Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] reported [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The press accused the government of having created the shortage by failing to implement fully the state purchasing plan from herdsmen in the provinces , but herdsmen were also reported to be reluctant to sell to the state in anticipation of higher state purchasing prices . |
| 2 | The Iranian , Syrian and Turkish governments were also reported to be concerned that the elections in Iraqi Kurdistan should not be seen as a first move towards the creation of an independent Kurdish state . |
| 3 | A quarter of these children were also reported to be difficult to manage and demanding attention . |
| 4 | But last year , when the team announced a sponsorship deal with TSB , he was widely reported to be 42 . |
| 5 | When a joint UN-OAU-ICO-Arab League delegation , headed by James Jonah [ for whose new UN designation see p. 38793 ] , arrived in Mogadishu on Feb. 29 to negotiate the formal ceasefire foreseen by the New York agreement the fighting was still reported to be continuing . |