Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [was/were] [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She also told me that Jamie and Gary were found to be unsuitable as bone-marrow donors for Donna . |
| 2 | Timisoara and Arad were reported to be on a general strike . |
| 3 | Islington , Southwark , Camden and Hounslow were thought to be in the bag . |
| 4 | It was 17th October and Balliol was known to be on the move . |
| 5 | Just where he was now and where he was heading was uncertain , this possibly having much to do with the non-arrival of Murray and the Steward , since both would be coming from the West Country and Balliol was thought to be marching southwards down the middle of the land . |
| 6 | Kemptner and Strubig were believed to be held by the Hamadei family , two members of which were serving prison sentences in Germany for terrorist related crimes . |
| 7 | In this connection , central government and LEAs were urged to be sensitive to the wishes of some groups to have their daughters educated in single-sex schools . |
| 8 | And Bourne was said to be ‘ a well-built and pleasant market town , which has doubled its population during the last forty years ’ . |
| 9 | Dereham had in fact considered that he and Catherine were engaged to be married , and this , if revealed at the time , would have invalidated the royal marriage . |
| 10 | And the headmaster at er Street school , Joseph , was a Labour member of council , and Joseph was tended to be more Liberal . |
| 11 | I do n't give a damn about Ivan 's ridiculous rag , said Charles , but of course he did , he cared much more than she did , and with reason , for Ivan usually managed to deliver her some backhanded compliment , whereas Charles always got it in the neck : ‘ HEADLEAND CRASHES HEADLONG ’ had been the headline of Ivan 's latest piece of gossip , which had consisted of a dangerous account of Charles 's behaviour at a meeting of a board of directors , laced with unfounded but inventive innuendo about a country house which he and Liz were said to be purchasing as a tax dodge . |
| 12 | Lithuania and Estonia were said to be considering the idea of transitional currencies ; in May Lithuania introduced coupons in 200 and 500 denominations , paid as a percentage of wages and used for goods in short supply . |
| 13 | Mitterrand and Thatcher were said to be ‘ in harmony ’ over the EEC the day before France said it was opposed to flexible arrangements for the British contribution to the EEC . |
| 14 | M. Macgregor , Richey and Wilson retired , T. H. Whitehead became Assistant Director and A. G. MacGregor and Simpson were promoted to be the District Geologists . |
| 15 | In theory , Verity and Lewis were meant to be giving me a lift in four days time , but that was obviously out , now . |
| 16 | Both were reportedly being held in solitary confinement in Beijing prison number two , and Wang was reported to be suffering from hepatitis . |
| 17 | Amir had to resign , and Hatta was asked to be formateur . |
| 18 | In addition , every stone circle in England and Wales was found to be within a mile ( 1.5 km ) of a surface fault or on an associated intrusion . |