Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [verb] [verb] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four of those sentenced to death in Shiraz were reported to have been executed . |
| 2 | While a beneficiary of Aethelwealh 's patronage , however , Wilfrid is said to have been sought as a spiritual father by Caedwalla ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 42 ) . |
| 3 | Although Marseilles is known to have been shared between two kings for much of this time , details of the division are hard to establish . |
| 4 | It was one of the most humiliating defeats in Olympic history , if not the most scandalous , since Bubka was rumoured to have been emasculated by the absence of his usual appearance money . |
| 5 | Earlier this year Jagger was said to have been spotted holidaying in Thailand with Carla — days after Jerry Hall had his third child . |
| 6 | On March 8 the " commercial " border with Argentina was reported to have been closed due to a " massive increase " in smuggling . |
| 7 | If Aethelwald and Aethelred do represent a revival of Deiran royalty , it may be no coincidence that Archbishop Aethelberht ( though at an unspecified date ) constructed a new great altar in the minster at York on the spot where Eadwine was said to have been baptized . |
| 8 | 45:10 : in times of famine nomads from Palestine are known to have been allowed pasturage in the eastern delta . |
| 9 | By the end of the month 775 former members of the StB were reported to have been dismissed . |
| 10 | Details of the visit remained subject to Israeli military censorship , but military exports to China were understood to have been discussed . |
| 11 | The Mozambican National Union and the Liberal and Democratic Party of Mozambique were reported to have been created in December . |
| 12 | A Hong Kong-based Scottish engineer and historian , Mr Charles Walker , is behind the scheme to inscribe a gravestone and place it at the spot where Liddell is known to have been buried . |
| 13 | PORN heiress Debbie Raymond is thought to have been killed by a cocktail of drinks and drugs , it emerged last night . |
| 14 | Cindy is said to have been spurred on to achieve by the death of her four-year-old brother Jeff , a leukaemia victim . |
| 15 | Real , less cavalier than under Leo Beenhakker , tried to consolidate and break ; but the offside flag abused them and the initiative remained with Barcelona , who went ahead after Eusebio was judged to have been tripped inside the area . |
| 16 | He himself paid two fruitless visits to the site of a camp near Torzhok , 200 miles north of Moscow , where as late as 1987 Wallenberg was said to have been held . |
| 17 | Mithras was said to have been born in a cave or a grotto , where shepherds attended him and regaled him with gifts . |
| 18 | Thirdly , if you had refused , I would have told you I intended to point out to Kenamun that the door of the stall in which Merymose was found had been opened . |
| 19 | Yesterday he kept smiling — first when umpire David Shepherd reversed his decision over a double stumping attempt and soon after when Miandad was adjudged to have been caught and bowled by Chris Lewis . |
| 20 | Mrs Ellen Morpeth is thought to have been overcome by fumes after the chair she was sitting on caught fire . |
| 21 | The secret detention centre of Tazmamert in south-eastern Morocco is said to have been demolished in mid-September 1991 and its inmates moved to an undisclosed location . |
| 22 | Perrier 's source of Vergeze in southern France is said to have been discovered by Hannibal in the year 218BC . |
| 23 | These were mainly performed at the places where parts of the body of Osiris were reputed to have been found or buried , which are recorded in an inscription at the late temple of Hathor at Dendera — at Athribis ( heart ) , Busiris ( backbone ) , Memphis ( head ) , Abydos ( head ) and so on , some duplication being apparent . |
| 24 | Oracle7 , Sybase , Ingres and Informix are said to have been tuned for the 1000 . |
| 25 | Shortly before he became bishop of Lindisfarne , Cuthbert is said to have been asked by Aelfflaed , abbess of Whitby and daughter of Oswiu and Eanflaed , who would succeed her brother ( who had no son ) . |
| 26 | Mr Li is believed to have been criticised last year by China 's senior leader , Deng Xiaoping , for his caution on the economy . |
| 27 | The great magician Merlin was said to have been born of a union between an incubus and a nun ; happily Merlin used his other-worldly powers of wizardry for good , rather than evil . |
| 28 | Khafji was reported to have been retaken on Jan. 30 , and allied military briefings emphasised that this should be regarded principally as a victory for Saudi units in the coalition . |
| 29 | What seemed to support this theory was that Anthony Foster was said to have been strangled shortly afterwards , thereby tying up all the loose ends and avoiding embarrassment in the future . |
| 30 | On top of that , Taylor is said to have been determined from the outset to exert his authority and not to be overshadowed by superstars . |