Example sentences of "[be] rumoured to be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The $8bn damages which Touche Ross , liquidators of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International , are rumoured to be seeking from Ernst & Young and Price Waterhouse for their role as BCCI 's former auditors , are causing a certain amount of grim humour at Becket House and Southwark Towers . |
| 2 | Illinois outfit The Poster Children are rumoured to be supporting the band on all dates , although there was no official confirmation as NME went to press . |
| 3 | Two big Chicago House DJs are rumoured to be rolling up later to take us into town . |
| 4 | Hereford cider producers Bulmers had been rumoured to be considering a bid but in the end have apparently not tendered an offer , fearing a referral by the Office of Fair Trading to the Monopolies Commission . |
| 5 | Guy 's Hospital in London has been rumoured to be heading down the opting out path , although recently a group of consultants at the hospital expressed their opposition to the idea . |
| 6 | It had been rumoured to be carrying Nazi treasures or secrets , but survivors from the German submarine crew doubt whether any major treasure will be discovered . |
| 7 | Industry bosses were rumoured to be reconsidering their plans , possibly curbing the increases to 10% . |
| 8 | And I have spent all morning saying it can not possibly be true , that you devote all your time to your aunt , that you have scarcely left the house in over a month and all the time you were doing just what you were rumoured to be doing ! |
| 9 | She said more parents were rumoured to be planning to transfer their children . |
| 10 | ‘ None of us could be sure if we would have a job tomorrow ; the uncertainty was preventing us winning new business ; and we had looked at the various companies who were rumoured to be bidding for us and did n't like what we saw . ’ |
| 11 | America West Airlines , which is based in Phoenix , is rumoured to be thinking of starting a service between Phoenix and Kuwait . |
| 12 | There 's speculation around the Manor Ground that the club may have new owners this week … former director Tim Midgley is rumoured to be trying to buy control … so it could be all change … |
| 13 | There 's speculation around the Manor Ground that the club may have new owners this week … former director Tim Midgley is rumoured to be trying to buy control … so it could be all change … |
| 14 | TVS is rumoured to be teaming up with Carlton Communications ( a video distributor ) , Canal Plus ( a French cable-TV company ) , and the Compagnie Générale des Eaux ( a utility with various media holdings ) . |
| 15 | Trapped in a cost-cutting spiral , Computone and Specialix — plus Chase Research Inc which is rumoured to be courting a buyer — are being forced to streamline their organisations . |
| 16 | And James Herbert , another of Hodder 's biggest selling authors , is rumoured to be going the same way : he is said to be on the point of signing a two-book deal with HarperCollins worth £1.7m . |
| 17 | Unix System Labs is rumoured to be sitting on top of a major geopolitical deal that will hand USL its next joint venture and put Destiny on the long march to widespread government-backed adoption . |
| 18 | MICHAEL Jackson is rumoured to be releasing a new single before Christmas : a duet with fellow cartoon character Bart Simpson titled ‘ You 're Bart , Man ’ . |
| 19 | The Microprocessor Report says ‘ Weitek is rumoured to be working on a new Sparc processor that would extend the chip-level upgrade concept to workstations . |
| 20 | Hitachi Ltd 's open systems division is rumoured to be working on a deal with Sun Microsystems Inc to use Sparc RISC boards running Solaris that 'll be used as a front-end , handing off network data to its OSF/1-based mainframes . |
| 21 | DEC is rumoured to be pressing for a Unix SVR4 personality on top of OSF/1 : remember it already has SVR4 for its telecomms stuff . |
| 22 | He knows better than that , and anyway he is rumoured to be paying the Italian genius a lot of money for his one-box design vision that forms part of BMW 's long-rumoured MPV programme . |
| 23 | Highly-rated Beresford , named as the best left-back in the Second Division in the recent PFA awards , was rumoured to be leaving in the summer when his contract expires . |
| 24 | In the wilds of Rajasthan a naked army of shaven-headed Hindu sadhus was rumoured to be marching on Delhi , led by an old sorceress . |
| 25 | I forget who had mentioned to me that Geoff was rumoured to be taking more than a passing interest in her . |
| 26 | Only DEC has adopted it and was rumoured to be lobbying for its continued development within the framework of the consortium . |
| 27 | S G Warburg was rumoured to be pushing the stock , citing an imminent takeover . |
| 28 | Major works by Anselm Kiefer previously thought to be in Saatchi 's possession were , it was said , changing hands for prices in excess of $1m ; Saatchi was rumoured to be selling equally major pictures from his unrivalled holdings of works by Georg Baselitz , Francesco Clemente , Julian Schnabel and others . |
| 29 | Stevenson , a quick-moving , stocky northerner with a distinguished record in every possible branch of the Met , was rumoured to be going up to Assistant Commissioner just as soon as the present incumbent retired . |