Example sentences of "it is rumoured [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time of going to press the arrangements for the consecration of these first black bishops of modern times are not yet complete , but it is rumoured that the Holy Father has expressed the wish to elevate all three distinguished sons of Africa to the plenitude of the priesthood with his own hands . |
| 2 | It is rumoured that the Sun has some excellent smears on a senior Labour Shadow minister , the Mirror on a Conservative Cabinet minister . |
| 3 | There are references to a dye house in the Norton area and it is rumoured that the mill was involved in some way with this . |
| 4 | And it is rumoured that his head is like an enormous crocodile 's head , with rows and rows and rows of sharp pointed teeth . |
| 5 | The guide-books say little : Samuel Wallis visited it and named it Boscawen Island , perhaps after the great admiral of Finisterre ; the best vanilla in the Pacific is grown there ; and it is rumoured that the finest kavo — that faintly narcotic drink prepared from the powdered root of a local pepper plant , and an important part of rituals and celebrations in the South Pacific — is Tafahi kava , and that it renders all Tafahians perpetually slightly dopey . |
| 6 | It is rumoured that an oil rig is to be set up on the local water meadows . |
| 7 | It is rumoured that the project is backed by an international mining consortium and there have been recent reports of attempts to enlist Yanomami from the area for military service . |
| 8 | As Lord Devlin has explained : " … you can not escape liability for defamation by putting the libel behind a prefix such as " I have been told that … " " or " it is rumoured that … " " , and then asserting that it was true that you had been told or that it was in fact being rumoured … |