided by tidal power using underwater windmills , according to a report commissioned by the Energy Technology Support Unit of the Department of Trade and Industry . |
| 26 | Over 2,600 Australians are dying needlessly every year of heart attacks linked to high levels of lead in the bloodstream , according to a report commissioned by the National Health and Medical Research Council . |
| 27 | JOB LOSSES in whisky bottling and the post office will increase unemployment in Perth by more than a third , according to a report commissioned by Tayside Regional Council . |
| 28 | Hundreds of important wildlife sites in the south-east of England are threatened by the government 's road building programme ; almost half being officially protected sites , according to a report produced by the South-East Wildlife Trust 's Transport Campaign . |
| 29 | The Government has seriously miscalculated the effect of privatisation on through rail fares and the national timetable , according to a report produced by ‘ Platform ’ an 80-member organisation set up to represent users ' needs . |
| 30 | EIRE 's rapidly growing catering industry still has plenty of room for investment , according to a report published by the country 's National Food Centre . |