Example sentences of "was report to [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early in 1568 he left Cambridge for London , where he was reported to be a preacher and schoolmaster , attending the Italian Protestant church , and married to Anne , with one son , Isaac , and two daughters ( one perhaps called Judith ) . |
| 2 | The announcement , which followed the release on Dec. 13 of six remaining hostages abducted in July 1991 , was reported to be a prelude to formal talks between the ULFA and the government . |
| 3 | In what was reported to be the first visit by an Irish Prime Minister to Northern Ireland for 25 years , Charles Haughey , the Taoiseach , visited Belfast on April 11 . |
| 4 | The UK visit was reported to be the first official visit by a Vietnamese Foreign Minister since the end of the Vietnam War , and the talks were reported to have been held in an atmosphere of frankness and goodwill , with both sides keen to improve economic and diplomatic links and to co-operate fully on the issue of the repatriation of " boat people " from Hong Kong . |
| 5 | Corrosive ingestion , especially of acids , is a very common causeof oesophageal injury and strictures in India ; and was reported to be the commonest aetiology in one study . |