Example sentences of "is reported to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now new owner Chris Knight is reported to be in financial difficulties . |
| 2 | He is reported to be negotiating the complete withdrawal of the 1,500 Soviet military advisers . |
| 3 | Knighton is reported to be ready to abandon his takeover bid . |
| 4 | Southampton went on to collect three more bookings , but they still had the remarkable talents of Le Tissier and Shearer , who is reported to be a summer target for United . |
| 5 | Such legal action in the United States is reported to be seen by teachers there as limiting their disciplinary authority to a significant extent . |
| 6 | A human nose is reported to be able to detect and identify an organic sulphur compound at a concentration of one molecule per billion molecules of air , far lower than any present day instrumental technique . |
| 7 | A little further on we passed the Elephant & Castle Inn [ in Pancras Way , near to the workhouse of 1809 ] kept by Mr Wrench , who is reported to be very strict in his management of the Inn . |
| 8 | The force is reported to be the largest of its kind and is expected to become the prototype for other parts of the country with high-tech industry . |
| 9 | The department is reported to be formulating ideas for new mechanisms to raise money from the private sector to pay for clean-up . |
| 10 | Northerns utility player Theo Van Rensburg is reported to be heading to Johannesburg . |
| 11 | 1991 — IN March the Princess is reported to be a close friend of Life Guards officer Major James Hewitt , and by June Charles 's reaction Prince William 's playground head injury confirms that the marriage is loveless . |
| 12 | The couple 's other home in Malibu , California , where McEnroe , 33 , is reported to be living , was empty . |
| 13 | The Duchess of York is reported to be receiving psychiatric help and has therefore fallen victim of the classic dilemma . |
| 14 | Said a source close to Paula , who is reported to be expecting their first baby in December : ‘ They had a whirlwind romance and just wanted to get together straight away . |
| 15 | Selina — said to earn £200,000 a year as a newscaster with Sky TV — is reported to be considering a £250,000 contract from the new London TV station Carlton . |
| 16 | Compiled by Tom Ferris , and published by Gill and McMillan ( In Ireland ) , it has attracted great interest and is reported to be selling well . |
| 17 | Kildare and return and booking at the moment is reported to be brisk . |
| 18 | Work on the new roof on the Centre Court at Wimbledon , which will provide better viewing for at least 3,000 who previously had to peer round pillars , is reported to be ‘ ahead of schedule ’ for completion by the end of April . |
| 19 | Mike Ross , who organised an unofficial pre-Wimbledon men 's tournament at the Wirral in 1989 and 1990 , is reported to be trying to establish a similar event this year in Chichester . |
| 20 | The team is to be lead by Dr. Boris Babaian of the Russian Academy of Science , inventor of the Elbrus-3 supercomputer which was developed for the Soviet space programme and is reported to be three times faster than a Cray Y-MP . |
| 21 | Sun Microsystems Inc is reported to be readying new 3D graphic accelerators which will replace its impotent low-end GS and GT boards , further ammunition in its campaign against graphics leader Silicon Graphics Inc . |
| 22 | Currently , it is reported to be in pre-alpha quality assurance , with alpha starting in June and beta later in the quarter . |
| 23 | He denied having any solid relationship with Unix System Laboratories Inc , a fellow AT&T company , despite the fact that USL is reported to be working on any ANDF-style solution for its Destiny project as well as being determined to evaluate the Open Software Foundation 's own ANDF selection ( UX No 384 ) . |
| 24 | Although the death rate from asthma in England and Wales is reported to be about 2000 a year , clinical experience suggests that it is much rarer . |
| 25 | At the time of writing the Chancery Bar offers considerably better prospects than the common law ; there is reported to be a shortage of good applicants for tenancies . |
| 26 | Nifedipine is reported to be particularly effective as an antihypertensive agent in low renin hypertension . |
| 27 | Anyway , the Club that runs the slope — Sweden 's largest skiclub — is reported to be enthused with its British bristles and will , no doubt , want to shut down its snowguns for good . |
| 28 | He is reported to be in the process of responding to offers of employment from other theatres in Ireland and across the water , and to be keen to return to the Lyric from time to time . |
| 29 | Walker is keen to continue the momentum which has thrown Norwich right back into the thick of the title race and he is reported to be keen to sign Bournemouth 's highly rated striker Efan Ekoku . |
| 30 | The incidence of pseudomelanosis coli in patients undergoing endoscopy of ar autopsy is reported to be between 1 and 5.9% . |