Example sentences of "[verb] reports that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , BBC chiefs last night dismissed reports that they plan to kill off their expensive new Eldorado soap as ‘ wild speculation . ’ |
| 2 | Customs authorities confirmed that Mr Gibbins owns property in Moscow , but dismissed reports that he had gone abroad as speculation . |
| 3 | The 37-year-old former England winger vowed he would see out the remaining 18 months of his contract , saying : Coppell , 37 , dismissed reports that he is wanted by Sunderland as he prepared to take his side back to Anfield where they crashed 5-0 on Saturday . |
| 4 | Coppell , 37 , dismissed reports that he is wanted by Sunderland as he prepared to take his side back to Liverpool tonight in the Coca-Cola Cup , after losing there 5-0 in the League on Saturday . |
| 5 | ITALY 'S heavyweight opera star Luciano Pavarotti yesterday dismissed reports that he plans to quit opera to concentrate on recitals . |
| 6 | He dismissed reports that his party was divided over tactics and personalities . |
| 7 | And while admitting to being ‘ pampered , cosseted and over-paid ’ , she dismissed reports that she will earn £300,000 a year from January , when she will front a new BBC show Entertainment Express , as untrue and exaggerated . |
| 8 | There are so many ways of physically producing attractive looking reports that one is almost spoilt for choice . |
| 9 | Airport police confirmed Demeke had gone through security checks , dismissing reports that he had avoided them by transferring from an Oslo flight . |
| 10 | Mrs Bottomley 's announcement confirmed reports that she had opted to water down some of the Tomlinson proposals , but it still came under almost immediate attack from Labour and the unions . |
| 11 | Mr Escobar confirmed reports that he had been in contact with the government for over 12 months prior to the crackdown , ordered after the drug-related slayings of a presidential candidate and two other top officials . |
| 12 | Jake Reynolds was arrested in the seaside town of Cromer Norfolk after his lawyer confirmed reports that he was back in the country . |
| 13 | ARTHUR SCARGILL , the miners ' president , refused yesterday to deny reports that he was to become a Labour MP . |
| 14 | She was always the brightest , and she was always the one who kept getting reports that she could do better . |
| 15 | Bush 's statement followed reports that he was " upset , angry and perplexed " by Sununu 's apparent efforts to circumvent travel restrictions imposed by Bush on May 9 , after an inquiry had revealed that Sununu had made widespread use of military aircraft for personal and Republican Party business . |
| 16 | Because we 're actually in quite close contact with Sarouac and Malaysia , which is close to the Malaysia , you know , we do have reports that they 've actually got great big arc lights on the slopes , and that the loggers are actually working 24 hours round the clock in some areas now , and that the forest you know is being completely chopped down . |
| 17 | He denies reports that he plays chess blindfold though he was ‘ a reasonable player ’ at school and university . |
| 18 | I have been hearing reports that he is floundering a little bit , which you do . |
| 19 | It is very easy to end up wasting a lot of time and money preparing reports that you do n't read and no one else does either . |
| 20 | Officers refused to confirm reports that he had to be wrestled free by police . |
| 21 | The doctor , who worked in general practice in Bolton from August 1991 to February 1992 , is not being named by the authority , and officials are refusing to confirm reports that he was a trainee GP in the West Haughton area of the town . |
| 22 | They refused to confirm reports that he used a syringe hidden in an orange . |
| 23 | I have heard reports that it can be glimpsed in binoculars , but even with my × 20 I have been unable to find it — though it is clear enough in a 15-cm reflecting telescope , and I can just make it out with my 7.6-cm refractor . |
| 24 | AI has received reports that he was sentenced to four years ' imprisonment after an unfair trial by a military tribunal . |
| 25 | And in the interview , conducted last week , they deny reports that they have needed psychiatric intervention to cope with their trauma . |
| 26 | The couple will each have their own suite when they arrive in South Korea today on an official visit , despite carefully leaked reports that they will share a room . |
| 27 | COUNTY council officials in Cleveland have angrily dismissed reports that they have scrapped plans for a revolutionary light rail network . |
| 28 | Sally Ann Cattell died in a stolen car which crashed during a police chase last March , but the SSD denied reports that she had absconded from the children 's home , St John 's in Erdington , to which she had moved three days before the incident . |
| 29 | Roger Dib , the Cabinet representative of the Maronite militia , the Lebanese Forces ( LF ) , denied reports that his organization had rejected the treaty . |
| 30 | Noades also denied reports that he is chasing Sheffield United manager Dave Bassett , Noades ' manager when he was chairman at Wimbledon . |