Example sentences of "[noun] be reported [prep] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some fear that the statement could catch ‘ innocent ’ schemes as well as any that clearly defeat the purpose of the legislation , and discussions are reported to be taking place between the Revenue and the profession as to how exactly the statement will be implemented . |
| 2 | As early as Dec. 2 , three warships were reported to be proceeding towards the Somali coast carrying a 1,800-strong US Marine task force . |
| 3 | The department is reported to be formulating ideas for new mechanisms to raise money from the private sector to pay for clean-up . |
| 4 | A seaborne US Marine task force was reported to be heading towards Kuwait having completed a " dress rehearsal " amphibious assault on the southern shore of the Saudi Arabian peninsula . |
| 5 | Pockets of Iraqi troops continued to resist until Feb. 2 , and fighting was reported to be continuing between allied forces and retreating Iraqi units elsewhere in the border region . |
| 6 | However , this attempt to end the NPFL offensive failed and fighting was reported to be continuing as the month ended , with the ECOMOG headquarters in the capital a particular target of the rebels . |
| 7 | Clwyd county council and Cardiff city council are reported to be proposing a reduction in their council taxes . |
| 8 | South Glamorgan county council and the Vale of Glamorgan borough council are reported to be planning increases limited to three percent or below . |
| 9 | Late on Jan. 11 Lithuanians were reported to be flooding into Vilnius in their thousands to reinforce cordons around key buildings . |
| 10 | On Feb. 12 the Tadjik Communist Party ( CP ) headquarters was besieged by rioters who succeeded in setting part of the building on fire ; the Tadjik Supreme Soviet Presidium declared a state of emergency and a night-time curfew in Dushanbe ; and , fearing a pogrom , Armenians were reported to be fleeing the city . |
| 11 | A baby girl rescued from the Bosnian war zone is reported to be responding well to treatment for a serious heart condition . |
| 12 | Among the shattered Iraqi forces only the Republican Guard was reported to be standing firm north of the Kuwait-Iraq border . |
| 13 | Drug cartels and terrorists are reported to be taking over the counterfeit clothing business . |
| 14 | Although the hunger strikes ended , many workers were reported to be continuing on strike . |
| 15 | Troops were reported to be leaving Moscow , according to Sobchak , on Yazov 's orders . |
| 16 | TROOPS were reported to be patrolling the streets of the Romanian capital , Bucharest , yesterday as evidence mounted of a massacre in the town of Timisoara at the weekend and East and West moved to denounce the brutal clampdown by the regime 's security forces . |
| 17 | Even Thatcherite loyalists were reported to be discussing the possibility of persuading her to stand down in favour of Major . |
| 18 | The organiser of a Kurdish refugee charity who 's at the centre of a fraud squad investigation is reported to be carrying out relief work in Turkey . |
| 19 | As the calls for a new privacy law were mounting , journalists and photographers were massing outside a Gloucestershire estate where John Bryan is reported to be renting a cottage . |
| 20 | The government rejected an offer from the alleged Cali drug cartel leader Jorge Luis Ochoa to mediate their release , but an unofficial " Committee of Leading Citizens " led by former President Alfonso Lopez was reported to be trying to arrange talks between the cartels and the government . |
| 21 | Combined anti-terrorist units of troops , gendarmes and police officers were reported to be patrolling the main towns . |
| 22 | At one point earlier this month townspeople were reported to be dying at the rate of 30 a day from shellfire and starvation . |
| 23 | Fiji also won the promise of a $2,000,000 loan from Taiwan for arms , while Israel was reported to be offering " guidance " to the Army on controlling civil disturbances . |
| 24 | The Fatah leadership was reported to be having an emergency meeting in Tunis as a result of the reports . |
| 25 | Earlier this month , people were reported to be dying at the rate of 30 a day from hunger and the effects of Serb shelling . |
| 26 | One month later Glassford was reported to be completing the work of preparing nominal votes , and in this his lawyer , who lacked experience in such matters , was being helped by the agent of Lord Dundas , who clearly considered him still an ally , but on August 6th , Glassford removed such illusions by making it quite plain that he meant what he had said about his price for support , and denied that he was in any way pledged to Lord Dundas : |
| 27 | Truck loads of antiques are reported to be disappearing from Croatia . |
| 28 | In mid-November , however , Kurdish leaders were reported to be preparing for a fresh economic blockade and an imminent government attack on Kurdish strongholds . |
| 29 | However , Sobchak and Samsonov reached an agreement that armed forces would not enter the city , although Vitebsk KGB and Pskov military divisions were reported to be moving towards Leningrad on Aug. 20 , according to Lithuanian radio . |
| 30 | He denied having any solid relationship with Unix System Laboratories Inc , a fellow AT&T company , despite the fact that USL is reported to be working on any ANDF-style solution for its Destiny project as well as being determined to evaluate the Open Software Foundation 's own ANDF selection ( UX No 384 ) . |