Example sentences of "[adj] report said [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some reports said that the operation had been against a training camp for Islamic fundamentalists and army deserters established by Said Mekhloufi , a former army officer said to be now allied with the FIS . |
| 2 | The official report said that the origin of the blaze was in the Queen 's private chapel where a spotlight set fire to a curtain which had been drawn in front of it . |
| 3 | Official reports said that a 15-strong Armenian gang had attempted to ambush the 11 soldiers , who were waiting to escort a train from Yerevan to Kafan ( in southern Armenia ) through the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhichevan . |
| 4 | The Royal Family will not profit from the business , though one report said that the campaign by Anglo-American firm the Eclectic American Catalogue Company appears designed to give customers the impression that what they are buying is backed by the Queen . |
| 5 | This same Report said that the majority of submissions to it complained that resources were spread too thinly , but if grants were to be concentrated in fewer centres , this would doubtless lead to criticism in the other direction , and could force closure of some departments which fail to attract sufficient grants . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , unofficial reports said that a British atomic submarine was on its silent way to the Falklands . |
| 7 | Unofficial reports said that the incident might have been sparked off by a dispute over permission to build a mosque . |
| 8 | Unconfirmed reports said that the government had been forced to use 25-30 tonnes of gold from state reserves to finance the purchase of essential supplies since the confiscation of its assets . |