Example sentences of "it [be] reported that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's reported that the price of CD players will shortly tumble as Matsushita market a machine that retails for the low price of £280 — about half the price of the company 's launch model . |
| 2 | It is reported that on 22 March Nijazi Beqa and five other political prisoners there went on a hungers-strike against their conditions . |
| 3 | In the same issue , it is reported that Sir Anthony Hidden 's investigation into the Clapham Junction rail crash criticises British Rail for not preventing ‘ commercial considerations of a business-led railway from compromising safety , ’ and asserts that excessive overtime should be ended , and that there should be curbs on overcrowding in trains . |
| 4 | It is reported that , while out riding in Wychwood Forest , he suddenly came face to face with the shade of Amy Robsart . |
| 5 | Here it is reported that in cities whole neighbourhoods illegally tap overhead lines , part of the reason for the fact that some 40% of gross energy output disappears and revenue always lags well behind billings . |
| 6 | Official figures give average class sizes as forty to fifty , but it is reported that in the rural areas there are often seventy to eighty children in a class . |
| 7 | It is reported that no bones survive the digestive processes of snakes ( Bellairs , 1970 ) . |
| 8 | For example it is reported that overstocking in litter-based poultry will result in an overloaded offensive litter ; whilst understocking may also be undesirable , since this may result in a dry and dusty litter which may help disperse the odour over a wide area , unless dust filters are installed . |
| 9 | It is reported that the window blinds had been indecently defaced with coloured chalk . |
| 10 | It is reported that Edison set it recording and spoke ‘ Mary had a little lamb ’ into it . |
| 11 | Ransacked by Afghan invaders , it is reported that the University burned for six months after the event . |
| 12 | To take a single example , it is reported that the grandchildren of the first European colonists of North America already had eyelid-shapes tending towards those of the Red Indians , which were better adapted to looking out over vast spaces in bright sunlight . |
| 13 | It is reported that Polish commanders have lobbied directly with Moscow for higher defence spending in Poland . |
| 14 | It is reported that most cohabiting lone parents describe themselves as married and are therefore classified as such ( OPCS , 1985 ) . |
| 15 | Examples can be found in the research literature on elderly people , where it is reported that those without children tend to form equivalent ties with whichever kin are available , typically a niece or nephew , although there is some doubt about whether such a person can properly be expected to provide such extensive or reliable support as a ‘ real ’ child ( Townsend , 1965 ; Allan , 1983 ; Wenger , 1984 ) . |
| 16 | It is reported that police were satisfied that the wife acted under duress in the various crimes in which she got involved in . |
| 17 | It is reported that an Oxford don , was asked , in the 1914 war , why he did not volunteer for the defence of civilization . |
| 18 | It is reported that in a large printing office in the city [ which can only be R. & R. Clark ] where there are about 100 females employed , more than 70 handed in notices to strike yesterday , while correspondingly large proportions of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike , failing a settlement . |
| 19 | Social security appeal tribunals are categorized as the least formal of the tribunals investigated , but it is reported that appellants nevertheless found attendance before them a nerve-wracking ordeal . |
| 20 | For several years Spain has been the biggest source of sales for the majority of ELT publishers ; indeed , it is reported that for one of the smaller players it represents a dangerous 50% of turnover . |
| 21 | You may wonder why it is reported that He seemed to resent them , which may suggest that he was unable to express his own resentment , which may limit your range of potential interpretations of the expression He . |
| 22 | It is reported that the Seiko wordlist , for example , can always be easily identified because it accepts M-O-W-S-E as a correct spelling of the word ‘ mouse ’ ! |
| 23 | It is reported that Akbar , who was an emperor in India from 1542 to 1602 , ordered that a group of children be brought up without any instruction in language , to test the belief that they would eventually speak Hebrew , the language of God . |
| 24 | It is reported that on discharge from hospital on the thirty-sixth postoperative day " he appeared to have perfectly normal powers of comprehension of the spoken word " and was able to refer to the medical and nursing staff by name . |
| 25 | In the United States it is reported that some 35 million heart attacks and strokes occur each year . |
| 26 | It is reported that Mrs Thatcher has been keen to ensure that those promoted are sympathetic to her scale of values or are not unwilling to break away from the style of middle-of-the-road consensus policies that have predominated in recent years . |
| 27 | It is reported that a draft bill to reform the Sunday trading laws will be published in the next few months . |
| 28 | 1778 It is reported that the Kirk Yeard of Kilchoman is nearly finished . |
| 29 | £5 " The repair of the Duich Bridge is still under consideration and it is reported that " the Bridge of Corary is likely to Fail for want of some material repair " and a sum is stented . |
| 30 | In Nicaragua , it is reported that many male babies born since the beginning of this year have been named either Saddam or Hussein . |